Power struggles that threaten to tear UoN apart

Chair University of Nairobi Council Prof Amukowa Anangwe address media after Council meeting at the UON Towers where the board meeting was held. The vice-chancellor Stephen Kiama was suspended by the council for three months pending investigations to his conduct him for poor services delivery against the high fees. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

For years, the University of Nairobi (UoN) has been at the center of a power struggle that has turned the once-revered institution into a battleground for leadership wrangles.

Beneath its academic excellence, a bitter power struggle has engulfed its leadership, threatening to tear the institution apart.