KU medical students to access institution's hospital for training, research after stalemate

However, Nakhumicha blamed the students' lack of access to KUTRRH on the university management saying; "The university was required to write to the Kenya Medical and Dentist Practitioners Council seeking an inspection of an institution that they intend to use for internship and training for accreditation."

She added: "Because of ego and administrative challenges that have been highlighted, the letter was not written by the university and therefore, the students were not been granted access to the facility."

However, some of Nakhumicha's statements over the matter sparked disapproval from some MPs who called on her to withdraw them as they amounted to the prejudice of the university.

Casting aspersions

"You are casting aspersions on the character of Kenyatta University which is honestly unfair," Mr Wamboka said.

Nakumicha went on to explain that the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with that of Education, put up a committee to address the issue but this did not bear any fruit.

The CS said she wrote to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council and the nursing council, on behalf of the university, requesting them to carry out an inspection of the hospital to pave the way for the training of students.

This, she said, was done and advisory given that the institution could accommodate up to 100 students for training and internship at any given time.

"The number has been capped at that because of the need to optimise the number of student to patient ratio, "the CS said.