The Family Medicine programme in Cuba is not recognised internationally and may not be applicable in Kenya, the Kenya Medical Association has said.
Association president Dr Jacqueline Kitulu said on Tuesday despite telling the government this their advice was ignored.
KMA's concern comes after Dr Hamisi Ali Juma was found dead in his hostel in Havana, Cuba on Sunday.
Juma was among 50 doctors on a government sponsorship who went to Cuba to study Family Medicine.
Kitulu said the Kenya Medical Association opposed the haphazard manner in which the deal was executed in complete disregard of established procedures for licensing and deployment of foreign medical personnel and selection of training programmes for Kenyan doctors abroad.
"We also indicated that many universities in this country offer Family Medicine training, and are willing to admit more than the 50 doctors for training at a lower cost than would be incurred on the Cuban training programme, but this was similarly ignored," she said.
The association is now demanding that their members who want to come back home be allowed to do so. They should be placed in local institutions that offer Family Medicine training at government cost.
Kitulu said since the doctors were sent off to Cuba, the association has received numerous complaints from them on the treatment they have been receiving from representatives of the Kenyan government.
"The death of our colleague is the last straw in this matter, and we demand greater accountability from government as far as this deal is concerned," she said.
In a statement on Monday, KMPDU secretary general Ouma Oluga said the programme has is not beneficial to the doctors.
Oluga instead recommended that the sponsorship be provided through five Kenyan universities.
He said the doctors have constantly expressed frustrations with the manner in which the government has withheld or completely failed to pay their living expenses in the foreign country. Further, the Kenyan embassy in Havana exhibits high handedness when concerns are raised.
Oluga said it was ironical that Cuban doctors here receive excellent treatment with chauffeured transport, lavish living and triple the pay of Kenyan specialists funded by taxpayers' money.
Investigations into Juma's death have commenced by Kenyan and Cuban authorities.
