Time for universities to have representatives in Parliament

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula at Parliament on July 5, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

In a world awash with vigorous agitation for equal rights by all sorts of special interest groups, my well-considered argument that the 31 public universities in Kenya need a collective legislative constituency might sound like just another case of recreational activism.

For indeed, the ever-expanding list of those aggrieved by perceived social marginalisation includes, as at present, more than 80 gender identities among them - hold your breath- 'neutrois' people who claim no gender at all, and 'omnigender', who assume any gender as occasion demands.