University students demand CS rescinds defunding proposal

Melvin Thogo, President of the University of Nairobi Students Council, addresses the press on November 7, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Students from public universities have threatened to go on strike if government does not drop a proposal to stop funding their institutions.

And they have given Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, a 48-hour ultimatum to withdraw the proposal, which they termed as unrealistic "at a time when Kenyans are facing economic challenges."