Fresh mandate for Six public universities as they get vice chancellors
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BY KORIR JUMA,NAIROBI,8TH FEB 2018-It is fresh mandate for six vice-chancellors who have now been appointed to head six public universities in the country.This follows a period of waiting for those institutions who have been without VCs fore more than one and a half years.
Five of the six universities received their charters in 2016 and have had acting bosses while Kenyatta University vice-chancellor Olive Mugenda retired in 2016.
Prof Paul Wainaina who has been acting as vice-chancellor at Kenyatta University has been confirmed, so was Prof Daniel Njiru of University of Embu.
University of Nairobi deputy vice-chancellor in charge of research Prof Lucy Irungu is the new vice-chancellor of Machakos University while Rongo University’s new vice-chancellor is Prof Samuel Gudu.
Prof Mary Ndung’u was confirmed as Kirinyaga vice-chancellor while Murang’a University’s new boss is Prof Dickson Nyariki.
Moi University, however, will have to wait longer as acting vice-chancellor Prof Laban Ayiro was not confirmed.