Kenyatta University (KU) has been
allocated the highest number of
university
students with 5,480 admissions.
The
institution's declared capacity is
5,454.
The University of Nairobi (UoN)
will admit
5,053 candidates against a
capacity of
5,031 while Moi University has
been
assigned 5,030 students. Egerton
is
allocated 2,767 while Jomo
Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and
Technology
(JKUAT) will take 2,597 against the
institution's capacity of 2,583.
Maseno
University will enrol 2,926 and
Technical
University of Kenya is assigned
1,827.
A senior official who attended the
board
meeting Monday said some
institutions
were allocated more candidates as
a
result of affirmative action.
"Issues of gender, persons with
disability
and marginalised groups were
considered
and this saw some institutions get
slightly
more candidates," said the source
who is
not authorised to speak to the
media.
