The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Council (KMPDC) on the instruction of the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health conducted an inspection visit to KUTRRH on 20th July 2023. The inspection was conducted for accreditation of KUTRRH as a training site for Kenyatta University (KU) medical students in line with the Legal Notice No. 4 of 2019. Similarly, upon the directive from the CS, Health to the Nursing Council of Kenya, NCK inspected KUTRRH as a training site for KU nursing students on 10th July 2023.
Advanced endoscopy services currently available in major private hospitals cost as much as Ksh. 850,000 but are now available at KUTRRH at a reduced cost of Ksh. 100,000 with this cost being fully borne by NHIF.
The management of KUTRRH led by Prof. Olive Mugenda hosted a delegation from the Kenya Medical Practioners and Dentist Council led by the Chair of the Council, Prof. Stanley Khainga and the CEO, Dr. David Kariuki. They donated trees which were planted in celebration of the World Environment Day.
KUTRRH hosted a delegation from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The delegation discussed the progress of the ongoing research that is been undertaken by KUTRRH, Manchester University and the Christie Foundation on oesophageal cancer in several counties in Kenya.





