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Matiang’i, varsity devastate parents with secret weapon

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i 

Martin Waswa from Bungoma County watched his TV with interest during the graduation ceremony at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DEKUT) last Friday. He had a reason to as his son has been admitted to the university.

He says the ceremony was interesting but, sadly, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i took the sheen off it with his speech. Dr Matiang’i’s crime, Mr Waswa says, was to confirm what he had heard a day before; that first years would report to university on May 11, 2017, much earlier than expected this year.

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