Universities in Kenya face closure over fake degrees in fresh purge
By Richard Mutembei | Updated Sat, April 1st 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3
A university associated with embattled Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho is among three academic institutions facing closure in a major government shake-up to streamline higher education.
The Commission for University Education (CUE) has written to Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i recommending that three private universities be stripped of their authority to offer degrees following a quality audit and inspection conducted in January.
They are the Thika-based Gresta University, Kiriri Women’s University of Science and Technology located in Nairobi and The East African University based in Kajiado. Commission Secretary David Some has asked Dr Matiang’i not to renew their Letters of Interim Authority.