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Three colleges closed as council goes for quacks in nursing profession

Edna Tallam, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nursing Council of Kenya at the Uzima University in Kisumu County, The board toured the facility to observe if it was complying with the regulations, she said they had already closed two institutions that were offering illegal courses. [Phillip Orwa, Standard]

The Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) has suspended nursing programmes in three colleges in a purge on institutions offering illegal and substandard courses.

In the last four days, NCK has suspended the programmes in colleges in Nairobi, Eldoret and Kisumu in the crackdown that targets nearly 30 others over non-compliance with minimum requirements to offer nursing courses.

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