The appointment of Prof. Ayub Gitau as the 9th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi has ushered in a moment of cautious optimism within Kenya’s higher education sector. For an institution that has spent recent years entangled in leadership uncertainty, governance disputes, financial strain and public scrutiny, the naming of a substantive Vice-Chancellor feels larger … Continue reading A new chapter begins for University of Nairobi under Prof Ayub Gitau