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Why Kenyan varsities are set for fee-hike

University of Nairobi graduation

University fees are set to increase to cover additional costs envisaged by public universities.

The public institutions say Sh32 billion received from the Government annually to finance higher education - an average of Sh129,059 for each of the 248,917 students - is only half the cost. They say the average unit cost for each student should be Sh259,721, which translates to Sh65 billion.

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