The
Kenya Medical Training College will partner with this Bretton Woods Institution
to fund over 400 students in 2016 who will give medical services in a specific
region in Kenya.
The
KMTC Word bank scholarship/sponsorship will fund over 400 students in 2016 who
will be trained in community health nursing.
Under
the scholarship programme, a majority of the 400 students who will be funded
will work in Northeastern Kenya. The applications for the scholarship came to an end on 23rd October 2015.
Speaking
today, the KMTC Board chair Prof. Philip Kaloki (Once vied unsuccessfully for
the Makueni Senatorial position) said that the main aim of the scholarship
programme is to meet the shortage of nurses. This is with respect to the
shortage of nurses in public hospitals in Northeastern Kenya.
The training will be done in the following KMTC campuses; Lodwar, Kilifi, Msambweni, Bomet, Oloitoktok, Kapenguria, Kabarnet and Kitui