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Why Kenya universities are set for fee-hike

University fees are set to increase to cover additional costs envisaged by public universities.

The public institutions say Sh32 billion received from the Government annually to finance higher education - an average of Sh129,059 for each of the 248,917 students - is only half the cost. They say the average unit cost for each student should be Sh259,721, which translates to Sh65 billion.

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