The Ministry of Health has revoked internship offers for 306 nursing graduates following an investigation into the Nursing Internship Placement for the 2025/2026 cohort.
In a statement signed by Health CS Aden Duale, the ministry confirmed that more discrepancies were identified in the initial placement list after 42 interns were initially found to have been listed unlawfully earlier in July.
The ministry also detailed some of the institutions that had their students lose their internship offers, with Kenyatta University having the most revocations, with 22.
CS Duale revokes internship placements for over 300 nursing graduates.Photo: Courtesy.
More than a dozen tertiary institutions across the country had students who received irregular internship placements.
As a result, the 306 pre-interns saw their internship offer letters revoked.
All affected internship centres were then notified accordingly to avoid disruptions in the process.
Further investigations from the ministry revealed that an additional 316 pre-interns were identified as qualified but were omitted from the original posting list.
This came days after the suspension of Chief Executive Officer of the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) Lister Onsongo over an alleged breach of regulations involving the unlawful placement.
