Why UON lecturers have joined students in protest

Opposition from all sides is increasing following Vice chancellors of public universities wish for each student to pay Sh48,000 up from the current Sh16,000, saying the cost of training has gone up.

In a blow-by-blow plea to MPs and top Ministry of Education officials, the VCs said the current flat rate of Sh16,000 is no longer sustainable.

All government-sponsored students are currently funded at a flat rate of Sh120,000 per year based on a formula developed in 1989.

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Lecturers from the University of Nairobi have opposed a proposal by vice-chancellors to hike fees.

The University Academic Staff Union UoN chapter secretary George Omondi said it’s useless to increase fees yet the management is misusing funds on unnecessary costs.

He said the university management, for instance, hires tents for up to Sh200,000 per day yet the institution has enough halls to host events.

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“If you visit some of our classrooms, projectors are not there, facilities to help us teach are not there yet we are concentrating on things that do not benefit students and teachers at the university,” Omondi said.

He said the vice-chancellors reached the decision to hike fees without holding public participation as per the Constitution

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