Shock and panic has gripped the Law fraternity after only 308 out of 1,572 students who sat for their Kenya School of Law (KSL) bar exams in November 2018 qualified to be admitted to the bar.
According to results released on Wednesday, 80 percent of the students who sat the exam failed.
The Daily Nation reports that the mass failure has elicited debate in the legal sector.
According to the results seen by Daily Nation, Kisii University was the best performing university with 20 out of its 60 candidates who sat the exam qualifying for admission to the roll of advocates.
Kenyatta University emerged second in terms of performance with its 32 candidates out of 98 who registered for the exam qualifying.
Strathmore University came third with 28 of its 86 candidates passing the exam and qualifying to be admitted.
The University of Nairobi (UON), which registered the highest enrollment at 498 had only 112 candidates qualifying to be admitted to the bar.
According to results released, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) had 11 of its 57 candidates qualify for admission.
Moi University registered 297 candidates but only 54 qualified. According the results, most private universities posted poor results all scoring below 15 percent.
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa for instance had only 18 out of 173 candidates qualifying while Kabarak University which registered 71 candidates, had only five passing the exams.
According to the Council of Legal Education (CLE), students who fail the exams have an option of resitting the failed units or applying for a remark.
A remark costs Ksh15,000 per paper whereas a re-sit is Ksh10,000. This is after paying an initial total of Ksh45,000 for the nine units.