For weeks now, health workers in public hospitals across Kenya have been on strike over low pay and other issues. Union representatives accuse Kenya’s government of not investing enough in the health sector. Government officials have shot back, saying they are endangering the lives of Kenyans. Attempts to negotiate an end to the strike have been unsuccessful so far. The World’s Halima Gikandi reports from the capital, Nairobi.
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