Varsities take CBDs by storm

Universities have occupied prime office spaces in Central Business Districts, in major towns at the expense of Small and Medium Enterprises, writes GABRIEL KAMAU

Beatrice Kimani works as a personal assistant to the managing director of a leading real estate firm in Nairobi. In January 2010, the mother of two girls aged six-and-a-half and four, decided to go back to school to advance her career. In about a month’s time (July), she will be graduating with a degree in Business Administration, Human Resource option, from the Kenya Methodist University (Kemu), after three years of study.