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The decline of our universities is a national tragedy

University students from left to right Masten Ogweno (Kenyatta University),Zadock Okoth Nyakwaka (UON),Michael Odungo (University of Eldoret and Adrian Oluoch (Chuka University)address the press outside University of Nairobi towers on Sunday,November 10,2024 on the ongoing public university lecturers. [Collins Kweyu,Standrad]

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.

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