Healing ministry since 1925
Compassionate care, healing hearts.
Kendu Adventist Hospital is a 170-bed Level 4 hospital a short distance from Lake Victoria. Outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, maternity, diagnostics, and dialysis serve Kendu Bay and the surrounding counties.
Clinicians in a covered walkway on the hospital grounds
At a glance
Kendu Adventist Hospital
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170 beds
Six inpatient departments, plus a 6-bed intensive care unit.
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Founded in 1925
The oldest Adventist hospital in Kenya, under the West Kenya Union Conference.
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0734 000 009
Clinics Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00. admin@kenduhospital.org
Care
Services patients come for
Inpatient / Outpatient
Daily clinics, casualty, maternity, and 170 beds across six inpatient departments.
Pharmaceutical Services
Dispensing, medication counselling, and a stock of essential medicines, Monday to Friday.
Diagnostic Services
X-ray, ultrasound, CT, and special studies including barium swallow.
Renal Services
The dialysis centre is open. Call the hospital to ask about an appointment.
Laboratory Services
Biochemistry, haematology, and immunoassay.
Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy, including paediatric therapy.
Medical staff
Dr. Nolan Bayen
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Nolan Bayen is chief medical officer at Kendu Adventist Hospital. He leads the hospital’s clinical team.
With him on the clinical team
Dr. Jean Claude Niyitegeka
Medical Officer
Dr. Kalos Balole
Surgeon
Dr. Vanessa Atieno
Medical Doctor
Dr. Cyril Siringo
Medical Doctor
Mrs. Edna Haldar
Laboratory Technologist
The hospital
A century of service beside Lake Victoria
The hospital opened in 1925 with six beds. It is now a 170-bed facility and a complex that includes the School of Medical Sciences, an elementary school, and a Comprehensive Care Centre. In 2025 the hospital marked 100 years of healing ministry.
Read the history arrow_forwardNeed the hospital today?
Call 0734 000 009 or write to admin@kenduhospital.org. The hospital is on Kendu-Oyugis Road, P.O. Box 20-40301, Kendu Bay.