Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has suspended the proposed administrative changes in the University of Nairobi.
According to Magoha, the changes are not in accordance with the law.
Last week, the university announced changes which included the reorganisation of the administrative structure such as abolishing 24 constituent colleges from the normal 35 to 11.
Five offices of the deputy vice-chancellors were also supposed to be abolished and replaced with two positions of associate vice chancellor.
The university council Chairperson Prof. Julia Ojiambo said the proposed changes were aimed at breaking down bureaucracy for the benefit of the institution’s stakeholders.
“Where proposed reviews necessitate to charter or legal notices of constituent colleges, the proposed amendments must be forwarded to the ministry through the Commission for University Education before being gazetted by the Cabinet Secretary in line with section 20(3), 21, 22(4) and/or 22A(5) of the Universities Act, 2012," stated Prof. Magoha in his letter to the university Vice Chancellor and principals of the constituent colleges.
The CS ordered that the changes be suspended until they are given a greenlight by relevant authorities.
“Communication on any proposed changes referred to above must be accompanied by the following: 1.Rationale for instituting the proposed changes; and 2. Proposed Human resource instruments including: a)The organization structure, b)Staff establishment, c)Human resource policies and guidelines, d)Council resolutions approving all the above instruments and proposed recruitment; and e)Availability of the budget to cater for the proposed restructuring and recruitment,” Magoha stated further.
He copied to Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua and Attorney General Kihara Kariuki, Treasury CS Ukur Yatani among others in the letter.
While lauding the move by various universities to ensure their academic and administrative structures conform to their financial muscle,
UoN in its restructuring plan announced that it had increased fees for postgraduate courses and parallel degrees in order to address the institution's current financial crunch.
Students, KMPDU and a section of MPs delved in demonstrations, condemning the proposed increments.
“We kindly and humbly request your office to release an official letter of the same gravity as the one suspending the restructuring of the university leadership, regarding the proposed school fees in public universities,” the students through their council wrote letter to the CS
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