I did my undergraduate about 10 years ago in this very institution and was eager to come back after sufficiently practicing in this field to specialize in an area that will be beneficial to the community I serve. I am a pharmacist working for the county government, my primary areas are validation of prescriptions, dispensing medications, improving and monitoring use of medicines, extemporaneous preparations, primary health care, pharmacovigilance and being part of various multi-disciplinary teams in the public hospital where I am stationed.

Simon Kigoro was born in Nyandarua county where he attended Waka Junior school and did KCPE in 2006. He proceeded to Nyandarua High School where he did his KCSE in 2010 with an excellent score of A plain. He joined Kenyatta University in 2011 where he pursued Bachelor of Pharmacy degree and later graduated in 2016. He did his internship at Kitale level 5 Hospital and was registered as a pharmacist in 2018.

My name is Preston Ochieng Otieno and I am an Assistant Director of Pharmaceutical Services and the Pharmacist In-Charge of the Kitale County Hospital Comprehensive Care Centre. I am a skilled pharmaceutical systems expert and a registered Pharmacist with a broad range of experience in the health sector and strong background in Pharmacovigilance, Quality Assurance, Pharmacoeconomics, Health Systems Strengthening, Health Policy Analysis, Health Technologies Assessment (HTA) and Procurement/supply chain management.