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Globally, an estimated 150 million individuals are affected by urinary tract infections (UTIs) every year, with asignificant number of those affected being diabetics. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reported that inthe year 2019, there were about 60 million cases of patients suffering from diabetes who developed UTIs. The studyassessed the prevalence and associated factors of urinary tract infections among diabetic mellitus patients in themedical ward at KIUTH. The objectives were to find out the prevalence and the factors associated with urinary tractinfections among diabetic patients in the medical ward of KIU-TH. The study was descriptive, and it involved 87patient files selected by purposive sampling, in which a checklist was the main tool of data collection. The studyshowed that female gender was significantly associated with the occurrence of urinary tract infection in diabeticpatients at OR 0.17 (0.05–4.29) and PV 0.01. The study also shows that having other disease comorbidities wassignificantly associated with the occurrence of UTI among diabetic patients at OR 0.58 (0.35-8.07) and PV 0.002.The study also shows that having late diabetic disease among diabetic patients was also significantly associated withthe occurrence of UTI among diabetic patients at OR 0.69 (0.35-8.19) and PV 0.004. The study concluded that 48(55.2%) of diabetic patients had had a urinary tract infection, and therefore the study recommends that diabeticpatients should be health educated on the causes and control of UTI so as to prevent their occurrences. The studyalso recommends that the government increase service provisions like treatments to reduce the occurrence ofopportunistic conditions in UTIs, and the patients should be encouraged to seek regular medical checkups so thatthey monitor disease progression.Keywords: Diabetics, UTIs, Patients, Diabetes mellitus