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Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 03:00
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Education [2]
Issue Number: 
167 [3]
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Lecturers at Moi University want the Government to order fresh elections for the Senate and faculty deans. The lecturers sought the intervention of the Ministry of Education, saying their calls to the university's administration to call the elections had failed. "The senate should have been dissolved by now and elections held for members as well as deans of all 160 faculties," they said. They claimed the elections have not been held for the past 20 years and those holding the posts of deans w...read more [4]

Lecturers at Moi University want the Government to order fresh elections for the Senate and faculty deans. The lecturers sought the intervention of the Ministry of Education, saying their calls to the university's administration to call the elections had failed. "The senate should have been dissolved by now and elections held for members as well as deans of all 160 faculties," they said. They claimed the elections have not been held for the past 20 years and those holding the posts of deans were appointees of the Vice-Chancellor.

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Governance [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/education/23432 [6]
Country: 
Kenya [7]

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