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Most people opening a clinic in Kenya start with a list borrowed from someone else and discover the gaps in their first week of trading. This guide works the other way round: it starts from what actually happens in a consulting room, and builds the equipment list from there. Prices are our current 2026 prices, so you can use it as a working budget rather than an idea of one.

Start with the room, not the catalogue

Before buying anything, decide what your clinic will actually do in its first year. A general outpatient clinic seeing coughs, fevers and blood pressure checks needs a very different list from one offering minor surgery, and both differ from a clinic with its own laboratory. Buying for the clinic you hope to be in three years is the most reliable way to run out of working capital in month four.

Write down the ten commonest things you expect to do. Equip completely for those. Everything else can wait until the revenue exists to justify it.

The consulting room: KSh 37,000

This is the irreducible core. Without these items you cannot examine a patient properly.

Item	Price
Examination Couch	KSh 10,000
Examination Light	KSh 10,000
Dressing Trolley	KSh 9,500
Yuwell Digital BP Machine	KSh 3,000
Littmann Classic II Stethoscope	KSh 2,500
Medical Pen Torch	KSh 1,000
Patella Hammer	KSh 1,000

A word on the stethoscope. It is the one item where the cheap option genuinely costs you clinically. A dual-head stethoscope at KSh 2,000 is serviceable, but the acoustic difference on a quiet murmur or early basal crackles is real. If you are the only clinician, buy the Littmann.

Procedures and sterilisation: KSh 29,500

The moment you suture a laceration or dress a wound, you have created a sterilisation obligation. Do not open with instruments and no autoclave.

Item	Price
Autoclave 18 Litres	KSh 18,000
Suture / Stitching Set	KSh 5,000
Dressing Set	KSh 4,500
Instrument Tray	KSh 2,000

Buy two of each instrument set rather than one, if you can. Cycle time on an 18 litre autoclave is 30 to 45 minutes, and a single set means turning away the second patient who needs suturing that morning. Duplicating a KSh 5,000 set is much cheaper than buying a bigger autoclave. Our autoclave price guide explains sizing in detail.

Point-of-care diagnostics: from KSh 8,650

Rapid tests are what turn a consultation into a diagnosis on the same visit, and they are the highest-return purchase on this whole page. Start with the four that cover the bulk of Kenyan outpatient presentations.

Test	Price
Malaria Rapid Test	KSh 1,000
Widal Test Kit	KSh 850
Pregnancy Test Strips	KSh 300
HIV Test Strips	KSh 6,500

For HIV testing, check your product against the current national testing algorithm before you standardise. More options and guidance on antigen versus antibody testing are in our rapid test kit price guide.

Measurement, staff and safety: about KSh 13,000

Growth monitoring and triage need measuring equipment, and a clinic needs its staff dressed and its premises covered.

Item	Price
Baby Height Board	KSh 9,500
First Aid Kit – Medium	KSh 3,600
MUAC Tape	KSh 300
Measuring Tape	KSh 300
Lab Coat	KSh 900

See the workwear and medical textiles and PPE ranges for scrubs, gloves, masks and aprons.

What a realistic opening budget looks like

Adding the four sections above, a single-consulting-room clinic equipped to work properly from day one comes to roughly KSh 90,000 in equipment. That figure surprises people in both directions: it is far less than the numbers quoted in casual conversation, and far more than the KSh 30,000 some first-time owners budget.

Then decide about emergency capability. An emergency trolley or crash cart at KSh 70,000 is not optional if you administer injections, perform procedures under local anaesthetic, or see acutely unwell patients. Anaphylaxis is rare and unforgiving. Budgeting KSh 160,000 to KSh 200,000 for a clinic that can safely handle an emergency is more honest than opening at KSh 90,000 and hoping.

Note what is not on this list: rent, fit-out, signage, licensing, medicines, and three months of working capital. Equipment is usually the smaller half of the total cost of opening.

Sequencing your purchases

If cash is tight, buy in this order. First the consulting room, because you cannot trade without it. Second the rapid tests, because they generate revenue on the same visit and cost very little. Third sterilisation and instruments, at the point you start offering procedures. Fourth the crash cart, before you administer your first injectable. Fifth the laboratory, once your test volumes justify an analyser rather than referral.

Resist buying a second couch, a second BP machine or a bigger autoclave until the first ones are genuinely the bottleneck. Idle equipment is the commonest reason new clinics in Kenya run short of working capital.

Questions we are asked most often

How much does it cost to equip a clinic in Kenya?

Roughly KSh 90,000 for a properly equipped single consulting room, and KSh 160,000 to KSh 200,000 once emergency and procedure capability is included. A clinic with its own laboratory should budget from KSh 400,000 upwards depending on the test menu.

What licences do I need?

Registration and inspection requirements in Kenya are handled through the relevant professional regulator for your cadre and the county health department, and laboratory and radiography services carry additional requirements. Confirm the current position directly with the regulator before you sign a lease, because premises requirements can affect which property is viable.

Can you quote the whole list at once?

Yes. Send us your service list and we will return a single itemised quotation, and tell you where we think you are over-buying. We would rather sell you the right KSh 90,000 of equipment than the wrong KSh 300,000.

Do you deliver outside Nairobi?

Yes, to all 47 counties, and we install and commission the equipment that needs it.

Ready-made equipment lists

We have packaged the lists above as starter packs by setting, including the clinic pack, laboratory pack, dental pack, maternity pack and pharmacy pack. Each is a checklist as much as an order form, so use them to sanity-check whatever list you have already drawn up.

Related guides

• Medical equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 master price list
• Autoclave price in Kenya
• Rapid test kit prices in Kenya

Rapid diagnostic tests are the backbone of point-of-care work in Kenya. They let a clinic in Kitale or a laboratory in Nakuru give a patient an answer in fifteen minutes instead of sending a sample away and hoping the patient comes back. This is our current 2026 price list, with notes on what each test does and does not tell you.

Rapid test kit prices in Kenya: 2026 price list

Prices are per kit. Kit sizes vary by test, so confirm the pack count when you order if you are budgeting per patient.

Test kit	Price
Pregnancy Test Strips	KSh 300
Widal Test Kit	KSh 850
Malaria Rapid Test	KSh 1,000
VDRL Test Kit	KSh 1,100
ASOT Test Kit	KSh 1,200
RF (Rheumatoid Factor) Test Kit	KSh 1,200
Hepatitis B Test Kit	KSh 1,200
H. Pylori Ag Rapid Test	KSh 1,800
H. Pylori Ab Rapid Test	KSh 2,000
Salmonella Ag Rapid Test	KSh 2,000
Salmonella Ab Rapid Test	KSh 2,000
Hepatitis A Test Kit	KSh 2,000
Hepatitis C Test Kit	KSh 2,500
HIV Test Strips	KSh 6,500
Cholera Test Kit	KSh 8,000
Drug of Abuse Test Kit	KSh 12,000

Browse the full rapid test kits range and the wider laboratory and diagnostics category for analysers, centrifuges, microscopes and consumables.

Antigen or antibody: the distinction that changes the answer

Several tests above are offered in both Ag and Ab versions, and choosing the wrong one produces a confident but useless result.

An antigen (Ag) test looks for part of the organism itself. A positive result means the organism is present now. This is what you want when you are asking whether this patient has this infection today, which is why the H. pylori antigen test on stool is the appropriate choice for diagnosing active infection.

An antibody (Ab) test looks for the immune response. Antibodies take days to weeks to appear and can persist long after the infection has cleared or been treated. A positive antibody test therefore means exposure at some point, not necessarily current disease. Using an H. pylori antibody test to confirm eradication after treatment is a classic error, because it will stay positive.

A note on the Widal test

Widal remains one of the most requested tests in Kenya and one of the most over-interpreted. Because it detects antibodies, and because prior typhoid exposure and vaccination are common here, a single raised titre in isolation is weak evidence. Paired samples showing a rising titre are far more meaningful, and the salmonella antigen test is the more direct question. We stock Widal because clinicians and patients ask for it, but if you are setting up a new laboratory, specify antigen testing as your primary tool for suspected enteric fever.

Storage will decide whether your results are real

Almost every rapid test failure we investigate comes down to storage or timing rather than the kit. Cassettes and strips are specified for storage between roughly 2 and 30 degrees Celsius. A store room under an iron roof in Mombasa or Lodwar exceeds that on most afternoons, and heat-degraded kits fail silently by producing false negatives.

Keep stock in the coolest room you have, out of direct sunlight, in the sealed foil pouch until the moment of use. Bring refrigerated kits to room temperature before opening or condensation will form on the membrane. Read the result inside the stated window, because a line appearing an hour later is not a positive. And run the control line check on every single test; if the control line does not appear, the result is void regardless of what else you can see.

Questions we are asked most often

Are these kits approved for use in Kenya?

We supply kits intended for professional diagnostic use. For programme work, and particularly for HIV testing, confirm the specific product against the current National Public Health Laboratory and Ministry of Health approved testing algorithm before you standardise on it, since national algorithms are periodically revised.

Do you supply in bulk to programmes and county facilities?

Yes. Contact us with your annual volumes for tender and framework pricing, and we can also import specific brands on your behalf where a programme mandates a particular product.

How long do the kits last?

Shelf life is printed on each pouch and typically runs 18 to 24 months from manufacture. Order to your actual consumption rather than stockpiling, and rotate stock so the oldest is used first.

What else does a small laboratory need?

Beyond rapid tests, a functioning small lab needs a centrifuge, a microscope, a haematology or chemistry analyser depending on your test menu, a refrigerator dedicated to reagents, and a steady supply of laboratory consumables.

Setting up a laboratory

Our laboratory starter pack lists the equipment and consumables a new lab needs, and our community outreach pack covers mobile and camp testing where power and cold chain are the limiting factors.

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• Medical equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 master price list
• How to equip a new clinic in Kenya
• BP machine price in Kenya
• Autoclave price in Kenya

Neonatal equipment is the most unforgiving category we supply. A newborn has almost no ability to regulate its own temperature, and the margin between a working incubator and a broken one is measured in hours. This guide covers what neonatal warming, incubation and phototherapy equipment costs in Kenya in 2026, and how to specify a functioning newborn unit rather than a collection of machines.

Neonatal equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 price list

Equipment	Price	Function
Resuscitaire Machine	KSh 480,000	Combined warmer, resuscitation platform and suction for delivery rooms
BIN-3000B Infant Incubator – Standard	KSh 325,000	Controlled temperature and humidity for preterm care
BIN-3000B(S) Infant Incubator with Phototherapy	KSh 295,000	Incubation plus integrated jaundice treatment
Infant Radiant Warmer	KSh 230,000	Open warming with full access for procedures
BIN-3000A Infant Incubator – 4 Hole	KSh 225,000	Entry-level incubation for smaller units
Phototherapy Light – LED	KSh 120,000	Standalone jaundice treatment, low heat output
Phototherapy Unit	KSh 120,000	Mobile phototherapy for wards and side rooms
Baby Cot with Mattress	KSh 14,000	Stable term newborns on the postnatal ward

The full range is on our neonatal care page, within the broader maternal and neonatal category.

Incubator or radiant warmer?

These are complementary, not interchangeable, and a unit that owns only one of them will be compromised.

An incubator is a closed environment. It controls temperature and humidity together, which is what a very preterm baby needs because insensible water loss through immature skin is as dangerous as cold. The closed hood also reduces noise and draughts. The trade-off is access: every intervention means opening ports and disturbing the microclimate.

A radiant warmer is open. It gives the team unrestricted access for lines, intubation and procedures, and it warms quickly. It cannot control humidity, and it increases fluid losses. Warmers belong where babies are being actively worked on; incubators belong where babies are being grown.

A resuscitaire is a delivery-room device, not a nursery device. It combines a radiant warmer, a flat resuscitation surface at working height, suction and gas outlets in one trolley so that a compromised newborn can be managed where it is born. Any facility conducting deliveries should have one in the labour ward, and it is the item most often missing from otherwise well-equipped maternity units in Kenya.

Phototherapy: built in or standalone?

The incubator with integrated phototherapy at KSh 295,000 is priced below the standard incubator at KSh 325,000, which surprises buyers. Read the specifications rather than the price: the combination unit is a different model configuration, not a discounted version of the same machine. Where a unit sees a high jaundice caseload, the integrated model saves moving fragile babies between devices.

Standalone LED phototherapy at KSh 120,000 is the flexible choice. It can be wheeled to whichever cot needs it, and LED emitters run cool, which matters because older blue fluorescent units add a heat load that then has to be managed. If you buy one thing for jaundice, buy an LED unit.

Whatever you buy, budget for an irradiance meter and use it. Phototherapy lamps lose output long before they look dim, and treating a jaundiced baby under a lamp that has fallen below therapeutic irradiance is a silent failure. Eye protection for the baby is mandatory, not optional.

Power, servicing and the things that actually fail

Neonatal equipment must be on backup power. An incubator loses its thermal environment within minutes of an outage and a preterm baby will follow. Specify a UPS or generator changeover for the newborn unit at the design stage, not after the first blackout.

In service, the parts that fail are the temperature probes, the humidity reservoir, the door gaskets and the air filters. All are inexpensive and all should be held as spares, because a KSh 325,000 incubator sitting idle for want of a probe is a genuine clinical loss. We provide planned maintenance and repair for exactly this reason.

Questions we are asked most often

How much is an infant incubator in Kenya?

KSh 225,000 for an entry-level unit, KSh 295,000 to KSh 325,000 for standard and phototherapy-integrated models. A resuscitaire for the delivery room is KSh 480,000.

What is the minimum equipment for a newborn unit?

A resuscitaire in the delivery room, at least one incubator, one radiant warmer, LED phototherapy, a suction unit, an oxygen source with blender and a baby weighing scale. Below that you are stabilising and referring rather than treating, which is a legitimate model but should be a deliberate decision.

Do you supply refurbished incubators?

We supply new equipment. Refurbished neonatal equipment circulates widely in the region and we would rather quote you honestly on new stock than sell a machine whose thermal calibration history nobody can vouch for.

Do you install and train staff?

Yes. Installation includes commissioning and a handover session with the nursing team, because most early faults we are called to are operational rather than mechanical.

Equipping a maternity or newborn unit

Our neonatal starter pack and maternity starter pack set out complete equipment lists so the delivery room, postnatal ward and newborn unit are specified together rather than piecemeal.

Related guides

• Medical equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 master price list
• Autoclave price in Kenya
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Opening a dental practice in Kenya is one of the most capital-intensive things a young clinician can do, and the chair is the single largest line item. It also determines the ergonomics of every procedure you will perform for the next decade, so it deserves more thought than a price comparison.

Dental equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 price list

Item	Price	Notes
Dental Chair	KSh 350,000	Complete unit with delivery system, light and suction
Dental Autoclave 23L Horizontal	KSh 160,000	Vacuum cycles for handpieces and wrapped packs
Portable Dental X-Ray Unit	KSh 140,000	Handheld intraoral imaging, no dedicated room needed
Dental Instrument Set	KSh 60,000	Core examination and restorative instruments

See the full dental equipment range. A realistic figure for a single-chair surgery, including sterilisation, imaging, instruments, compressor and cabinetry, lands between KSh 700,000 and KSh 1,000,000.

What KSh 350,000 buys, and what it does not

A complete dental chair at this price includes the patient chair with motorised positioning, the dentist delivery system with handpiece tubings, an operating light, a suction system, a three-way syringe, a spittoon and an assistant unit. That is a working surgery.

What it does not include, and what new practices routinely forget to budget for, is the air compressor and the handpieces themselves. The chair provides tubings; it does not provide the air. An oil-free compressor sized to the chair is essential, and dry, filtered air is what keeps handpieces alive. Buying a cheap compressor to save money on a KSh 350,000 chair is a false economy that shows up as handpiece failures within months.

Left, right or ambidextrous

Chairs are configured for right-handed or left-handed operation, and converting later is expensive or impossible. If you are left-handed, say so at the point of enquiry rather than at delivery. If the surgery will be shared by clinicians of both handedness, an ambidextrous configuration is worth the premium.

Also decide between an over-the-patient delivery system and a side-mounted cart. Over-the-patient keeps instruments within easy reach and suits solo operators. A side cart is better where you work with a chairside assistant, because it keeps the space over the patient clear.

Room requirements before the chair arrives

Three services need to be in the floor or wall before installation: a water supply, a drain for the spittoon, and power. Retrofitting a drain into a finished floor is the most common delay we see on dental installations in Kenya. Plan a room of at least 3 by 3 metres so the chair can recline fully with the operator and assistant seated, and site the compressor outside the surgery because the noise is intrusive during consultations.

For radiography, confirm the current Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority licensing and shielding requirements for the unit you intend to use, and factor the licence and any lead protection into the budget rather than treating it as an afterthought.

Sterilisation is not optional

Dental handpieces are hollow, which is exactly the load a basic gravity autoclave cannot sterilise reliably. This is why the dental autoclave costs more than a general clinic unit of similar chamber size. If your budget is tight, cut elsewhere. Our autoclave price guide explains the difference between gravity and vacuum cycles in more detail.

Questions we are asked most often

How much is a dental chair in Kenya?

KSh 350,000 for a complete unit. Chairs advertised far below this are usually being quoted as the chair frame alone, without the delivery system, light or suction, so compare specifications rather than headline numbers.

What is the total cost to open a single-chair practice?

Between KSh 700,000 and KSh 1,000,000 for equipment, depending on whether you include imaging from the start and how much cabinetry you buy new. That excludes rent, fit-out, licensing and working capital.

Do you install dental chairs?

Yes. We handle installation and commissioning and will tell you before delivery what plumbing and electrical work needs to be finished first.

Can you supply equipment you do not stock?

Yes, we import on your behalf where a practice needs a specific brand or configuration.

Full practice equipment list

Our dental starter pack sets out everything a new surgery needs in one place, from the chair and autoclave down to the consumables and PPE that get forgotten until opening week.

Related guides

• Medical equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 master price list
• Autoclave price in Kenya
• How to equip a new clinic in Kenya
• BP machine price in Kenya

An autoclave is the piece of equipment that decides whether a clinic, dental surgery or laboratory can legally and safely operate. It is also the item where buying too small is the most common and most expensive mistake, because a chamber that cannot keep up with the caseload forces staff to rush cycles, and a rushed cycle is not a sterile cycle.

Autoclave price in Kenya: 2026 price list

Autoclave	Price	Typical setting
Autoclave 18 Litres	KSh 18,000	Small clinic, single consulting room, beauty and podiatry
Autoclave 24 Litres	KSh 24,000	Busier clinic, small dental practice
Dental Autoclave 23L Horizontal	KSh 160,000	Dental surgeries needing class B vacuum cycles for handpieces
Electric Autoclave 50 Litres	KSh 180,000	Health centres, theatre instrument sets, laboratories
100L Manual Autoclave (Large)	KSh 260,000	Hospitals with reliable steam and trained CSSD staff
Electric Autoclave 100 Litres	KSh 300,000	Theatre and CSSD workhorse, drums, gowns and linen

Browse the full autoclaves and sterilizers range, or the wider theatre and sterilisation category for drums, trays, forceps jars and instrument sets.

Why the 23 litre dental unit costs more than the 24 litre general unit

This is the question we field most often, and the answer is the vacuum. A basic autoclave relies on steam displacing air from the chamber by gravity. That works for solid instruments laid out on a tray. It does not work for anything hollow, wrapped or porous, because trapped air blocks steam from reaching the surfaces that matter.

A class B vacuum autoclave actively pulls air out of the chamber in pulses before admitting steam, then vacuum-dries the load at the end. That is what allows it to sterilise dental handpieces, wrapped instrument packs and lumened items reliably. If your practice uses handpieces or wraps instruments for storage, the vacuum unit is not an upgrade, it is the minimum specification. If you sterilise unwrapped solid instruments and use them immediately, the 18 or 24 litre gravity unit is genuinely adequate and the money is better spent elsewhere.

Sizing the chamber to the caseload

Work out how many instrument sets you turn over in your busiest hour, not your average day. A full cycle on a small autoclave takes 30 to 45 minutes including drying, so an 18 litre chamber realistically gives you one or two loads an hour. A clinic seeing patients back to back needs either a larger chamber or enough duplicate instrument sets to cover the cycle time. Duplicating instruments is often the cheaper answer for a small practice, and worth costing before jumping a chamber size.

For theatre work, the constraint is usually drum size rather than instrument count. Measure your largest sterilising drum and confirm it fits the chamber before ordering, because a 100 litre chamber that will not accept your existing drums is an expensive shelf.

Validation: the part inspectors ask about

Owning an autoclave is not the same as demonstrating sterility. You will be asked to show three things. Chemical indicators on or in each pack, confirming the pack was processed. Biological indicators run periodically, confirming the machine actually kills spores. And a cycle log recording date, load, temperature, pressure and who ran it.

Budget for indicators and pouches as an ongoing consumable from day one, and keep the log from your first cycle rather than starting it when an inspection is announced. We supply indicators, sterilisation pouches and drums alongside the machines, and it is worth ordering them together so the unit is usable the day it lands.

Water quality will decide how long it lasts

Nairobi tap water will scale an autoclave chamber and block the valves within a couple of years. Use distilled or properly deionised water, drain the reservoir at the end of each week, and wipe the chamber and door gasket. The gasket is the part that fails first and is cheap to replace; a machine that stops holding pressure usually needs a gasket rather than an engineer.

Questions we are asked most often

How much does an autoclave cost in Kenya?

KSh 18,000 to KSh 24,000 for small benchtop clinic units, KSh 160,000 to KSh 180,000 for dental vacuum and 50 litre electric units, and KSh 260,000 to KSh 300,000 for 100 litre hospital and theatre machines.

Manual or electric?

Manual units are cheaper to buy and repair and tolerate unstable power, but they depend on the operator watching gauges and timing the cycle. Electric units run a controlled programme and log it, which is what you want if several different staff members will use the machine.

What power supply is needed?

Small benchtop units run from a standard 13 amp socket. The 50 and 100 litre machines draw heavily and should be on a dedicated circuit. Confirm your wiring before delivery, and tell us your supply if you are unsure.

Do you install and service them?

Yes. We offer installation, planned maintenance and repair, which for sterilisation equipment is worth arranging at purchase rather than after a failure.

Equipping a theatre or a new practice

An autoclave is normally bought as part of a larger fit-out. Our theatre starter pack and dental starter pack set out the full equipment lists so the sterilisation side is specified against the actual instrument load rather than guessed at.

Related guides

• Medical equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 master price list
• Dental chair and dental equipment prices in Kenya
• How to equip a new clinic in Kenya
• Rapid test kit prices in Kenya

Most nebulisers in Kenya are bought for a child with asthma, usually after a frightening night and a trip to a casualty department. The machine itself is simple and inexpensive. What matters is buying one that is quiet enough to be used on a sleeping child, and understanding that the nebuliser treats symptoms while the inhaled preventer treats the disease.

Nebulizer price in Kenya: 2026 price list

Machine	Price	Best suited to
Mabis Compmist Nebulizer Machine	KSh 4,000	Home use, straightforward compressor unit
Omron Compressor Nebulizer (NE-C101)	KSh 5,800	Home and clinic use, quieter with reliable parts supply
Oxygen Concentrator with built-in Nebulizer	KSh 55,000	Patients needing both oxygen therapy and nebulised drugs

Full range on our nebulizers page, within the broader respiratory and oxygen category.

Compressor or mesh?

A compressor nebuliser pushes air through the medication to break it into a mist. It is the standard type, it handles every commonly prescribed nebulised drug including suspensions like budesonide, and spare parts are easy to obtain in Kenya. Its drawbacks are noise and the need for mains power.

Mesh nebulisers are near-silent, battery powered and pocket sized, which is genuinely useful for travel and for a child who panics at the noise. They cost considerably more, the mesh is delicate and needs careful cleaning, and some suspension medications do not pass through it well. For a first purchase, a compressor unit is the safer choice.

Between the two machines listed above, the Omron is the one we recommend most often. It is noticeably quieter, and consumables and replacement nebuliser kits are readily available here, which matters more over three years than the KSh 1,800 difference at purchase.

Using it properly

Sit the patient upright rather than reclined, because upright breathing draws the mist deeper into the lungs. Use a mouthpiece rather than a mask for anyone old enough to hold one, since masks lose a large share of the drug around the edges and deposit it on the face and eyes. For infants, a well-fitted mask held gently against the face is correct, and blow-by nebulisation with the mask waved near the nose delivers very little.

A treatment should take roughly 5 to 10 minutes and finish when the misting becomes sputtering. If sessions are taking much longer than they used to, the nebuliser cup or the air filter needs replacing, not the machine.

Cleaning: the part that gets skipped

Rinse the cup and mouthpiece in warm soapy water after every use, shake off the water and air dry them fully. Once a week, disinfect by soaking in a solution of one part white vinegar to three parts water for half an hour, then rinse and dry. Never wash the tubing, because water trapped inside cannot be dried and becomes a route for infection; replace tubing instead when it looks cloudy.

Replace the nebuliser cup every six months with regular use, and change the compressor air filter according to the manual. A poorly maintained nebuliser delivers less drug and can seed a chest infection in exactly the patient least able to tolerate one.

Questions we are asked most often

How much is a nebulizer machine in Kenya?

KSh 4,000 to KSh 5,800 for a compressor unit suitable for home or clinic use. Machines offered under KSh 2,500 are typically unbranded with no parts supply, which becomes a problem when the cup cracks.

Is a nebulizer better than an inhaler?

Not better, different. For acute breathlessness a nebuliser is easier because it needs no coordination from a distressed patient. For day-to-day asthma control, an inhaler with a spacer delivers the drug just as effectively and is far more practical. A nebuliser does not replace the preventer inhaler, and needing it frequently is a sign the asthma plan needs reviewing with a clinician.

Can I use it during a power cut?

Not a mains compressor unit. Households where a child has brittle asthma should keep a reliever inhaler and spacer as the backup, since that works with no power at all.

Do you supply the medication?

No. Nebulised drugs are prescription items from a pharmacy. We supply the machine, the masks, mouthpieces, tubing and replacement cups.

Related equipment

Families managing a respiratory condition at home often pair the nebuliser with a pulse oximeter from our diagnostic instruments range, so they can tell the difference between distress and genuine desaturation. Where oxygen has been prescribed as well, see our guide to oxygen concentrator prices in Kenya.

Related guides

• Medical equipment prices in Kenya: 2026 master price list
• Oxygen concentrator price in Kenya
• BP machine price in Kenya
• How to equip a new clinic in Kenya

Hypertension is the condition Kenyans are most likely to be monitoring at home, and a BP machine is usually the first piece of medical equipment a family buys. It is also the item where the cheapest option and the most accurate option are not the same thing, and where a poor purchase quietly produces wrong numbers for years.

BP machine price in Kenya: 2026 price list

Machine	Price	Best suited to
Aneroid Blood Pressure Monitor	KSh 1,200	Clinical use with a stethoscope, training, field work
Yuwell Digital BP Machine	KSh 3,000	Home monitoring, one-button operation
Mercurial Blood Pressure Machine	KSh 3,000	Clinics and teaching, the traditional reference standard

See the full range on our blood pressure monitors page, or the wider diagnostic instruments category for stethoscopes, thermometers, pulse oximeters and diagnostic sets.

Digital, aneroid or mercurial?

A digital monitor inflates itself and reads out a number. It requires no training and no stethoscope, which is exactly why it is the right machine for home use. Family members will actually use it, and a reading taken daily on a decent digital machine is worth far more clinically than an occasional perfect reading taken by someone else.

An aneroid sphygmomanometer is the dial-and-bulb device used with a stethoscope. It is inexpensive, robust and portable, and in trained hands it is accurate. It needs recalibration periodically, and it is useless to an untrained user because the reading depends entirely on hearing the Korotkoff sounds correctly.

A mercurial sphygmomanometer remains the traditional reference against which other devices are validated, and many Kenyan clinics and training institutions still want one. Note that mercury devices face tightening restrictions internationally on environmental grounds, so if you are equipping a new facility from scratch, plan around validated digital and aneroid devices as the working instruments.

Cuff size is the thing people get wrong

A cuff that is too small reads artificially high, sometimes by 10 to 20 mmHg, which is enough to put a healthy person on lifelong medication. A cuff that is too large reads low and hides real hypertension. The bladder inside the cuff should cover roughly 80 percent of the circumference of the upper arm.

Measure the mid-upper arm circumference of the person who will use the machine before ordering. If it is above about 32 cm, you need a large cuff, and buying a standard machine and hoping is not a workable plan. Tell us the measurement and we will supply the right cuff with the machine.

How to take a reading that means something

Most home readings are wrong because of technique rather than equipment. Sit quietly for five minutes first. Keep the back supported and the feet flat on the floor, not crossed. Rest the arm on a table so the cuff sits level with the heart. Do not talk during the measurement. Avoid caffeine and cigarettes for half an hour beforehand, and empty the bladder first.

Take two readings a minute apart and record both, at the same times each day. A single high reading means very little; a pattern over two weeks is what a clinician can act on. Write the numbers down or use the machine memory, and take the log to the appointment.

Questions we are asked most often

How much is a BP machine in Kenya?

KSh 1,200 for an aneroid unit and KSh 3,000 for a digital or mercurial machine. Digital monitors sold well below KSh 2,000 are frequently unvalidated, and an unvalidated monitor is worse than no monitor because it produces numbers people trust.

Do you stock Omron BP machines?

Our stocked digital monitor is the Yuwell. We do carry Omron nebulisers, and if you specifically need an Omron blood pressure monitor, ask us and we will source it rather than steer you to something else.

Wrist or upper arm?

Upper arm, in almost every case. Wrist monitors are very position-sensitive and give inconsistent readings unless held precisely at heart level, which most people do not manage reliably at home.

How often should the machine be checked?

Take it to a clinic once a year and compare it against their reference device on the same arm, one after the other. Aneroid gauges in particular drift with knocks and need recalibration.

Equipping a clinic rather than a household

If you are furnishing a consulting room rather than a home, a BP machine is one line on a longer list that also includes a stethoscope, an examination couch, a weighing scale with height rod and a diagnostic set. Our clinic starter pack lists what a functioning consulting room actually needs, so you are not discovering omissions on your first day of operation.

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A hospital bed is usually bought under time pressure, either because a relative is being discharged and needs nursing at home, or because a clinic is opening and the ward has to be furnished by a deadline. The price gap between the cheapest and the most capable bed is large, so it is worth understanding what the extra money actually buys before ordering.

Hospital bed prices in Kenya: 2026 price list

Bed	Price	Typical use
Hospital Bed – Single Crank with Mattress	KSh 25,000	Home care, backrest elevation only
Hospital Bed – Double Crank with Mattress	KSh 43,000	Home care and small clinics, backrest plus knee break
Hospital Bed – Three Function	KSh 120,000	Wards, adds height adjustment for safe nursing
Hospital Bed – 5 Crank Electric	KSh 180,000	High-dependency, full positioning including Trendelenburg

The two lower-priced beds are quoted with a mattress included. See the full hospital beds range, and the wider hospital furniture category for bedside lockers, overbed tables and screens.

What the functions actually mean

Bed marketing counts cranks and functions, which tells you very little on its own. In practice there are three movements that matter and they arrive in a predictable order.

Backrest elevation comes first and is non-negotiable. Anyone who is short of breath, being fed in bed, or at risk of aspiration needs to sit up. A single crank bed gives you this and nothing else, which for a mobile patient recovering at home is often enough.

Knee break is the second crank. Raising the knees stops the patient sliding down the bed every time the backrest goes up. Without it, a carer ends up hauling the patient back up the mattress several times a day, which is the most common cause of carer back injury and of shear damage to the patient skin.

Height adjustment is the third, and it is the function people underestimate. It lowers the bed so a frail patient can transfer safely, and raises it so a nurse or carer works at waist height instead of bending. If the bed will be used by staff many times a day, this is the function worth paying for.

Beyond that, the five-function electric bed adds lateral tilt and Trendelenburg positioning, which are clinical requirements in high-dependency settings and largely irrelevant at home.

Manual or electric?

Electric beds are faster and can often be adjusted by the patient without calling anyone, which matters enormously for dignity and independence. They also depend on mains power, cost several times more, and have an actuator and control box that can fail. Manual crank beds keep working during an outage and can be repaired by anyone with a spanner.

For most Kenyan home care situations, a double crank bed at KSh 43,000 with a good mattress is the sensible purchase. For a ward where staff adjust beds dozens of times a shift, the three function bed at KSh 120,000 repays itself in reduced staff strain. The five function electric bed belongs in HDU and ICU settings, or where a patient has complex positioning needs.

Do not skimp on the mattress

The most expensive mistake in home nursing is a good bed with an ordinary foam mattress under an immobile patient. Pressure sores develop within days, are painful, and are far more costly to treat than the mattress would have been to upgrade. If the patient cannot reposition themselves independently, budget for an alternating pressure or ripple mattress from the outset and ask us about it when you order the bed.

Alongside the mattress, the items that make home nursing workable are a bedside locker, an overbed table so the patient can eat and read without leaning, and a commode wheelchair if toileting requires transfers. Our home care starter pack groups these so nothing gets forgotten on the first order.

Questions we are asked most often

How much does a hospital bed cost in Kenya?

KSh 25,000 for a single crank bed with mattress, KSh 43,000 for a double crank, KSh 120,000 for a three function ward bed and KSh 180,000 for a five function electric bed.

Will it fit through the door and up the stairs?

Hospital beds are delivered part-assembled and the frames come apart for access, but measure your stairwell turn and door width and tell us in advance. Apartment deliveries in Nairobi are routine for us provided we know what we are walking into.

Can I buy the bed without the mattress?

Yes, and it is often the right call if you are upgrading straight to a pressure-relieving mattress. Ask us and we will quote the frame alone.

Do you deliver hospital beds outside Nairobi?

Yes, to all 47 counties. Beds are bulky rather than fragile, so upcountry delivery is straightforward and we will confirm the cost before you commit.

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Wheelchair prices in Kenya are confusing for a simple reason: the word covers everything from a KSh 12,000 folding chair used to move a patient from the car park to a consulting room, to a reclining commode chair that a person will sit in for most of the day. They are not substitutes for one another. This guide gives current 2026 prices and, more usefully, explains which type actually suits the person you are buying for.

Wheelchair prices in Kenya: 2026 price list

Wheelchair	Price	Best suited to
Standard Wheelchair	KSh 12,000	Occasional transfers, hospital and clinic use
Paediatric Wheelchair	KSh 12,000	Children, smaller frame and seat width
DY681-46 Wheelchair with Commode	KSh 21,000	Patients who cannot reach a toilet unaided
Reclining Commode Wheelchair	KSh 22,500	Long sitting hours, pressure relief needed
Reclining Wheelchair with Commode	KSh 24,000	Stroke and spinal patients, full-day use
Heavy Duty Wheelchair	KSh 25,000	Higher user weight, reinforced frame
Extra Wide Commode Wheelchair	KSh 25,000	Bariatric users needing extra seat width

All prices are current listed prices with delivery available to all 47 counties. The full range sits on our wheelchairs page.

Choosing the right type

Standard folding wheelchair

This is the chair most people picture. It folds, it fits in a car boot, and it is designed for a person who can sit upright unaided and will be in the chair for short periods. At KSh 12,000 it is the right purchase for post-operative recovery, for an elderly relative who walks short distances but tires quickly, and for clinics that need chairs at reception. It is the wrong purchase for someone who will spend eight hours a day seated.

Commode wheelchair

A commode wheelchair has a cut-out seat and a removable pan, so the person does not have to be transferred twice every time they need the toilet. For a single carer looking after someone heavier than themselves, this feature changes the whole day. It is the most under-bought item in home care in Kenya, and the KSh 9,000 difference over a standard chair is usually recovered in avoided injuries to the carer.

Reclining wheelchair

Reclining backrests matter when the user cannot reposition themselves. Sitting in one posture for hours is what causes pressure sores, and being able to tilt back periodically redistributes that load. Stroke patients, spinal injury patients and anyone with poor trunk control should be in a reclining chair rather than a standard one, and the combination models with a commode are the workhorses of long-term home care.

Heavy duty and extra wide

Standard chairs are built around a seat width of roughly 45 cm and a user weight in the region of 100 kg. Beyond that the frame flexes, the castors bind and the chair becomes genuinely unsafe. Measure the user across the hips while seated, add a few centimetres for clothing, and buy to that number rather than to a guess.

Measure before you buy

Three measurements prevent almost every wheelchair return. Seat width is hip width plus about 5 cm. Seat depth is measured from the back of the buttocks to the back of the knee, minus about 5 cm so the chair does not press behind the knee. Seat height should let the feet rest flat on the footplates with the thighs supported. A chair that is too wide is as harmful as one that is too narrow, because the user slumps sideways to reach an armrest and the spine follows.

Also measure your doorways. Kenyan interior doorways are frequently 70 to 75 cm, and an extra wide chair may not pass. It is a five-minute check that saves an expensive mistake.

Questions we are asked most often

How much is a wheelchair in Kenya?

KSh 12,000 for a standard folding chair, KSh 21,000 to KSh 25,000 for commode, reclining, heavy duty and extra wide models. Chairs offered well under KSh 10,000 are typically light-duty transit chairs not built for daily use.

Do you sell electric wheelchairs?

Our current stocked range is manual. We would rather tell you that plainly than take an order we cannot fill well. If you need a powered chair, talk to us and we will advise on sourcing and on whether a powered chair is genuinely the right answer, because for many users a well-fitted reclining manual chair with an attendant is safer and far cheaper to maintain.

Does NHIF or SHA cover a wheelchair?

Cover for assistive devices varies by scheme and by benefit package, and it changes. Ask your scheme for the current position in writing before assuming reimbursement, and keep the invoice and any clinical recommendation from the treating doctor.

Where can I buy a wheelchair in Nairobi?

We supply from Nairobi with delivery countrywide. If you are unsure which model fits, send us the user weight, hip width and how many hours a day they will be seated, and we will tell you which of the seven chairs above is right, including when the cheapest one is the correct answer.

What usually gets bought alongside

A wheelchair is rarely the whole solution. Households setting up for a person with reduced mobility normally also need bathroom safety equipment such as a shower chair and grab rails, and often a walking frame or rollator for the distances the user can still manage on foot. Keeping some walking in the day is good for circulation and morale, and the two purchases work together rather than competing.

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An oxygen concentrator is one of the few pieces of medical equipment a Kenyan family may need to buy at short notice, usually while someone is still in hospital and the discharge conversation has just started. This guide sets out what oxygen concentrators actually cost in Kenya in 2026, how to choose between a 5 litre and a 10 litre machine, and what the running costs look like once the unit is in the house or on the ward.

Oxygen concentrator price in Kenya: 2026 price list

Prices below are our current listed prices, inclusive of delivery to Nairobi and available to all 47 counties. They are real prices on real stock, not indicative ranges.

Machine	Price	Best suited to
Longfian Oxygen Concentrator 10 Litres	KSh 100,000	High-flow needs, two patients on a splitter, small wards
Longfian Oxygen Concentrator 5 Litres	KSh 60,000	Standard home oxygen therapy for one adult
Oxygen Concentrator with built-in Nebulizer	KSh 55,000	Asthma and COPD patients who also need nebulised medication
Oxygen Cylinder	KSh 25,000	Backup during power cuts, transport, ambulances
Oxygen Flowmeter – Top Mount	KSh 3,500	Wall or cylinder-mounted flow control
Oxygen Flowmeter – Side Mount	KSh 3,500	Side-entry cylinder regulators

You can see the full range on our oxygen concentrators page, and the wider respiratory and oxygen category for regulators, flowmeters, humidifiers and masks.

5 litre or 10 litre? The honest answer

The litre rating is the maximum continuous flow the machine can deliver per minute, not a measure of quality. Most adults discharged on home oxygen are prescribed 1 to 3 litres per minute, and a 5 litre machine covers that comfortably with headroom. Buying a 10 litre unit for a patient on 2 litres per minute means paying KSh 40,000 more, carrying a heavier machine and using roughly twice the electricity, for capacity that is never used.

A 10 litre concentrator earns its price in three situations: when the prescription is above 5 litres per minute, when you intend to run two patients from one machine using a flow splitter, or when the unit will sit in a clinic or small ward and needs to cope with whoever arrives next. If you are buying for a single family member at home, start with the 5 litre.

One thing worth checking before you commit: ask the discharging clinician for the prescribed flow rate in litres per minute and whether the patient needs oxygen continuously or only at night. Those two answers determine the machine, and they cost nothing to obtain.

What it costs to run

A 5 litre concentrator draws roughly 300 to 350 watts. Run continuously for 24 hours that is about 8 kWh a day, which at current Kenya Power domestic tariffs works out to somewhere in the region of KSh 250 to KSh 300 a day, or KSh 7,500 to KSh 9,000 a month. A 10 litre machine roughly doubles that. Compare this with refilling cylinders, which for a patient on continuous oxygen is considerably more expensive and far less convenient, and the concentrator usually pays for itself within a few months.

Budget for two consumables. The intake filter needs washing weekly and replacing every few months, and nasal cannulae should be changed regularly for hygiene reasons. Both are inexpensive. The sieve beds inside the machine are the part that eventually wears, typically after several years of heavy use.

Power cuts: plan for them

A concentrator makes oxygen from room air using electricity, so it stops when the power does. Any household relying on continuous oxygen should keep a small oxygen cylinder with a regulator as a bridge. This is the single most common gap we see in home oxygen setups in Kenya, and it is the cheapest thing on this page to fix. An inverter or small UPS sized to the machine is the other option, and is worth costing if outages in your area are long rather than frequent.

Questions we are asked most often

How much does an oxygen concentrator cost in Kenya?

Expect KSh 55,000 to KSh 60,000 for a 5 litre home unit and around KSh 100,000 for a 10 litre machine. Prices well below that range usually indicate a refurbished unit or a portable travel concentrator with a much lower continuous output than its headline number suggests.

Do I need a prescription to buy one?

You do not need a prescription to purchase a concentrator in Kenya, but you do need a prescribed flow rate to use it safely. Oxygen is a drug, and too much of it is harmful to some patients, particularly those with advanced COPD.

Can one concentrator serve two patients?

Only with a 10 litre machine and a proper flow splitter, and only where both patients are on low flow. Splitting a 5 litre machine leaves neither patient reliably supplied.

Where can I buy an oxygen concentrator in Kenya?

We stock and deliver countrywide from Nairobi, and we install and demonstrate the machine as part of the delivery rather than leaving a box at the gate. See the oxygen concentrator range or contact us for advice on the right flow rate before you order.

Setting up for home care

Most families buying a concentrator are building a small home care setup rather than buying one item. Alongside the machine, the equipment that actually gets used day to day tends to be a hospital bed with adjustable head elevation, a pulse oximeter to check saturation, and an anti-bedsore mattress if the patient has limited mobility. Our home care starter pack brings these together so nothing essential is missed on the first order.

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