DCI conducts crackdown on unlicensed health facilities in Nairobi
By Ndiritu Wanjiru, January 29, 2026The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), has conducted a raid on unlicensed health facilities illegally operating within Nairobi.
In a statement on its social media handles on Thursday, January 29, 2026, the DCI has confirmed that detectives from the operation support unit, together with officers from KMPDC, have apprehended two persons of interest engaged in the illicit business in the areas of Kawangware in Dagorretti.
“In efforts to curb the proliferation of unlicensed health facilities operating illegally in Nairobi and its surroundings, detectives from the Operation Support Unit (OSU), alongside officers from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), have apprehended two individuals engaged in this illicit activity in Kawangware, within Dagoretti. They were arrested in the Congo area for their dubious dealings: operating a medical facility without a valid license and practising in an unlicensed medical facility,” DCI stated.
The two persons of interest were arrested while operating a medical facility without a valid license and practising in an unlicensed medical facility. The two are held in custody while the DCI proceeds with the investigation pending their arraignment in court to answer to the charges. They are set to be charged with operating an unlicensed health institution, which is punishable under the Constitution of Kenya.
The DCI has further stated that the collaboration between the unit and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council will continue with the operation the aim of dismantling all the health facilities operating illegally without proper documentation as required by law. This is in an aim to protect the public from quack medical practitioners.
The operation, according to the DCI, will be nationwide and has called on the members of the public to make reports of any businesses operating illegally for legal action.