Shirati KMT Hospital is located in northwestern Tanzania along Lake Victoria near the Kenyan border in the Rorya District of the Mara Region Tanzania.

Shirati KMT hospital is a 170-bed Faith Based Organization / VA and non-profit making organization which provides a wide range of outpatient and inpatient services, paramedical departments and health promotion programs.

Since 2010, Shirati KMT Hospital has maintained a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) / Service Agreement with the Rorya Council, outlining the terms of collaboration. This agreement, formally signed by the Tanzania Mennonite Church (KMT) and the Rorya Council, officially designates Shirati KMT Hospital as the Council-Designated Hospital for Rorya District.

Our History

Shirati Hospital is among the oldest mission hospital in Tanzania. It founded by the missionaries from Eastern Mennonite Mission (EMM) from the United States of America in 1934. Shirati Hospital is owned by Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania.

These first missionaries from Eastern Mennonite Missions were committed to providing education and health care in the communities which inhabited 354,490 according to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Rorya District, Mara, Tanzania, East Africa.

1972 a major renovation and additional construction was done to bring the hospital facilities up to modern standards. Through its history, Shirati Hospital, in partnership with the Mennonite Church has been committed to providing health car and medical treatment to anyone needing medical care at Shirati community and outside of the catchment’s area.

Geographically, the Shirati community is the largest village at Rorya District with Allocated (Geographical position) as follows:-01 degrees 09, 13.0”S&34 degrees 01’1’50.3” E and 1200 m above seal level.