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The truth vs reality when privatising universities

An aerial view of the University Of Nairobi on November 2, 2022. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

The list of State-owned enterprises provided by the government for privatisation does not include any university. The closest is the Numerical Machine Complex (NMC), partly owned by the University of Nairobi.

That did not stop one cabinet secretary, Moses Kuria from stating that universities could be privatised. He is in charge of trade and one is left wondering why he had to break such news. Was he testing the ground?

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