Government to hire 7,000 healthcare workers to address staff shortage

The government will hire 7,000 healthcare officers to bridge the current staffing shortage in the country’s public health sector. Announcing the plan, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the recruitment will include 5,000 midwives and nurses, as well as 2,000 medical officers, in a bid to strengthen healthcare staffing and improve service delivery across the country. Duale made the remarks while presiding over the deployment of more than 6,360 healthcare interns for the 2026/27 cycle.