Overview The mandate of the Ministry is to ensure 100% Food and Nutrition Security and to improve the livelihoods of rural Kenyans by transforming the sector to be competitive, commercially oriented and responsive to the economic needs of the country

Summary

The Directorate of Veterinary Services, State Department for Livestock Development in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development announces internship vacancies for veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofes- sionals who graduated in the year 2023/2024. This is a statutory requirement under the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals Act, No. 29 of 2011 Sections 15 (1) and 17 (1). Internship will be guided by the Internship Policy and Guidelines for the Public Service, the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals Regulations of 2013 and the Kenya Veterinary Board Internship Guidelines. The internship is scheduled to begin in December, 2024. The deadline for application is 31st October, 2024.

Requirements for the Internship are as follows:

• Temporary registration as a veterinary intern for the year 2024 by the Kenya Veterinary Board Certificate of Training (BVM, BSc, Diploma or Certificate level) from Universities and other training Institu- tions recognized by the Kenya Veterinary Board
• KCSE Certificate
• KCPE Certificate
• National Identity card
• Birth certificate
• KRA PIN certificate
• Valid Certificate of good conduct
• NHIF Card
• NSSF Card
• Personal Accident Insurance cover
• Bank Account in your name
• Two recent passport size photographs

Eligibility:

Only graduates in the following categories are eligible for the Veterinary Internship Programme:

• Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
• BSc. in Animal Health and Production
• Diploma in  Animal Health and Production
• Certificate in Animal Health and Production

All applicants must have graduated from an institution recognized by the  Kenya Veterinary Board

Veterinary internship is mandatory for all those who graduated from 2016 onwards

Before making this application the applicant  MUST be registered as an Intern by the Kenya Veterinary Board for the year 2024