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How funding formula affected varsity intake

The University of Nairobi. It will get 7,702 students up from 6,204 it received in the previous year. [File, Standard]

The new funding formula has brought about a change of fortune in public universities, with some institutions that previously attracted a dismal number of students now doubling their admissions.

However, private universities suffered a remarkable plunge in number of students joining the institutions, a development that now threatens their survival.

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