Joy as Turkana gets first university

PS State Department of Science and Technology Professor Collette Suda. Yesterday said the government was committed to increasing access to university education across the country. (PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/ STANDARD)

The dusty Lodwar town in Turkana County is set to get its first public university.

The National Assembly Education Committee slashed Sh260 million from the development budgets of some six public universities to allow the establishment of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Turkana Campus.