Roadmap to address financial crisis in public universities yet to be implemented

Kisii University graduands display their PhD degrees during the university's 9th Graduation held at the institution. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Piqued by the unending financial crisis in public universities, top Ministry of Education and National Treasury officials, vice-chancellors and MPs met early this year to find a way of clearing the mess.

With more public universities registering debts amounting to billions of shillings, the officials retreated to Mombasa to draw solid action plans that they said will cure the perennial funding gaps.