On this Friday today President Uhuru Kenyatta approved 8 more institutions to be fully charted universities.
The institutions included KAG East University in Kajiado County, Rongo University in Migori County, the Cooperative University of Kenya in Nairobi County and Taita Taveta University in Taita-Taveta County.
The ninth varsity is set to be added when Uhuru travels to Garissa to personally present the charter himself in pursuit of solidarity against terrorism.
The ceremony that was held in the state house saw the freezing of more institutions that hoped to be done into universities.
This, as the president explained, was to put more focus on the existing varsities to increase quality.
“Our focus now must be strengthening the institutions that we have; building their resilience and ensuring sustained quality,” Uhuru explained.
“We are determined to deliver on vocational training, through our Technical and Vocational Training Institutions (TVETS) and other programmes to deliver on skills required to grow our country in terms of Vision 2030,” he said during the speech
The President also witnessed the appointment of Chancellors of the new universities as part of the ceremony of award of charters.
The chancellors are Mr Fred Ojiambo (Kirinyaga University), Hon Joseph Nyaga (Cooperative University), Prof Mohamed Y Elmi (Rongo University), Hon Dr Sally Kosgei (Taita-Taveta University), Mr James Mworia (Machakos University), Prof Musili Wambua (Embu University), Dr Philista Onyango and Rev Dr Peter Njiiri (KAG East University).
“These institutions have to be globally competitive in their operations and service delivery. Quantity at the expense of quality has a potential to harm our country,” he added.
