By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorKenyan plastic surgeons have ignited a battle against issuance of licences to foreign doctors to work in the country. Through the Kenya Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, they fault the director of medical services for allowing foreigners to be issued with licences on grounds that there are no qualified surgeons in the country. The group said there were certified surgeons and more than 30 medical students at different levels of post graduate training. In the case documents, two other Kenyan trained surgeons said they intended to protect locally trained doctors from an influx of foreign ones who denied them job opportunities. They argued that there was no evidence to show that a survey was carried out to establish that no local plastic surgeons were available to offer the required services.

Source: Daily Nation January 22, 2018 19:41 UTC