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Kenyatta University VC Paul Wainaina, Olive Mugenda clash over management of KUTRRH

Kenyatta University VC Paul Wainaina (left) and KUTRRH Board Chair Olive Mugenda before a parliamentary committee on September 20, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The differences between Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Paul Wainaina and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) Board Chairperson Olive Mugenda played out when they appeared before a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.

Prof Wainaina told the National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education that the Level Six hospital will be better managed by the university while Prof Mugenda argued that the facility should remain a government parastatal since currently there is no legal framework for an educational institution to run a hospital in the country.

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