Job cuts loom in 74 universities after Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Monday directed austerity measures that will free funds to invest in academic projects.
The tough raft of measures that Prof Magoha wants the universities to implement include sacking of non-essential staff, merging universities and courses. This came as universities renewed their call for an increase in fees from to Sh48,000 from the current Sh16,000 — which has remained unchanged since 1995.
