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Ruto appoints committee on varsities funding model

William Ruto

President William Ruto speaks to residents of Magunga in Homa Bay County on August 29, 2024.

Photo credit: Alex Odhiambo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • According to the gazette notice, the committee will be made up of four streams, each with its leadership as well as membership.
  • They include the Workstreams on the Review and Refinement of the New Funding Model for Universities and Technical, Vocational Education and Training Institutions (Tvets). This will be chaired by Prof Karuti Kanyinga, with Dibora Zainab as co-chair.

President William Ruto has appointed a 129-strong committee to review the new funding model for higher education, which has come under fire over claims that it has made education more expensive and disadvantaged students from poor backgrounds.

In a special gazette notice dated September 16, the President on Monday announced the formation of a National Working Committee on Review of the New University Education Funding Model.