Kenya: MPs Push to Strip KUCCPS of Power Over KMTC Admissions

Members of Parliament are pushing for legislative amendments that could remove the student placement mandate of Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) over admissions to Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC).

The proposal emerged during deliberations by the National Assembly’s Committee on Health, which argued that the current placement framework has created confusion and weakened coordination in the training of health professionals.

At the heart of the dispute…