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Rogue medical colleges hire quack tutors, issue diplomas in two months

KHPOA CEO Dr Jackson Kioko when he appeared before the Joint meeting of the National Assembly Education and Health Committees at Parliament on November 25, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The midwife helping your wife to deliver, the lab technician testing your samples in hospital, or the caregiver looking after your ageing parent may have trained at a college where classes run for just two months.

These are findings of a survey by the Health Professions Oversight Authority (HPOA), which uncovered colleges employing tutors with the same qualifications as their students and admitting learners with widely inconsistent grades for identical courses.

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