Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Matungu campus will be launched after the completion of a three-storey building that will house administrative offices, a tuition block and a library, area Clerk of Works, Kassim Kulubi has said.
Speaking to Education News, Kulubi averred that a lot had been done and the institution, located in Khalaba ward, will be ready to enroll students for next year’s March intake.
Kulubi noted that a week ago, officials from KMTC Kakamega campus visited the campus and gave it a clean bill of health.
“This project is a game changer in Matungu and we gave it our all going by the input and interest it has generated so far,” he said. “We don’t want our students travelling elsewhere for medical training. The MP is committed towards the project and he has promised to do everything to ensure this campus is commissioned soon,” he said.
He pointed out that medical trainees from the institution will conduct ward rounds at Khalaba Health Centre, Matungu Level IV and Lunganyiro Model Centre, local health centres in the area.
Kulubi assured that pending water and power connections will be fixed in the coming weeks.
Mzee Gregory Konyore, a local and immediate neighbour, thanked the MP for spearheading the setting up of the college.
“As a community, we are glad that the project was brought to our area and that it is going to change the livelihoods of the locals. We are ready to have students,” he said.
Konyore noted that some residents had already put up private hostels to accommodate students.
Nixon Mulando, another resident, noted that the college will empower the community, especially economy-wise.
He called on KMTC to consider hiring locals as staff.
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Daniel Mbakaya, a renowned medical trainer from the area, also pledged to assist the college’s commission.
He said that he will push for the commissioning of the college to ensure the first batch of students are admitted by March next year.
The college sits on a six-acre piece of land and is fully funded by the Matungu NG-CDF whose patron is Peter Oscar Nabulindo.
By Victor Ngecho
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