Regulatory overreach threatens to invalidate work of 72-year-old KIM

Emperor Plaza in Nairobi that houses The Kenya Institute of Management in a picture taken on April 20, 2026. The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) has revoked the accreditation of the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and ordered the immediate closure of all its campuses across country

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) is perhaps being mistakenly overzealous and narrow-minded in pursuit of its mandate.

Its recent decision to revoke the accreditation of the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and declare the papers the college issued since 2018 invalid is overly excessive. The regulator appears to be using a sledge hammer to kill a mosquito.

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