Clinical officers dismiss claims on varsity course

By LONAH KIBET

Kenya: Clinical officers have dismissed reports in the media questioning the legality of the Bachelor of Science in Clinical Medicine degree.

The officers argued that the claims were malicious rumours by their enemies trying to render their field inoperable.

“The degree is legal and recognised, having been approved by the Ministry of Health and the Commission for University Education, in consultation with all stakeholders and we have the evidence to prove this,” said Union of Kenya Clinical Officers (UKCO) Chairman George Gibore.

Gibore added: “Those spreading the rumours fear that their pay will be slashed and added to ours to rationalise the salaries.”

The media had carried reports that the course being offered at Kenyatta, Egerton and Mount Kenya universities and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology since 2009 is not recognised and that graduates were barred from practising by law.

This has resulted in confusion among parents and students who have already spent a fortune on the course. The officers claimed the reports were a distraction to evade their real issues.