100 Cuban Doctors to Pocket Sh800,000 Each Per Month in Kenya

Each of the 100 Cuban doctors expected to arrive in Kenya on May 28th will pocket a salary of Sh882,180 per month.

Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki said a deal signed between the Kenyan and Cuban government placed the medics in Job Group S.

This means that each of the medical practitioners from the Island country will take home more than the Sh765,188 that leaders of majority and minority in Parliament, Principal Secretaries, the army commander and Inspector-General of Police earn.

They will also earn more than the Sh621,250 that  Navy and Air Force commanders, Members of Parliament, Senators, county assembly Speakers and deputy governors take home.

“The doctors are coming in as specialists and have been absorbed into the medical service at Job Group S which caters for specialists,” CS Kariuki said.

In the collective bargaining agreement signed between the Kenyan doctors’ union and the State in 2017; doctors in Job Group S are entitled to a minimum wage of Sh 86,810 and a maximum of Sh882,180.

The Cuban doctors will further get furnished homes, flight tickets during their annual leave, paid utilities and cars from both the National and county governments.

Each of the 47 counties will get two Cuban doctors, who will deliver services in their areas of specialties.