Government won’t rescind its decision on KU management – Education CS George Magoha
Education CS George Magoha says the government will not rescind its decision on changing KU management.
According to Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, the government won’t change its mind on changing the already installed leadership at Kenyatta University.
Magoha said at no time should there be management gaps at the university as the government waits for an application that has been filed in court to determine the legality of the suspension of. Paul Wainaina as VC and the ceding of part of the University land is heard and determined.
The CS stated that no judge can change the fact that the government has the right to utilize its land in any way it sees suitable for the welfare of her people.
He asserted that the university cannot halt operations because of an ongoing legal dispute and that they are prepared to pursue the dispute all the way to the Supreme court.
Magoha was speaking at Chania Girls High School in Thika while opening newly constructed CBC classrooms Monday, 18, July.
“Will the government stop working because there is an issue in court? No judge can change my position that public property belongs to the people and the custodian is the President. The case is in a lower court, and it might drag until the Supreme Court. Do you expect the government to keep quiet all that while,” he said.
Vice-chancellor Paul Wainaina was suspended after failing to cede part of the university land for the construction of the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency hub and the expansion of the Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital.
Magoha also called on public officers not to attach themselves so much to government property but work towards improving efficiency.
He said the Vice Chancellor should have negotiated with the government to compensate them for the land that they ceded.
“If I were the VC, I would have talked with the government for compensation because KU still has over 580 acres that they do not immediately need. I would have said since we are in debt, why don’t you compensate us so that we clear the debts. This is too much politics for nothing,” he said.
He said there was no way KU and Kenyatta University Teaching, and Referral Hospital (KUTRH) can detach from each other but rather will continue to exist together no matter the management at the two institutions.
“KU and KUTRH is like husband and wife. Adding the WHO facility next to the two institutions will uplift the status of the two. What we are reading into this is too much politics for nothing,” he said.
This comes even as the court restrained the government from harassing officials of the university in a bid to enforce a cabinet decision.
The case is set to be heard on July 27.
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