Kenyan President William Ruto has expressed his government’s readiness to partner with and support tertiary institutions to boost their technical capacity.
Speaking at the launch of new Tution blocks at the Technical University of Kenya on Thursday December 8, 2022, Ruto said his presence at the event shows the commitment of his government in forging a clear pathway for his country to deepen its technical capacity.
“Our presence at this event signals the government’s readiness to partner with tertiary institutions and especially TVETs to forge a clear pathway for Kenya to deepen its competitive technical capacity and assume global leadership,” Ruto said.
Ruto said his government will create a framework that makes it possible for every university to admit students that the government can support.
During campaigns, Ruto pledged to address the challenges facing institutions of higher learning by pumping more funds to support their operations.
He said all the universities are allocated only 52 per cent of the funds required to run them.
Academic staff from various universities had asked the new government to increase funding and save the ailing institutions.
The lecturers decried incomplete implementation of the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The methods used by different universities include diagonal, horizontal, stepwise, swinging and the old CBA.
According to an audit, certain universities implemented unknown formulae, resulting in negative arrears.
