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"content": " Hon. Senators, I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted to the Senate by Mr. Jafar Muhsin Cassava, concerning the management and use of Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) by medical students at the Kenyatta University. As you are aware, under Article 119 (1) of the Constitution, and I quote- “Every person has the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending, or repealing any legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in the said Petition are as follows- THAT, the petitioners are students of Kenyatta University, representing the Kenyatta University Students Association. THAT, in the year 2004, Kenyatta University started a School of Health sciences in order to consolidate the training of medical professionals. THAT, the plan was to use the school to enable students get the absolute best exposure to enable them to level up to the global standards in health care training. THAT, the Government approved the proposal and the funding request by the Kenyatta University, to establish a state-of-the-art teaching, training, research and referral hospital at the main campus, which will serve as a national referral centre, as well as to aid medical students in the clinical training and research. THAT, Kenyatta University Strategic Plan 2016 to 2026 envisaged a medical hub that would incorporate the operationalization of KUTRRH, construction of a children's and women's hospital, establishment of a centre for medical research and continuing education, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant that will serve the entire region and offer training to pharmaceutical professionals and a research centre in alternative medicine. THAT, despite the proposal by the Kenyatta University to establish KUTRRH as a university hospital, it was established as a stand-alone parastatal via Legal Notice No. 4 of 2019, which has put in jeopardy, the entire medical education fraternity at the university and disrupted the entire process of realisation of the intended objectives. THAT, even though the facility is fully functional, lecturers and medical students from Kenyatta University, have been denied access by the hospital management for teaching and learning. The situation would render many of the medical students deregistered or forced to enrol afresh elsewhere to pursue their studies in medicine. THAT, Kenyatta University has been relying on infrastructure and facilities from other health institutions to train health professionals, a situation that is not sustainable. Moreover, these institutions are not able to offer specialised training for health care professionals beyond undergraduate level, and yet there is enormous need for more health professionals and demand for training in the health sciences in Kenya. THAT, the Petitioners have made efforts to address the matter, but the relevant authorities, all of which have failed to give a satisfactory response."
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