[PHOTOS] Post us for internship! Medical students hold demos

Graduate medical students on Monday took to the streets to protest over the delay by the Ministry of Health in posting them as medical interns.

Dressed in white laboratory coats and medical hair nets, the students marched in solidarity from around 10 am to Afya Hosue in Nairobi.

They carried posters that had written messages to the ministry.

"It's the patients who suffer, Post interns," 

"Na badoooo.. post interns,"

Earlier, Association of Medical Students of the University of Nairobi (AMSUN) Chairman Muinde Nthusi said graduates have completed their rigorous medical training but are yet to be placed in internship positions.

"As recent graduates of medical school in Kenya, we wish to draw attention to the systemic delays in the posting of medical, pharmacy, and dental interns by the Ministry of Health," Nthusi said. 

The AMSUN Chair noted that many graduates are still awaiting placement in internship centers, up to seven months after graduation.