List of Kenyan universities barred from teaching law

The Council of Legal Education has released a list of five institutions allegedly not accredited to offer law degrees.

Moi University, Catholic University of East Africa, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology and two campuses of the University of Nairobi (UoN) have not been accredited.

Applications for accreditation for these universities have been rejected and they have been asked to provide corrective action, failure to which they face closure in November.

Council Chief Executive Officer Kulundu Bitonye yesterday said University of Nairobi's Kisumu campus applied for full accreditation but it must meet the corrective action identified at audit level.

He said no new admissions should be made in the 2015-2016 academic year and the current students should be fazed out.

Kulundu said UoN's Mombasa campus's application for accreditation was rejected. "Institutions had been given six months to take corrective action effective August 21, 2015," said Mr Kulundu.

Only seven schools of law have fully been accredited: African Nazarene University, Kenyatta University, Kisii University, Riara University, Strathmore University, University of Nairobi (Parklands Campus) and Kabarak University.

Council accreditation lasts a period of four years and is renewable upon re-application and evaluation.

Kulundu released names of three schools operating under provisional accreditation - Nairobi Institute of Business Studies, Kenya School of Law and Mount Kenya University (MKU).

Where an institution has applied for full accreditation, provisional accreditation is extended until the council decides whether to reject or accept the application.