Kenya Medical Training College Kmtc Kakamega Campus Fee structure and Intake dates, Courses offered, location, official contacts

The college has a long history dating back to 1922 when it started training Health Workers who qualified as Medical attendants. The training of enrolled nurses started in 1952 while that of Environmental Health Sciences was inaugurated in 1979. The faculty of Medical Laboratory Technology (now Medical Laboratory Sciences) was introduced in 1981.

The three faculties offered certificate courses until 1994 when Medical Laboratory Sciences started a diploma course, followed by nursing department in 2000. Environmental Health Sciences introduced in-service diploma courses in September 2001. In addition to the three regular progammes, the Nursing faculty started upgrading of enrolled nurses to diploma level in September 2005.

Currently the college has a student population of 678 comprising of regular, self-sponsored and in-service upgrading.

KMTC Kakamega is situated in Kakamega town, next to the Provincial General Hospital, Kakamega.

Administrative structure
The Principal is the head of the institution assisted by two deputies. One of the deputy principals heads the academic department and the other deals with finance and administrative matters.

A head of department is responsible for the running of academic department. All the teaching staff is directly answerable to the Head of Department.

The Executive Officer handles general administrative matters.

In addition, there are standing management committees responsible for overseeing the various activities within the college.

Population of students

Currently the college has a student population of 678 comprising of regular, self-sponsored and in-service upgrading.