Duale revokes internship postings for 348 nursing students

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale during official launch of Benefits Package and Tarrifs Advisory Panel on May 26, 2025. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The Ministry of Health has revoked internship postings for 348 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) students for failure to meet eligibility criteria.

In a press release on Monday, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the revocation was done after it was established that the students got internship placements despite not having graduated.

The Ministry made the decision adhering to the Public Service Commission Internship Policy and Guidelines for the Public Service (2016) and the Ministry's Internship Policy for Healthcare Professionals (2020).

"Internship placement is only available to individuals who have completed their studies, officially graduated, and obtained clearance from their regulatory body. Unfortunately, the affected BScN students have not yet officially graduated and therefore do not meet the eligibility criteria for internship placement," Duale said.

He said the ministry is committed to fairness and integrity in the internship placement process and that priority must go to those who have completed their studies and secured the necessary regulatory clearance.

Under the current policy, the Public Service Commission provides 2,000 internship slots annually for BScN graduates.

The revocation comes days after the CS revoked internship placements for 306 Bachelor of Science Nursing pre-interns who were found unqualified in the ongoing review of the 2025/2026 cohort postings.

This was done after a review of the 2,098 pre-interns listed on July 1, 2025.

Additionally, the Ministry had revoked 42 internship offers earlier, on July 21.