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Article In 2023, the government introduced a new university funding model aimed at addressing socio-economic inequalities among students, stabilising the financing of higher education institutions, and improving learning quality.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group Recently, President William Ruto announced that the government was changing tack in financing higher education and will roll out a free university programme for all eligible students in university and tertiary colleges from September.

Packaged as an innovative approach to university funding, the model was framed as a panacea to Kenya’s long-struggling higher education sector.