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Kenyatta University's three-year bitter fight to reclaim hospital

Kenyatta University Main Campus entrance at Kahawa on 29 April, 2025. [Standard, Kanyiri Wahito]

For over three years, Kenyatta University (KU) has stood at a crossroads, its medical and health science students left training in under-equipped hospitals in Kiambu and Thika, while a world-class facility built on its own grounds remains out of bounds.

Vice Chancellor Prof Paul Wainaina has reignited a spirited push to return the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) to its original mission as the training hub for its health sciences students.

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