The Nursing Council of Kenya has re-accredited Mount Kenya University to continue training nursing students.
The Institution has been offering Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree for the last 12 years and has been subject to regular reviews by the Nursing Council to confirm that the university’s facilities, including laboratories, meet the set requirements.
The re-accreditation followed a review process, during which the Nursing Council of Kenya inspected the University and affiliated hospitals last year.
The reviews undertaken every five years are a legal requirement for all institutions of higher learning training nursing students.
The Registrar Nursing Council of Kenya Dr Lister Onsongo presented the re-accreditation certificate to the MKU Vice Chancellor Prof Deogratious Jaganyi at a function on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025.
“MKU was granted approval to train nursing students in 2012 and the first re-accreditation was conducted in 2017 this is the second re-accreditation Since 2012, our nursing programme has produced over 1,400 qualified nurses who are making a significant impact in healthcare both locally and internationally,” he said.
He noted that the university had made heavy investments in healthcare training, including setting up two ultra-modern nursing skills laboratories that are available for use by nursing and other medical students.
Onsongo added that the Nursing Council would look into the application by MKU to increase the number of nursing students that it can train.
“We recognize that the demand to train nurses in Kenya has gone high and institutions have to be in tandem with this demand,” she said
