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Will new universities suffer reputation crisis?

Decision to de-link constituent colleges from their mother institutions was premature and creates a situation where some will be more equal than others, writes WACHIRA KIGOTHO

Kenya has one of the biggest numbers of higher education ‘academic orphans’ in sub-Saharan Africa and unless the Government grants the cast-off institutions special favours, danger looms in the quest for quality education.

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