University fees to go up

University of Nairobi grandaunts celebrate during the 62nd graduation ceremony at the of University of Nairobi,on December 20, 2019. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

University students are likely to pay more in fees after Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani said his ministry will engage players to review capitation per student.

In his budget speech yesterday, Yatani noted that the current capitation from the Government was too low and only hurt universities as they could not sustain themselves with meagre funding from the State and students.