There are six daily newspapers in Kenya, namely the Daily Nation, Standard, Star. The British-based Lonrho Group bought the newspaper in 1963, only a few months before Kenya’s independence. the media fake news (79 per cent of Kenyans say they receive it). At the time the newspaper declared strongly colonialist viewpoints. It became a daily paper and moved its headquarters from Mombasa to Nairobi in 1910. In 1905 Jeevanjee sold the paper to Maia Anderson and Rudolph Franz Mayer, who changed the name to the East African Standard. The newspaper was established as the African Standard in 1902 as a weekly by Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, an immigrant businessman from British India. The Standard Group is headquartered on Mombasa Road, Nairobi, having moved from its previous premises at the I&M Bank Tower. It is the oldest newspaper in the country and is owned by The Standard Group, which also runs the Kenya Television Network (KTN), Radio Maisha, The Nairobian (a weekly tabloid) and Standard Digital which is its online platform. The Standard is one of the largest newspapers in Kenya with a 48 per cent market share. The other top newspaper in Kenya is the Standard. It is based in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. The media group also runs other media stations such as Kiss 100, Classic FM, and East FM. Will the existing Kenyan political system and socio-economic status sustain this university growth rate and produce and maintain quality, relevant and internationally competitive graduates? Whether the answer is “yes” or “no”, it’s only hoped that the on-going legal, economic, structural, political, governance and regulatory reforms in key stakeholder institutions and watchdog agencies will successfully take root and ensure delivery of quality and relevant education, training and learning in Kenya, thereby consenting to its provisions and intended purpose in the society.The newspaper is owned by the Radio Africa Group. In addition to this and over 227 existing tertiary institutions, the Government is expected to set up at least a public university in each of the 47 counties according to Universities Act, 2012 implying that more institutions for higher education, training and learning are in the offing should any of the 47 counties be found without a university once the devolved system of governance starts operating as from Tuesday April 9th, 2013, following the swearing in of the 4th President of Kenya, and henceforth, change of country’s leadership.
This marks a more than 200% growth in the number of public universities in Kenya. in the Daily Nation, the largest newspaper in Eastern and Central Africa based in. It is imperative to note that it took the Kenyan Government about 45 years to build 7 public universities, which are currently not yet fully equipped to anticipated international standards and notwithstanding, the same government takes only 5 years to build 23 more public universities in a fragile economy. Gado started producing caricatures at 15 before becoming a. Conversely, it’s regrettable that irrelevant and poor quality education and training is being offered in these institutions while hiding under “ISO certification”, the International Organization for Standardization of systems/institutions and under the watchdog of the Commission for University Education (CUE) and standardization and quality assurance units in the ministries of Higher Education, Science and Technology and Education. The institutions are expanding at an alarming rate and are greatly challenged with the delivery of quality and relevant edu-cation, training and learning compounded with political interference, corruption, nepotism and socio-economic mayhem under the watchdog of weak national agencies charged with the responsibilities of standardization of an existing educational system together with its quality and relevance to the society it is serving. Institutions for higher education, training and learning top the list of priority institutions targeted for these revolutions and evolutionary processes. Construction of what was intended to be a flagship infrastructure project for Eastern Africa was. Kenya is in the midst of many transformations and transition processes of its institutions and administra-tive/governance structures following the promulgation of a new constitution on 27th August, 2010. Chinas Belt and Road leaves Kenya with a railroad to nowhere.
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