The ministry of health has intensified crackdown on illegal aesthetic clinics and beauty spas conducting dangerous invasive surgeries.
Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has said that a total of 26 aesthetic clinics were assessed, with 20 found compliant with licensing and operational standards while three had applied for registration and were awaiting approval.
She noted that another three were operating illegally without registration in an exercise conducted in Nairobi, Mombasa and Eldoret.
Speaking at ACK Gituto Church in Gichugu Constituency Kirinyaga County Muthoni said that 102 beauty spas were inspected, with seven found to be offering invasive procedures such as micro-blading and micro-needling without proper registration or qualified personnel.
The PS urged all beauty and aesthetic businesses to comply with legal requirements to ensure client safety saying that the Ministry of Health will continue to uphold the highest standards in the health sector to protect Kenyans from non-compliant and unsafe procedures including immediate closure of the non-compliant ones.
Muthoni added smoking Shisha remains illegal in the country and as such, a multi-agency team will soon launch a countrywide crackdown on all the establishments where Shisha is being smoked to confiscate and close them down.
