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Ruto's university mess amid record intake

President William Ruto is facing the biggest test yet of his university funding model as the institutions prepare to admit the largest number of government-sponsored students while grappling with a funding crisis, a sharp decline in student numbers, and debts approaching Sh100 billion.

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