358 US Doctors Issued with Licenses to Work in Kenya

A Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) 2018 report shows that there are 358 American doctors currently working in the country.

This means that United States has the highest number of foreign medical practitioners licensed to operate in Kenya. The report indicates that there is a total of 1,019 foreign doctors authorized to practice Kenya by end of March, 358 of them being from the US.

149 of the US doctors are working at Tenwek Hospital in Bomet County, 86 in AIC Kijabe Hospital, 42 at Ampath Brase Clinic, while PCEA Chogoria Clinic and AIC Cure International Hospital had 15 each.

KMPDB chief executive, Daniel Yumbya said that there are two American medics in Kenyatta National Hospital, Kisumu’s Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital and Eldoret’s Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Nine others operate at the Thika Referral Hospital.

In Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo has the highest number of medics practicing in Kenya with 45 doctors. The number of foreign doctors in Kenya is expected to rise when 100 Cuban doctors arrive in the country on May 28th.

Each of the 47 counties will get two Cuban doctors.