A parliamentary committee has warned that the Sh164 billion allocated for Higher Education in the fiscal year 2026/27 is hardly enough to sustain public universities and may compromise the education standards offered in the institutions.
The National Assembly Committee on Education sounded the alarm in its report on the budget estimates for the State Department for Higher Education to the House Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) amid increased student enrolment as pending bills owed by public universities crossed the Sh100 billion mark.
