EMT students practising airway management on a manikin
Nakuru · Kenya — EMS college since 2020

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EMT, BLS, ACLS and first-aid training — hands-on from day one, for school leavers, clinicians and workplaces.

AREMT and SEAPHECC accredited·NITA-approved trainer·AHA training site
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Our mission

Every household in Kenya educated in emergency care.

Sahara EMS College is a registered pre-hospital emergency medicine training institution in Nakuru. Since 2020 we have trained emergency medical technicians, nurses, doctors and workplace first-aiders with affordable, evidence-based courses — and sponsored bright students who could not otherwise afford them.

About the college →
2020
Incorporated in Nakuru as Sahara Emergency Medical Services Trainers
500 h
Field and clinical internship in every EMT diploma
20+ yrs
Pre-hospital experience our instructors bring to class
Courses

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Why Sahara

Trained the way you will work.

Airway management practice on a manikin

Hands-on from day one

Airway, CPR, IV access and trauma skills are practised on manikins and in scenarios every week — not just in the last module.

Instructor supervising IV practice

Instructors from the field

Our teaching team brings more than twenty years of pre-hospital patient care into the classroom.

Community stretcher drill

Real ambulances, real placements

EMT students complete at least 500 hours with a field preceptor and in hospital rotations before they graduate.

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Admissions

Next EMT intake: January 2027

Applications close 5 December. Admission is competitive — minimum KCSE C- (or equivalent) with Biology and a language.

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Apply online or at Pioneer Plaza
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Interview and certificate check
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Enrol and start 12 January
EMT students studying

Bright, but the fees are out of reach?

We sponsor needy students who want a career in pre-hospital emergency medicine. Partners and donors fund places every intake.

News & events

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Partners & recognition
AREMT — Accredited
NAEMT — National Association of EMTs
SEAPHECC — Accredited
American Heart Association
NITA — Approved Trainer
County Government of Nakuru
EMT Council of Kenya
Kenya Red Cross partners