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University of Nairobi (UoN) Towers. [File, Standard]
It certainly does not feel like the most pressing issue in the country, but the entrenched culture of mediocrity in the management of our public university is a national catastrophe. From the basics of personnel management (you should follow set procedures in hiring people), to more serious undertakings (universities need resources for research and faculty, among other things), we are simply winging it. We have reduced our universities to outfits that issue fake degrees to the connected, while churning out graduates lacking in proper training and socialization.
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