The cooperation and warm working relationship between Meru County and the National government mooted by Governor Kiraitu Murungi since his election has continued to bear fruit. This is after the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), through the intervention of the Governor today announced that it would be establishing two more medical training colleges in Meru County. The acting Board Chairman of KMTC, Dr David Muthoga who was accompanied by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Prof Michael Kiptoo who were hosted by the Governor announced that the two new training colleges will be established at Kanyakine and Miathene level 4 Hospitals in Imenti South and Tigania West Sub-Counties. At Kanyakine, St. Aloysius Primary School is expected to be converted to a college while at Miathene, the first block of classrooms and offices have been constructed. Governor Murungi said his administration will commit to provide resources to improve infrastructure by carrying out renovations and putting up new structures to expand the college and admit more students and more courses for training. The Governor thanked the Kanyakine Catholic leadership led by Fr Andrew Bundi for surrendering the school structures to establish the new KMTC. "We shall provide more land to add to the five acres that are available to facilitate the expansion of the new institution. I thank the Catholic Church and the communities led by their leaders for embracing the two new training colleges," said Governor Kiraitu. He said the two colleges will boost medical training and in effect enable the success of President Uhuru Kenyatta's Big 4 Agenda which entails Universal Health Care to Kenyans. Governor Murungi stressed the need of people registering as members of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to ease the burden of huge hospital bills. Prof Kiptoo said they were striving to churn out 1000 health workers annually to help the country meet universal health coverage. He said they were keen on achieving the Vision 2030 social pillar and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). KMTC produces 80 per cent of the middle-level personnel in the health sector but we want to open more campuses to meet the target of 1000 workers every year. We want to have three campuses in Meru to increase intake of health students, Prof Kiptoo said. According to the MOU signed in Meru after touring the two proposed sites on April 10, 2018, another campus will be set up at Maua Sub-County Hospital in future, bringing to four the campuses in the vast Meru County. Thirty per cent of admission slots in the new campuses would come from the county, adds the MOU. Dr Muthoga said the campuses are expected to enrol the first lot of medical students in September this year. KMTC has had Meru town campus which was founded in 1979 and currently hosts 780 students.