Medical Services Principal Secretary Ouma Oluga has vowed to weed out unqualified health practitioners from the health service.

In a statement on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, the Ministry of Health revealed that it will embark on the digitisation of the health workers’ roll to rid the sector of quacks.

“The Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to uphold the integrity of the health sector by weeding out unqualified practitioners,” the statement reads in part.

Digitised health workers’ list

“Medical Services Principal Secretary, Ouma Oluga, says the Ministry has begun digitising health workers to ensure that only qualified professionals attend to patients in all public and private health facilities.”

Speaking during the 110th anniversary of Kijabe Hospital in Kiambu County, Oluga emphasised that this move is part of wider reforms aimed at streamlining service delivery and protecting patient safety.

Oluga equally observed that the ministry is investing in capacity building to align the health workforce with emerging medical expertise.

He lauded the contribution of private health facilities in advancing Universal Health Coverage and encouraged Kenyans to register for the Social Health Authority (SHA) medical scheme.

“Let us work together to strengthen healthcare systems and ensure access to safe, qualified, and affordable care for all,” Oluga said.

Mission Hospital anniversary

Kijabe Mission Hospital was established in 1915 by the African Inland Missionaries as an outpost, and the building of the present complex was completed in 1961.

The non-profit hospital has evolved to become a 363-bed facility, with four other hospitals and at least 45 dispensaries served by the health facility’s 900 staff members.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐬

The Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to uphold the integrity of the health sector by weeding… pic.twitter.com/kbpeumJ20c

— Ministry of Health (@MOH_Kenya) May 28, 2025

The mission hospital includes five inpatient wards (general surgery, medicine for adults and children, obstetrics and gynaecology, neonatal care, and rehabilitation), nine operating rooms, an outpatient clinic and 24-hour casualty department, an eye clinic, and a full-service dental facility.

It also trains nurses and medical students and has Community Health Evangelism (CHE) and chaplaincy programs.

A Maternal-Child Health Centre (MCH) within the hospital provides antenatal care, family planning, and childhood immunisations. Kijabe also sends mobile health teams to 12 villages each month to provide these same services, given that C-sections are among its most performed surgical procedures.

“The fact that 46 per cent of Kenyans depend on institutions that are not directly managed by the government means that we hold you in a very dear place as our stakeholders,” Oluga said during the hospital’s 110th anniversary.