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Why Commission for University Education gave university launch wide berth

President Uhuru Kenyatta lays a foundation stone for the construction of Koitalel Samoei University in Nandi Hills. The University will offer Law and Commerce as it's specialty. The President and his Deputy William Ruto are in a campaign tour of the North Rift region ahead of the August 8th General Elections. 12-06-2017. PHOTO BY: KEVIN TUNOI

Confusion surrounds the legal status of a new university college whose foundation stone was laid by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday.

Uhuru laid the foundation stone for Koitalel Samoei University College at the spot where Koitalel arap Samoei, the supreme chief of the Nandi, was tricked and killed by the British in 1905.

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