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Uncertainty after court declares university funding model illegal

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba. [File, Standard]

The government suffered a major setback Friday after the court quashed the new multi-billion shilling university funding plan introduced by President William Ruto, which was expected to resolve the financing crisis in the institutions of higher learning.

The verdict by Justice Chacha Mwita of the Milimani Constitutional and Human Rights Division offers relief to parents and thousands of students who had protested their categorisation in higher bands with a heavy fee burden.

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