By Kamau Maichuhie
Thika, Kenya: Thika based Mt Kenya University (MKU) will from next month offer Bachelor of Medicine, becoming the third university to offer the course outside Nairobi.
Chancellor Victoria Wulsin said the course will commence at the university main campus in Thika town after completion of a human anatomy laboratory in the expanded Thika Level Five Hospital mortuary that cost them Sh300 million.
The ultra-modern mortuary will have room for modern embalment units, classrooms and a modern human anatomy laboratory with a capacity of 150 bodies.
“The ultra-modern laboratory, mortuary and Thika Level Five Hospital will offer practical training and experience to the first batch of 150 medical students who are slated to start classes in January next year. We expect the number to double in the next intake,” said Simon Gicharu, the chairman of MKU board of trustees.
Separately, MKU has signed research partnerships with two American universities to carry out various academic and research projects.
While announcing the agreement at the university’s main campus in Thika, Prof Wulsin said the research partnerships with Xavier and Cincinnati universities will be geared towards generating research findings that will be used for policy formulation and implementation in Kenya.
“Kenya is in need of sound research that will enable the nation come up with discoveries and policies that once implemented, will propel the country to greater heights of development and enable her realise Vision 2030,” Wulsin said.
