Graduates from Maseno University are raising alarm after discovering they cannot be licensed to work due to lack of accreditation of their course.
The affected students pursued a Bachelor of Science in Health Records and Information Management, a programme they now say was not approved by the Health Records and Information Management Board.
Without this approval, graduates cannot be issued with practicing licenses, effectively locking them out of employment in the health sector.
Several graduates, speaking anonymously, say they only became aware of the issue while still in campus after earlier cohorts raised concerns.
Despite repeated questions, they claim the university assured them the matter was being handled and would be resolved before they completed their studies.
“We were told the board would visit and everything would be fixed before we graduated, but that never happened,” one graduate said.
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Now out of school, the reality has hit hard. Many say every job application ends at the same point.
“You attend interviews full of hope, but once they ask for a license and you don’t have one, that’s where it ends,” the graduate added.
The situation has left many stranded despite completing four years of study, including lectures, attachments and clinical rotations.
They say they invested significant financial resources, only to find themselves unable to practice.
Graduates have also questioned why new students are still being admitted into the same programme, warning that more could face a similar fate if the issue is not urgently addressed.
The case raises concern about oversight by Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) in approving and listing university programmes.
Efforts to get a response from the university were unsuccessful by the time of publication.
By Odoyo Miranda
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