The University of Nairobi (UoN) has fallen out of the top 1,000 universities globally in the newly released QS World University Rankings 2026. The institution is now positioned in the 1,001 ...

Now, the University of Nairobi Council Chairperson, Prof. Amukowa Anangwe, has called on Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba to finalise the appointment process.

Since mid-January the University of Nairobi has been operating without a leader. This follows a decision by Kenya’s cabinet secretary for education to disband the institution’s council.

The University of Nairobi, Kenya’s oldest institution of higher learning, is steeped in a crisis after the education secretary revoked the appointment of a new vice-chancellor.