VC’s plan to make Masinde Muliro top-notch varsity

The new Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor Prof Solomon Isogangwa Shibairo. He takes over as the third VC of the institution that has been rocked by leadership wrangles for the last three years and now says he wants to turn it into a model university. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

When Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha asked him to take over the reins of leadership at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Mmust), Prof Solomon Shibairo accepted the offer but reluctantly.

He was aware of the turf wars at the university and he was not ready to venture into the ensuing dispute. The university’s leadership had been split in the middle, especially after the departure of former Vice-Chancellor, the late Prof Fredrick Otieno, with the various camps fighting to succeed him.