Cash crunch: Universities struggle to stay afloat

Universities Academic Staff Union Secretary-General Constantine Wasonga. file photo | nmg

The financial crisis facing public institutions of higher learning across the country was on Thursday laid bare by university staff during a meeting with the Senate Education Committee.

With the decline in the number of self-sponsored students and the introduction of funding of universities based on courses offered since last year, most of the institutions are struggling to remain afloat.

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