Why our universities are teaching factories

At the turn of the millennium, which is when I joined university, there were just six public universities, and five private. Eighteen years later, Kenya boasts over 30 public universities and more than 18 private.

This variance accounts for over 37 new institutions of higher learning in less than two decades. Considering what some of these universities have become, I am not sure if ‘boasts’ should be the word here. In forty years – between independence and the year 2000 – the country saw just six universities come up.