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JKUAT, KU campuses in Rwanda face closure

The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology campus in Kigali, Rwanda. [Joshua Maxwell Agwanda, Standard]

The fate of two top Kenyan public universities hangs in the balance following sweeping higher education reforms taking place in Rwanda.

Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) Kigali campus is facing closure for performing poorly in a recent higher education quality audit. All its academic programmes have been suspended.

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