Higher education crisis looms as 11 public universities face cash crunch

Public universities’ staff union officials announce the start of the strike by their members at the University of Nairobi grounds, January 18, 2017. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Eleven public universities are technically insolvent and cannot meet their financial obligations, Auditor-General Edward Ouko has said, painting a dire picture of the state of the country’s higher education.

The audit report says Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Technical University of Kenya (TUK), the University of Nairobi (UoN), Laikipia University, Machakos University College and Masinde Muliro University were all in the red as of June 2015.

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