The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) will have additional campuses in the country to cater for the increasing numbers of students.
According to the KMTC chairman Prof Philip Kaloki, the current 64 training colleges in the country are not able to accommodate the increasing population of medical students hence need to have additional branches.
He spoke on Thursday in Nyamira town during the handing over of two buses to the county’s branch and Bondo at the KMTC Nyamira campus grounds.
“We need to assure all of you that our tradition is to ensure we have competent trainees and adequate numbers to take to the health facilities so that our people can benefit from the universal healthcare,” Kaloki said.
He noted that the current population of students that stands at 38,000 will be increased to 50,000 in the near future with the ongoing admissions. This will help the government attain the required number of health workers to address the current shortage.
Prof Kaloki said that new 86 colleges will be established to bring the total number of KMTC campuses across the country to 150.
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