Council of Legal Education bars Moi University from offering Law Degree Programmes

Moi University School of Law. Photo: Courtesy

Council of Legal Education has once again barred Moi University from offering Law Degree Programmes.

The university has been engaged in legal battles with the council since 2015. On April 4, 2016, High Court Judge George Odunga invalidated the council order prohibiting the university from offering the courses.

Odunga held that the council had overstepped its mandate, thereby allowing Moi University to continue offering the course.

Following the release of the report, Moi University came out strongly against The Council for Legal Education, accusing it of trying to undermine the original decision of the court.

“CLE’s notice is not only illegal as it flies in the face of the findings of the High Court, but also a mischievous attempt at subverting the judgment, against which it has chosen to exercise its right of appeal,” read a statement by Acting Vice Chancellor Professor Laban Ayiro.

CLE chief executive officer Kulundu Bitonye on December 19 issued a public list of ten institutions permitted to offer law programmes, excepting Moi University.

The university has been admitting students despite being declared unfit to teach law

The universities cleared to offer law degree courses are; Strathmore University, Kenyatta University, Riara University, Nazarene University, the University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Jomo-Kenyatta School of Law and Catholic University of Eastern Africa School of Law.

Kisii University licence, however, awaits renewal from CLE after it expired in October 2016.