Under Ministerial Ordinance #6101/1175 of 11 December 2006 it was placed under the supervision of the Rector of the University of Burundi.

[3] The CHUK provides medical and health care, serves as a training center, and supports research.

Departments are Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Community Medicine, Specialties (ENT, Ophthalmology, Stomatology), Radiology, Laboratory and Pharmacy.

[3] On 19 December 2022 Brasseries et Limonaderies du Burundi (Brarudi), a Heineken N.V. susidiary, announced that it and the Kamenge University Teaching Hospital had launched the Niwonkwe project, funded by the Heineken Africa Foundation.

The project would provide obstetric equipment and training of health workers at CHUK and the Kabezi District Hospital.