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Machogu: Plans to privatise universities put on hold

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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

A massive layoff of non-teaching staff is looming in public universities, a move aimed at taming the ballooning debts that threaten to cripple institutions.

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu on Thursday said the layoffs and leasing out of idle land by the universities will enable them to stay afloat.

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