President William Ruto has clarified that the fees listed in letters issued by universities to students were misleading.
Speaking in Ogembo, Kisii County, President Ruto explained that the amounts mentioned were estimates for the entire course, not for a single academic year.
Ruto announced that the government will instruct universities to withdraw these misleading letters and issue corrected versions to parents, with the directive expected to be enforced by the end of the day.
“The letters issued by our universities were misleading because they were talking about the cost of courses. We want those letters that were released earlier to be withdrawn and proper letters issued as to the amount of money a parent is supposed to pay and not the cost of the course,” Ruto said.
“I want to tell all parents that the letters you received from universities indicating the cost of the course your child was going to attend, those letters are misleading.”
During his final day of a three-day development tour of Kisii and Nyamira counties, President Ruto emphasized that the government has revamped its funding model for universities, leading to a significant increase in the budget for higher education.
“I want to announce from Kisii that we have changed the delivery model because we have increased the money available for funding for our higher education. We have increased the money from Sh45 billion to Sh82 billion,” the President said.
“We are going to instruct the universities to issue new letters from today that will indicate how much a parent is supposed to pay and not the cost of the course.”
This follows a July announcement by Higher Education and Research PS Beatrice Inyangala, who nullified the fees for first-year students placed by KUCCPS, with a new fee structure set to be released by August 19.