How do I become a doctor in Kenya?

To become a doctor in Kenya, you need to pursue a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MbChb) degree and successfully complete it. After completing the Kenya MbChb degree, you need to undergo one year internship (if I am not wrong) before being fully licensed to become a doctor. Of course, people who have foreign qualifications like the MD degrees from Europe and MBBS from countries like India do also get licensed to practice as doctors in Kenya, after some important formalities.

Now For you to be admitted for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree in Kenya, you need to have done very well in your KCSE. I actually think that for you to study for the Bachelor of Medicine degree in Kenya under the regular program (module 1 Bachelor of Medicine), you would need to have scored a mean grade of A in  your KCSE. Lately, as the number of KCSE As has gone down, it has become possible for students with A- to be perhaps admitted for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees. But for the more prestigious university medicine programs (like the University of Nairobi medicine program) I think that the standard is still that of A plain mostly.

For the parallel module 2 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery programs, you could get in with somewhat lower grades (I think up to B+ or B). But then again, if you couldn’t get an excellent grade in KCSE, you are likely to struggle with the MbChb studies, because they tend to be very intense. Plus what I have gathered is that the fees for the parallel degrees in medicine within Kenya are quite hefty.