Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba. [File,Standard]
Kenya will host the World Dental Federation Regional Dental Congress in Mombasa from October 21 to 23 as the country's two public dental schools undergo scrutiny over whether their degree programmes meet accreditation requirements.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba directed the Commission for University Education (CUE) on June 30 to audit the Bachelor of Dental Surgery programmes at the University of Nairobi and Moi University within 14 days.
The directive followed a legal challenge from the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK), which argues the programmes lack formal re-accreditation since both universities received their charters in 2013.
COFEK Secretary General Stephen Mutoro noted the schools have produced no demonstrable evidence of accreditation under the amended law governing university programmes since 2017.
