County Gov’t Launches Scholarship, Jobs For Underprivileged Medical Students
In a historic first for Mombasa County, the government has announced a new plan to support medical training for 12 students with guaranteed employment following completion.
At a news conference on Sunday, July 20, Governor Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir said that his administration had, for the first time, developed a framework to overhaul the county’s medical industry.
“For the first time, the County of Mombasa will have a mechanism to enable its students to study medicine. Before, they had to study medicine outside the country,” the governor revealed.
The new effort will choose two students, one male and one female, from each of Mombasa’s six constituencies and enroll them in a medical training program in collaboration with the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM).
For the first time in the history of Mombasa, through a partnership with the Technical University of #Mombasa, we will offer medical training for future doctors right here in our Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital.
— Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir (@A_S_Nassir) July 20, 2025
Your county government will cater to the fees for 2… pic.twitter.com/tapgeJNtMH
The selected students will next receive practical training at the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, owing to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the county and university.
Unlike in the past, when ambitious doctors trained at medical facilities outside the country.
Students from impoverished homes in Mombasa would be the primary target of the programme.
This includes orphans and those whose parents cannot pay the costs required to pursue a hard course such as medicine.
The governor stated that a special committee will oversee the selection process, identifying individuals based on talent and socioeconomic need.
“If they are sharp enough and from underprivileged backgrounds, I will ask for a framework to guarantee the absorption of all 12 individuals into the county health system once they complete their training,” the governor added.
The initiative’s goal was to level the playing field for young people from underprivileged backgrounds who had previously been unable to pursue professions in medicine.
Mombasa has been home to notable medical institutions such as Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) and the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM).
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However, these colleges have historically given mid-level healthcare courses that lead to professions in disciplines like nursing and clinical medicine, rather than full medical degrees for doctors.
If the students pursued health-related courses locally, they would have to leave the country to complete their practical training.
Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret are the favored training facilities.
Notably, this was the second major initiative announced by the Mombasa governor, coming just days after the proposal of a ‘Mombasa Resident’s Card’, which will act as an identity card to prove that one is a resident of the county.
County Gov’t Launches Scholarship, Jobs For Underprivileged Medical Students
