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Give us back our hospital, say Kenyatta University students

President William Ruto

President William Ruto, Health CS Susan Nakhumicha and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi during the commissioning of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital Cyberknife Centre on April 24, 2023.

Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru I Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • hey said failure to revert ownership of the hospital to the university puts the fate of the School of Medicine at risk as medical students are not allowed use of the hospital for their training needs.
  • The hospital originally belonged to the university but was later converted into a parastatal whose board of directors is chaired the former vice chancellor Prof Olive Mugenda.

Kenyatta University (KU) students have demanded the return of the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital back to the university management.

They said failure to revert ownership of the hospital to the university puts the fate of the School of Medicine at risk as medical students are not allowed use of the hospital for their training needs.