PREMIUM Broken system? Row over surgeons training at Machakos Level V How governance failures triggered suspension of surgical training. Machakos 16 min ago

A source close to the programme and who spoke with the Nation said that the teaching faculty at Machakos Level 5 Hospital lacks formal credentialing, job descriptions, or official appointment letters to act as educators, yet the hospital administration aggressively coerced them into assuming instructional and supervisory roles anyway.

Governance failures trigger suspension of surgical training On September 5, 2025, COSECSA Country Representatives Dr Karen Mbaabu and Dr Caesar Bitta wrote to the hospital's program director, suspending intake for the collegiate programme under Machakos Level V Hospital."We are not aware of any documented structural challenges at Machakos Level 5 Hospital since the inception of its training program," said Dr Mbaabu, one of the signatories to the COSECSA letter of September 5, 2025, which suspended further intake for the collegiate programme.