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President William Ruto is pushing ahead with the creation of new universities even as public institutions are sinking under a crushing Sh100 billion debt, with at least 11 already technically insolvent and struggling to stay afloat.
The expansion drive, which has seen new universities chartered and others upgraded across the country, is now colliding head-on with a worsening financial crisis that is choking existing institutions, delaying salaries, and forcing some to operate on the brink of collapse.
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