By Dr. Luchetu Likaka Kenya’s public universities are no longer in a financial squeeze; they are in a state of quiet insolvency. For years, the signs were visible but conveniently ignored, ballooning pending bills, delayed salaries, stalled projects, and recurring audit red flags. Today, the façade of institutional stability remains, but beneath it lies a
The Senate’s Labour and Social Welfare Committee has strongly condemned the Ministry of Education and National Treasury for mishandling the growing pension problem at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) amid mounting debts worth billions of shillings owed to retired staff. Lawmakers accused the two ministries of neglecting former employees, warning that the continued delay
