University of Nairobi takes lion’s share of students as over 6,000 report

University of Nairobi first year students take selfies with Vice Chancellor Peter Mbithi on Friday. About 6,127 students have joined the university in the 2016/ 2017 academic year. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

University of Nairobi has admitted 6,127 students who sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in 2015, the highest number ever.

The students, who started reporting last week, have been admitted to the institution's four colleges, with new students for two other colleges; Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Education and External Studies set to report in January,2017.