It is sometimes a torturous process that involves a lot of paper work, back and forth between the medical trainee, the ministry and the internship hospital. The year-long supervision is carried out by senior doctors and the intern is included in the payroll of the county they are posted. But Melly holds, and presented to the Medical Board, a letter of internship posting from the Ministry of Health. After the internship, medical trainees submit a letter of completion and other academic documents in hard copy. However, in places that are not highly contested such as Turkana County, the medical student is likely to get posted there and may not be need the ballot.

Source: Daily Nation November 22, 2016 21:20 UTC