The first batch of Kenyan nurses is expected to arrive in the United Kingdom for work in three months, British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has said.
Marriot, who spoke during a media briefing at her residence in Nairobi on Thursday, said the UK and Kenya are currently exploring ways of fast-tracking the process.
“The recruitment notice has gone out and the Ministry of Labor is dealing with that. We are going through the slow laborious bureaucratic process to work out the legal practicality on how to get the nurses over there and make sure they’re properly supported and integrated into the National Health Service (NHS),” Marriott said.
She added: “I hope to have the first nurses over there within the next two or three months.”
Last week, the Ministry of Labor through the National Employment Authority (NEA) opened applications for nurses seeking to work in the UK.
This followed the signing of a bilateral agreement for collaboration in the healthcare workforce between Kenya and the UK, which allows Kenyan healthcare professionals to be recruited to work in the UK National Health Service (NHS).
Interested applicants have until 5:00 pm on August 27th to register through the NEA portal (https://neaims.go.ke/).
One must be a Kenyan citizen, have a diploma or bachelor’s degree in Nursing from a recognized institution, and be registered and licensed by the Nursing Council of Kenya to qualify for the program.
They are also required to have a valid Police Clearance Certificate (Certificate of Good Conduct) and not be in paid employment either in the public or private sector in Kenya.
Details of the recruitment and immigration process can be obtained from the Labor Ministry’s website at: https://labour.go.ke or that of the NEA at: https://nea.go.ke/web/.
Nurses are the first cadre of healthcare workers targeted for recruitment under the agreement signed during President Kenyatta’s visit to the UK last month.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Health Workforce Collaboration, which provides a framework for capacity building and exchange of healthcare workers between Kenya and the UK, was signed by Kenya’s Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui and the UK’s Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid.
Why not change the education…
Why not change the education system in Kenya if it’s not working. If after being educated in Kenya the only place you can find employment is in western nations- then there is huge disconnect.
We break up our families, subject our people to racial discrimination and servitude (slavery)and strange environment.
If this is the result of the current education given to our people, we need to dismantle it and provide our own education.
We are at the end of the rope with foreign education being taught in Kenya and in Africa as a whole. It’s time to venture into other alternatives.
Interested applicants have…
Interested applicants have until 5:00 pm on August 27th to register through the NEA portal (https://neaims.go.ke/).
One must be a Kenyan citizen, have a diploma or bachelor’s degree in Nursing from a recognized institution, and be registered and licensed by the Nursing Council of Kenya to qualify for the program.
They are also required to have a valid Police Clearance Certificate (Certificate of Good Conduct) and not be in paid employment either in the public or private sector in Kenya.
how can you not be in any employment to be eligible to apply? Does this mean they are taking nurses who graduated and have no jobs ?? is experience not a requirement? am confused about this requirement.
Atleast they are offering job opportunities to educated nursing cadidates who have been trained but our government have no jobs for them
I salute His Excellency Mr…
I salute His Excellency Mr President Uhuru Kenyatta for taking this big step.I have vast experience as a nurse and have been tarmacking since early 2017 to date. It hasn’t been easy for me with university fees for three.I am hopeful that this time round I will get employment.Long live our president.
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@Thomas Ngugi Thank you for…
@Thomas Ngugi Thank you for sharing it will help someone somewhere somehow..
Slavery slavery continues??I…
Slavery slavery continues??I would have bin more happier if we celebrating the British bin offered jobs in kenya 55 years later after our independence but it’s sad our blacks peoples still celebrating our people going to uk to clean u know what n to who after 55 years.
If all the good nurses leave…
If all the good nurses leave Kenya, who’s going to take care of our people. The government should be trying and keep our healthcare workers happy and well compensated. You don’t hear American nurses leaving for other countries.
this should really scare all…
this should really scare all kenyans. your healthcare system is becoming depleted by the day. who will take care of u when u need it the most? simple fix here is increase pay for healthcare workers to keep them grounded in kenya. you’re creating a monster here, not evident at the moment but in the future it will become clear. open your minds
this should be a sad…
this should be a sad situation..why train nurses to go take care of others abroad? where are incentives to keep our healthcare home? this is a sign of a failed nation.. its like encouraging your kids to go eat at the neighbors house because you cant afford to feed them.Sad!