Kenyan University Stakeholders Say Hustlers Will Be Locked out If Gov’t Cuts Funding

Kenyan University Stakeholders Say Hustlers Will Be Locked out If Gov’t Cuts Funding

Kenyan University Stakeholders Say Hustlers Will Be Locked out If Gov’t Cuts Funding

• Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu had announced that government would no longer fund public universities and colleges, but he later changed his tune.
• The senior government official clarified that he asked universities to explore other avenues of generating money
• Musakali Juma, a lecturer in the department of publishing, journalism and communication studies at Moi University, expressed his concerns about the fate of poor students

Kenyan public university stakeholders have opposed the government’s move to cut funding to institutions of higher learning at a time when they are struggling to remain afloat.

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu had announced that government would no longer fund public universities and colleges, but he later changed his tune.

Machogu clarified that he asked universities to explore other avenue of getting money

Musakali Juma, a lecturer in the department of publishing, journalism and communication studies at moi University expressed his concerns about the fate of students from humble backgrounds.

In an exclusive interview Juma opined that many poor students would be locked out if the government made good its threat.