‘The number of universities in Kenya is just stupid!’ angry Magoha rants

Education CS Prof George Magoha has threatened to close down ballooning universities in the country while suspending setting of any public university.

Speaking in Nairobi during a forum on University Education, Prof Magoha said the current universities are too many and not sustainable.

“I have received requests to increase the number of universities… you must apply the breaks,” said Prof Magoha.

He said there is no reason to have six universities in the same place teaching the same thing.

“No money will come from government to support you,” Prof Magoha told the university administrators.

Currently, Kenya has 22 public universities, 14 chartered private universities and 13 universities with Letter of Interim Authority (LIA).

These universities are established through institutional Acts of Parliament under the Universities Act, 2012 which provides for the development of university education, the establishment, accreditation and governance of universities.

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According to a 2004 report on reforming higher education in Kenya, the rapid expansion of university education in the country was a spontaneous response to the increasing demand for higher education necessitated by the increasing flow of students from schools.

However, these has led to mushrooming of rogue universities making the move unsustainable.

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