Commission for University Education is to blame

Between January and December 2015, the Commission for University Education (CUE) in its first satellite campus accreditation exercise, inspected a total of 56 campuses in Nairobi, Lodwar, Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley. During the time, it identified 8 campuses for closure in Nairobi and 11 in Western, Nyanza and the Rift Valley regions, a total of 19 representing a high of 34%. The commission is, currently, in the process of inspecting campuses in Eastern, Central and the Coastal region, its third cluster region according to the commission’s Chief Executive Officer, Prof. David Some.

Kisii University bore the brunt with barely three months to lose its 10, out of its 13, satellite campuses of Eldoret, Eldama- Ravine, Nyamira, Kabarnet, Migori, Ogembo, Keroka, Kehancha, Kapenguria and Isebania. Its other campuses of Kisumu, Kericho and Kitale were not closed. According to the commission, campuses that obtained a score of less than 50 percent on the evaluation criteria or scored less than half on campus organization into tuition, administrative and residential areas were identified for closure.