MKU now gets the nod to teach law.
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| MKU Chairman and Founder Dr. Simon Gicharu and Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, VC Makerere University during their 14th Graduation Ceremony held at the Graduation Pavilion Grounds Thika- Garissa Road on Friday. |
The Council of Legal Education (CLE) which is the governing body mandated to oversee legal
education and training in Kenya, has now fully accredited Mount Kenya
University (MKU) to offer LLB programmes in its .
This is after CLE inspected MKU’s Law School and were
satisfied that they have fulfilled all the terms and conditions set to offer degrees
in law.
This was revealed by MKU Chairman and Founder Dr. Simon
Gicharu during their 14th Graduation Ceremony held at the Graduation
Pavilion Grounds Thika- Garissa Road on Friday.
MKU therefore joins the 12 institutions that are allowed to
teach law in Kenya. These are Riara University (main campus), Africa Nazarene,
and University of Nairobi (Parklands campus) University of Nairobi (Mombasa
campus), Kabarak University, Egerton University, Strathmore, Kenyatta
University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and
Catholic University.
Gicharu took issue with a rise in people acquiring fake
degree and college certificates, warning employers to be more vigilant when
admitting new employees.
“It is big challenge in Kenya. There are so many people
walking around with fake certificates. I call upon employers to make a point of
always verifying the authenticity of these documents from the issuing
university so as to ascertain if they are genuine,” said Gicharu.
The chairman also challenged
universities and the government to embrace technology that would enable anyone who
wished to access the data on legitimate certificates via online to be able to
do so with just a click of the button.
Concerning the current wave
of schools unrest, Gicharu acknowledged that there existed a gap in both
parenting and policy that needed to be bridge in order to arrest the situation.
He called upon all
stakeholders to join hands in seeking a lasting to the problem through
research.
“It (schools unrest) is a
shame. I am calling on all stakeholders in the sector to thoroughly research on
its root cause and come up with a lasting solution to the problem otherwise we
are going to lose a whole generation. As an institution, we are very ready to
offer our full support to see the end of this strikes and student indiscipline,”
he said.
Over 6,000 students
graduated in various faculties.
Gicharu challenged the
graduants to exploit the resources in the country to be job creators rather than
being job seekers, reckoning that Africa was so rich and all they needed was to
think outside the box.
The Guest Speaker Prof.
Barnabas Nawangwe, VC Makerere University, emphasised the need for African
countries to increase enrollment in university education if Africa was to break
the chains of poverty and marginalisation.
During the event,
Prof. John Struthers was installed as the 2nd Chancellor of MKU.
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