On Thursday, July 28, Kaimosi Friends University College (Kafuco) will become the first university in Vihiga County when it receives a charter at State House in Nairobi.
In a ceremony that will be attended by various education officials and be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kafuco will get the charter.
Following repeated inspections by the Commission for University Education, the college was approved, according to principal Jack Nandi, who confirmed the recent development.
“We have been invited to attend the ceremony in Nairobi. We are first required at the Commission for University Education offices today (Wednesday) for rehearsal,” he said.
The college, which has been supervised by Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology since it was founded in September 2014, has complied with all standards, according to Prof. Nandi.
He claimed that after confirming that the college can successfully run a fully chartered university, CUE approved the college for the award of the charter.
“We are happy for this development. We are ready to transform into a fully fledged university,” Prof Nandi said.
The Nation has established that Kafuco is among eight university colleges that will get charters at the State House event.
Other notable ones are Alupe in Busia County, Kenya Defence Forces College and Tharaka Nithi College.
At least four private colleges are said to be on the list of the institutions to be upgraded.
Reports about the awarding of a charter to Kafuco were first made earlier this year by Vihiga Senator George Khaniri.
At the time, Mr Khaniri said the county was poised to get its first chartered university before the elections on August 9.
Mr Khaniri has been spearheading the push for the charter, and in February this year, he presented a petition to President Kenyatta, asking him to upgrade the college to a full-fledged university.
