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How Machogu saved Egerton University from financial brink

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Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu. Background, Egerton University main gate. [File, Standard]

For over three years, workers at Egerton University have been grappling with a 40 per cent pay cut occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic that affected its revenue streams.

For the umpteenth time, University Academic Staff Union (Uasu) members were to strike effective January 1, 2024, setting the institution to a bad start in the new year.

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