UK University to build SIX campuses in Kenya in a Ksh 158B deal
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UK University (University of Manchester) to build SIX campuses in a Ksh 158B deal with the Kenyan government
UK University (University of Manchester) to build SIX campuses in a Ksh 158B deal with the Kenyan government.
On Tuesday, March 14, the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom announced that it would begin a Ksh158 billion plan to construct six new medical campuses in Kenya.
The University announced in a statement that it would grant licenses to the campuses that would offer programs in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing.
Kisii University, Maseno University, Masinde Muliro University, Egerton University, Bomet University, and Kibabii University are among the universities that would gain from the initiative.
The initiative, according to the UK-based University, will support the creation of a center of excellence for healthcare education and training by the Lake Region Economic Bloc in Western and Central Kenya.
The program, according to Professor Keith Brennon, vice dean for internationalization at Manchester University, was also designed to lessen the burden brought on by the region’s rapidly rising rates of cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic disorders.
“That is why establishing an education pipeline that can deliver a modern, flexible, and resilient healthcare workforce capable of responding to the rising tide of non-communicable diseases is an urgent priority within Kenya,” Brennan stated.
Additionally, he reiterated a prediction by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that by 2030, Africa will be the only continent to see an increasing deficit in healthcare workers.
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“Therefore, developing a resilient and flexible multi-professional health workforce with strong inter-professional working in Kenya and East African Region is so important.
“New models for health education and training based on modern methods, distance learning, and competency-based in-service training and assessments need to be explored systematically to drive further changes in Kenya and the wider region,” added Brennan.
At the same time, Prof John Akama, the Vice Chancellor of Kisii University, welcomed the move stating that it would be transformative to the Western Region and Kenya.
“I would like to most sincerely thank the University of Manchester for the strategic role it has played in the conceptualization and realization of the centre of excellence in Healthcare Education and Training.
“This will be a transformative project for the people of Western Kenya and Kenya in general,” Akama stated.
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