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Why private varsities are in Sh31b debt crisis

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

It is now emerging that private universities are grappling with a financial crisis, burdened by billions of shillings in unpaid government funding for state-sponsored students.

A document from the Universities Fund reveals a staggering accumulation of Sh31 billion in debt over the past six years stemming from a government programme that financed students attending private institutions.

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