Nairobi – Kenya’s Practitioners and Dentist Council (KMPDC) is under scrutiny for licensing non-compliant medical facilities in Kenya.
During his first visit to the KMPDC office, Ministry of Health Secretary Aden Duare highlighted the important role of the Congress in ensuring that all Kenyans provide safe and quality care provided by qualified professionals.
“We issued a solid warning against licenses for non-qualified, non-compliant healthcare facilities, making it clear that misconduct by compliance officers will attract legal consequences,” Duare said.
The Kenya Practitioners and Dentist Council is a legal institution mandated to regulate oral hygiene training and practices in Kenya’s medicine, dental and community.
Duare urged the council to maintain a sense of integrity, transparency and a strong sense of public service, as outlined in Section 33(2) of the Social Health Insurance Act of 2023.
“Your work reflects your commitment to integrity, transparency and public service,” he says, calling for timely service delivery, teamwork and efficient use of public resources.
Currently, the Parliament and the Ministry of Health are conducting parallel investigations into the country’s kidney transplant services in accordance with allegations of medical malpractice and ethical violations in several health facilities.
On April 17, CS Duale appointed an independent expert committee consisting of transplant experts drawn from public and private health facilities, professional associations and regulatory bodies. The committee is tasked with conducting a comprehensive audit of all kidney transplant procedures conducted in hospitals involved over the past five years.
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“The committee will focus on governance, clinical practice, ethical compliance and patient safety protocols. It is expected that the report will be submitted within 90 days of appointment,” Duare said.
According to the CS, the measure was spurred by the previous December 2023 investigation team’s failure to formally submit its report to the ministry and a lack of consensus among the committee on its findings.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly Health Committee, chaired by Seme MP James Nyikal, has launched an 80-day investigation aimed at assessing whether legal loopholes exist in the current framework for administering organ transplant services in Kenya.
