Chaired a meeting with health professional regulatory bodies at the Ministry of Health headquarters to review preparedness for the deployment of the 2026/2027 cohort of healthcare interns on 1st July.
The engagement brought together regulators to validate internship readiness, address emerging placement challenges and reinforce a transparent, accountable and efficient deployment process.
I commended the regulatory bodies for completing the verification of eligible graduates and submitting internship lists within the agreed timelines, ensuring a credible basis for deployment.
This financial year, the Government has committed KSh 9.3 billion towards internship training and will deploy 6,360 healthcare interns across various cadres, underscoring our commitment to strengthening the health workforce and advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through Taifa Care.
We also reviewed ongoing reforms aimed at aligning health professions education with national workforce needs, including student indexing, workforce planning, internship capacity management and the harmonisation of scopes of practice across health professions.
I was joined in the meeting by PS Ms. Mary Muthoni (Public Health and Professional Standards); Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)Board Chair Dr. Dabar Abdi; CEO NCK Dr. Lista Onsongo; Ministry's Head of Nursing and Midwifery Services Dr. Judith Awinja; CEO Dr. David Kariuki of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC); Dr Kelly Oluoch of the Kenya Medical Training College(KMTC); Ibrahim Wako of Clinical Officers Council among other Ministry Officials.
The man who performed this ex lab is a licensed doctor working for Trans Nzoia County, yet a young, energetic 22 year old farmhand lost his life in such a painful and avoidable way. What a tragedy.
This is beyond negligence his license needs to be revoked and he should be arrested. A human life was treated carelessly, and justice must be served.
@KmpdcOfficial
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Kenya has approved a US plan to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base in Laikipia for Americans exposed to the outbreak in DR Congo.
Kenya had reportedly pushed for the facility to also serve other nationalities.