K.U AND JKUAT ON PROBATION

A parliamentary watchdog has launched investigations into how two Kenyan public universities invested millions of shillings to set up campuses in Rwanda and Tanzania.
                           

JKUAT has campuses in Tanzania and Rwanda, while Kenyatta University has one in Kigali, all offering undergraduate and post-graduate courses.

Prof Some said the law does not give the commission a role in accrediting courses outside Kenya, but they would crack down on them.
Universities in foreign nations are seen to be doing so for profit because they do not admit government students.

This is after Prof David Some, the chief executive officer of Kenya’s university education regulator, the Commission for University Education (CUE), said the setting up of campuses outside Kenya was not approved by  the commission.

The two universities have until Thursday to provide the information to the committee.

“The committee resolves to write to you to request for information on the investment of establishing and operating of the university’s campuses in Rwanda and Tanzania,” states the letter dated March 24.

In the letter, the committee specifically wants to know the number and locations of the campuses in the said countries, the rationale for establishing and opening the campuses outside Kenya, the total cost of the investments, the consent from the ministry of Education to invest and operate outside Kenya and whether the investment is in line with the statute establishing the two universities.

The universities are required to submit five copies of the requested information, including supporting documents.

The PIC is responsible for examining and monitoring public investments and ensuring that the public investments are managed in accordance with the sound financial or business principles and prudent commercial practices.