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What’s in the title doctor? This title, awarded to medics after training, is at the centre of a court battle between clinical officers and the Attorney General, the Clinical Officers Council, and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC).
Ibrahim Kimani Wainaina and Daniel Koome Ndegwa have a bachelor’s degree in clinical medicine. In their case before High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi, they say they represent the Clinical Medicine Graduates Association.
Their only contention is they are not called doctors, as their counterparts who study medicine. In their case, Kimani and Koome argue that the government and the council have discriminated against clinical medicine graduates despite being critical healthcare personnel.
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