Dr Lukoye Atwoli Archives

Just two months after being appointed the new Dean of Medical College at Aga Khan University, COTU boss Francis Atwoli’s son Dr Lukoye Atwoli has yet again landed a new plum position.

President Uhuru Kenyatta, a gazette notice dated Friday October 16, has appointed Dr Lukoye Atwoli as the non-executive Chairperson of Mathari Teaching and Referral Hospital.

He will be the chairman of the Mathari Teaching and Referral Hospital for a period of three years.

Lukoye is the former Dean of the Moi University School of Medicine, where he excelled at building collaborations and partnerships between the School of Medicine and academic medical centres in Africa, Europe, and the US, transforming it into a regionally leading research and graduate medical school.

Professor Atwoli also leads and participates in mental health research locally and globally, a move that might have also handed him a soft landing at the Mathari Hospital.

He is a member of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys Consortium, which is the leading collaborative project in psychiatric epidemiology globally.

He has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Moi University, and a Master of Medicine in Psychiatry from the University of Nairobi as well as a PhD from the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

Professor Lukoye has over 50 publications to his credit in academic books and in peer-reviewed journals.

COTU boss Francis Atwoli’s son Dr Lukoye Atwoli, a School of Medicine dean at Moi University has issued a resignation notice indicating he is no longer interested in occupying the office.

Dr Atwoli disclosed he resigned from the position effective immediately citing frustration by colleagues and the university’s management as the main reason why he decided to exit the office.

According to a local daily, Atwoli revealed the past 18 months has been hell on earth for him and that he could not take it anymore.

“I have found myself in impossible position which I no longer command the trust or respect of you, my colleagues, and that of the university management and presumably the council as well. The result is that I have to watch as our students waste away in despondency while I have nothing to tell them about their fate. For those I may have wronged over the past five years, I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me. I have not been wronged by any of you in your capacity as HoDs, I can declare that here. I thank you and wish you all well. I will be exiting this group first thing tomorrow morning,” he said.

Dr Lukoye Atwoli is also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Mental Health,School of Medicine, Moi University College of Health Sciences.

He is also a Consultant Psychiatrist at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and at the Academic Model Providing Access To Healthcare (AMPATH)

He is also In-Charge of Mental health Services at Centre for Assault Recovery- Eldoret(CAR-E) (a specialized centre for sexual and gender-based violence)

Dr Lukoye Atwoli

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