Moi-backed Kabarak University to build Sh45bn referral mission hospital

A private university associated with former president Daniel arap Moi is building a multi-billion shilling research and referral mission hospital in Kabarak, Nakuru County.

The Sh45 billion mega-investment, owned by Kabarak University, and backed by international organisations, will also include a 250-bed satellite facility in Nairobi.

Kabarak University acting vice chancellor Henry Kiplagat said the 500-bed facility will be constructed in 45 months and open its doors to the public by 2020.

“This is a dream come true for the chancellor of the university — we are proud to be associated with this accomplishment that will make a lasting impact to many lives,” said Dr Kiplagat.

“It has taken many years of planning and stewardship dating back to 1978 by Mzee Moi to conceive this project and we become the first university in the country to start its own teaching and referral mission hospital.”

Dr Kiplagat was speaking at Kabarak University during the ground-breaking ceremony.

President Moi, in a speech read Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, said he was inspired by the rising need to provide good quality medical education and affordable healthcare.

This comes barely a year after the retired President Moi opened the Sh300 million Kabarak University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
US-based multinational GE Healthcare, will equip referral hospital.

“We are pleased to have been selected as the key tech solutions provider and as a long-standing partner in this project,” said GE Healthcare Africa chief executive Farid Fezoua.

“We will assist the university with infrastructure development, technology transfer, equipment management and transfer to enable better patients’ health outcome.”

President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was represented by the Health secretary Cleopa Mailu said the project would complement government’s effort in providing quality health services in rural areas that are not served by public hospitals.