Private universities want State to pay Sh50 billion owed to them

Kenya Association of Private Universities chairman Stephen Ngari addresses a past press briefing. [File, Standard]

The government owes private universities Sh50 billion as unpaid disbursement for students who have graduated from the institutions.

Kenya Association of Private Universities (Kapu) chairman Stephen Ngari says the failure to remit the amount in question for the students placed in those institutions had affected their operations for many years.