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The rot in Kenyan universities had to go

American Philosopher and Educator Mortimer Jay Adler had this to say: “Those who are not schooled to enjoy society can only despoil its institutions and corrupt themselves."

When  Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i met managers of public and private universities at the Commission for University Education (CUE) offices in Gigiri in December last year, he undertook to make radical review of the model of expanding access to university education.

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