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Uhuru faults Kenyatta University for clash with hospital

Uhuru calls out KU leadership opposed to WHO project

What you need to know:

  • Mr Kenyatta castigated the university management for opposing plans to cede part of the learning institution’s land to WHO, which is setting up a Sh600 million emergency hub to cater for its regional operations.
  • The president said people should learn to understand that government assets are not private and are just held in trust, hence should not be politicised for political gain.
  • The university and the hospital have been warring over the land, with the varsity saying it was hived off without its knowledge.


President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday waded into the row between Kenyatta University and its affiliate Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital over the ownership of the land where a WHO facility will be built.

Mr Kenyatta castigated the university management for opposing plans to cede part of the learning institution’s land to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is setting up a Sh600 million emergency hub to cater for its regional operations.