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Uncertainty over shrunk intake of university students

Dr Fred Matiang'i

Businessmen who invested heavily in students’ hostels and those that have leased out their premises to universities for satellite campuses are facing a bleak future.

The uncertainty was caused by Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i's announcement that public universities will directly absorb all Form Four leavers who scored a mean grade of C+ and above in last year's KCSE examinations.

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