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Kenya Dental Association sounds alarm over surge in unregulated healthcare training, urges government to take action

Kenya Dental Association President Dr Kahura Mundia, alongside members of the dentists' association, addresses the media on concerns over the introduction of new university programmes without stakeholder engagement at their offices in Nairobi, on June 9th, 2026.

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Kenya Dental Association raises alarm over unregulated healthcare training programmes KDA has raised concerns over the continued establishment and implementation of healthcare training programmes that it says are inadequately regulated, warning that the trend poses significant risks to students, patients and the country's healthcare system.

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The Kenya Dental Association (KDA) has issued an official statement raising grave concerns over the proliferation of unregulated healthcare training programmes.

See statement attached.

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