Started as a in house training program at Kijabe Hospital, the KRNA training program was accredited by the Nursing Council of Kenya with the first class of 10 graduating in 2008. Since then, Kijabe College of Health Sciences (formerly known as Kijabe Nursing School) remained the only training site for KRNAs until 2015 when the program was piloted at Kenya Medical Training College, Kisumu campus. The program has since expanded to an additional site and is now offered at KMTC Kisii campus.