Kenya: Sakaja Pledges to Absorb 1,600 Health Care Workers Contracted By NMS If Elected Governor

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Kenya: Sakaja Pledges to Absorb 1,600 Health Care Workers Contracted By NMS If Elected Governor

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Gubernatorial aspirant Johnson Sakaja has pledged to absorb the 1,600 medical staff that were hired on contract by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), if elected in August.

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