The Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists (KMLTT) Board has rejected more than 2,500 students seeking registration with the medical board.
The board has said the students failed to meet the requirements that they must achieve to get the registration.
Speaking at a press conference in Nairobi on Sunday September 18, the board's chair Abel Onyango said some 2,000 failed to register with the board after completing their studies while another 500 were registered in private and public institutions without meeting the minimum requirements.
"The board has realised that some institutions in the country are defrauding students on the minimum requirements for the medical laboratory course contrary to what we have set. This has led to admission of unqualified students to the institutions perfectly knowing that this is not allowed. As a result, the board has done audits on some institutions offering the course and those found not complying with the board's requirements will be disqualified from offering the medical laboratory course," said Onyango.
He also addressed institutions lacking the necessary infrastructure, equipment and staff saying they will also be disqualified from offering the course as this will help improve quality in the medical laboratory field.
This comes after the board decided to scrap medical laboratory certificate courses in 2014 to help improve the quality of the medical lab course in the country.