Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale introduced that college students from choose universities will likely be denied medical internship placements on account of non-compliance with skilled coaching requirements.
Speaking on August 1 through the commissioning of the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Burnt Forest Campus in Uasin Gishu County, Duale named eight establishments that failed to satisfy the required standards.
“I am going to write a very serious letter to these eight universities, led by a very notorious university called Baraton,” mentioned Duale.
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List of universities to be denied placements
“We will deny them their students’ licenses and internships,” he added.
The universities talked about included:
- Baraton University
- Kenyatta University
- Daystar University
- Kirinyaga University
- Kisii University
- Meru University of Science and Technology, amongst others.
Duale warns shortcuts in medical coaching
According to Duale, the Ministry is appearing to guard the integrity of the well being sector by guaranteeing that solely correctly skilled college students are licensed and positioned for internships.
“We must run this country fairly, justly, and in accordance with the law,” mentioned CS Aden Duale.
He warned that shortcuts in medical coaching will not be tolerated and urged establishments to adjust to the requirements set by regulatory our bodies such because the Nursing Council of Kenya.
The newly launched KMTC Burnt Forest Campus is anticipated to enhance entry to well being schooling within the area and contribute to the equitable distribution of well being employees throughout the nation.
This follows the CS’s earlier revocation of internship placements for 306 BSc Nursing pre-interns throughout a number of universities in Kenya.
Duale revokes nurses internships
According to the Ministry, the transfer follows the invention that the people weren’t certified for the posting, having not but graduated on the time of task.
Further, the information comes amidst an ongoing audit into the 2025/2026 cohort of nursing internship placements.
In an announcement launched on Wednesday, Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Health Aden Duale confirmed that the affected pre-interns have been among the many 2,098 people initially posted on July 1, 2025.
The Ministry famous that it had already revoked internship presents for 42 people on July 21, making the whole variety of cancellations 348 to this point.
“Following a review of the 2,098 pre-interns posted on 1st July 2025, the Ministry has established that 306 individuals were not qualified for internship posting, as they had not yet graduated,” he mentioned.
“The posting offers for these 306 BSc Nurses have been revoked, in addition to the 42 previously revoked on 21st July 2025. All affected internship centres have been duly notified,” the discover learn partly,” Duale confirmed.
On the opposite hand, the investigation additionally recognized 316 pre-interns who had met all eligibility standards however have been omitted from the preliminary placement record.
