Inside govt’s plan to form specialised police unit to rein in rogue medical professionals
By Aloys Michael, January 19, 2026The government has revealed plans to create a specialised police unit to enforce compliance within the medical profession.
The move follows reports of patients dying or developing serious complications due to the botched surgery operations, even as authorities tighten the noose on unlicensed clinics.
In a press briefing on Sunday, January 18, 2026, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the unit will have the responsibility to weed out and take legal action against unqualified or unlicensed healthcare practitioners in the country.
“If you are a quick Healthcare practitioner who is not licensed and has not gone to school like the one who mishandled our patient, I am telling them, they better go look for somewhere else they are going to do their business,” Duale said.
The CS also said the unit will oversee operations in the Social Health Authority (SHA) to ensure that other medical practitioners who are still siphoning funds from Kenyans through fraudulent activities are nabbed.
Dualer revealed that the ministry is working jointly with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to carry out further inquiries into the incident and ensure all those implicated are apprehended and held accountable.
“We will crack the whip, we are planning to form an anti-fraud police Unit to deal with fraud Police Unit to deal with even fraud with SHA, where we are getting people opening and siphoning public money,” he stated.
Footing bills
The Health boss has further assured that the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) will waive all the bills that were incurred while he was receiving treatment.
“Tomorrow morning, I will direct KNH to waive all the bills of our late brother, who was mishandled by the quick doctor. This will be the same way we do when people even go there after being injured during protests or other events,” Duale said.
Amos Isoka passed on on Thursday, January 15, while undergoing treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital, after a botched tooth extraction surgery at a local clinic in Kawangware days earlier.
He was later transferred to KNH, where he was admitted for a week. His condition deteriorated further, and he succumbed after developing serious chest and breathing complications.
“I was told that Amos needed chest surgery because he had developed pressure issues the previous night. He stopped breathing and was taken for CPR, but he passed away at around 11 p.m.,” Isoka’s wife said.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has since confirmed that the medical facility involved in the botched procedure has been operating unlawfully and has since closed four clinics in Nairobi.
The illness later worsened following the incident, prompting him to seek specialised treatment at Wema Hospital, where doctors raised concerns that the condition could have resulted from the use of unsterilised dental instruments.