“The country has spent so much training us – and yet we are still wallowing in joblessness right now.”

According to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council, only around 1,000 out of the 5,000 medical students who’ve graduated in the past five years have found jobs as doctors.

And yet the World Health Organisation says Kenya has a shortage of medics – and needs more if it’s to deliver the healthcare the population needs.

So what exactly is the reason behind qualified doctors not being able get a job?

@mpholakaje has been finding out.