Varsities in crisis as debts, rows and corruption threaten collapse

Moi University Vice Chancellor Isaac Kosgei (centre) before the PIC Education and Governance at Parliament Buildings, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Plagued by mismanagement, corruption, and crippling debt, various universities across the country are on the brink of collapse.

A revelation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) that it is investigating 18 institutions of higher learning over various offenses including theft of public funds, unethical conduct and academic fraud has also thrust to the fore the dire situation in especially public Universities.