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Over 400,000 students in limbo as Kenya’s public universities face governance crisis
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 28, 2025

CS Ogamba attributed the situation to political patronage and tribalism, which have been prevalent in the appointment of university vice chancellors a...

Public universities in crisis as MPs warn of financial ruin
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 26, 2025

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba admitted that the sector is facing deep-rooted challenges.

House committee flags mismanagement, ethnic bias in universities and technical institutions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 25, 2025

Vice Chancellors and Principals were summoned to explain the use of hundreds of millions on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems that have not p...

Ruto renews push for UN Security Council reform, says current structure outdated
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 24, 2025

The president noted that the Security Council’s post-World War II framework is no longer in line with today’s world, which is characterised by a multi...

UoN, KU among universities owing CUE Sh750 million debt in quality assurance fees
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 24, 2025

Appearing before the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee on Governance and Education, CUE Chief Executive Officer Mike Kuria said the comm...

High Court suspends revocation of UoN council as governance crisis looms
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 23, 2025

The Council members, Dr Parmain Ole Narikae, Carren Kerubo Omwenga, Sally Ngeringwony Toroitich and Ahmed Sheikh Abdullahi, were removed just days bef...

HELB receives over 4,600 appeals from university students
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 18, 2025

HELB has processed over 109,000 funding requests from new students that had been delayed due to a High Court ruling in December 2024, which temporaril...

Kenya’s public universities drowning in debt as crisis worsens
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 18, 2025

Among the biggest debtors are Kenyatta University, which owes Sh12.38 billion, the University of Nairobi with Sh12.22 billion, and Jomo Kenyatta Unive...

Last-minute rush: Over 100,000 KCSE candidates yet to apply for university placement
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 18, 2025

According to the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), 104,514 of the 246,391 eligible candidates have applied for place...

MPs slam Commission for University Education for failing to rein in rogue institutions
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 18, 2025

MPs say CUE’s weak oversight has eroded academic standards and left students vulnerable to fraudulent institutions operating without proper accreditat...

University student enrollment in Kenya doubles, surpassing 600,000 mark in 2024
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 17, 2025

The report also pointed to the introduction of the Privately Sponsored Students Programme (PSSP), commonly referred to as Module II, as a major contri...

TUK declared insolvent as Parliament orders forensic audit into Sh12bn debt
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 16, 2025

The MPs sitting on the committee, chaired by Bumula MP Wanami Wamboka, ordered an immediate forensic audit of the university’s finances dating back to...

Technical University of Kenya under Senate scrutiny over Sh800 million pension debt
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 15, 2025

The Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) told the committee that TUK stopped complying with the required contributions in 2013, and since then, no prop...

UoN cleared to build 4,000-bed hostels in major students housing expansion
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 13, 2025

The project will increase the university’s student housing capacity through the development of a new 2,000-bed hostel at the main campus and two 1,000...

Governance crisis deepens at UoN as Education CS revokes appointments of council members
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 12, 2025

The changes follow weeks of pressure and unrest at the University of Nairobi, where internal tensions over leadership and governance have drawn public...

MPs probe financial irregularities at University of Nairobi as VC fined over audit queries
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 11, 2025

The university continues to face a serious financial burden, with management disclosing that its debts have climbed beyond Sh12 billion.

Over 300,000 graduates yet to repay HELB loans, deepening funding crisis
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 09, 2025

The CEO also addressed complaints from students over the amounts they qualify for when applying for loans and scholarships, saying the issue often ste...

A silent farewell: Grieving mother reflects on final talk with murdered daughter
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 09, 2025

Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Tuesday announced the post-mortem results, revealing that Kemunto died from strangulation, confirming i...

Africa’s refugee camps are plagued by flooding: We looked into drainage systems that can withstand local conditions
The Conversation  |  Apr 09, 2025

Our research found that both engineered wetlands (wetlands created by humans) and pilot-scaled gravity filters (a filter that uses gravity to draw wat...

EACC probes University of Nairobi over alleged land mismanagement, fraud
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 05, 2025

The EACC has now requested that the acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Margaret Hutchinson, to provide documents related to the university’s properties who...

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