Shock as universities barred from increasing fees, cost of courses in new funding regime

Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) chief executive officer Mercy Wahome speaking in Naivasha on Friday, May 19, 2023. [Augustine Oduor]

Universities will not be allowed to change the costs of declared and published courses or increase tuition fees arbitrarily, it has emerged.

And any increase in tuition fees or costs of courses will be on the advice of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics to the government, based on inflation rates, among other factors.