Kisumu Universities are set to benefit from a county government plan, which is set to expand space for the universities.
County Executive Committee member for Education, Culture, Youth, Gender and Sports Jennipher Kere said that the county government was going to acquire more land to help the universities to set up their campuses in the county.
Speaking to journalists in her office on Tuesday, the county executive said that the county government was set to purchase land in the sub-counties away from the town to allow the public universities, to set up major campuses in the county.
“We are going to buy land in Muhoroni, Nyakach, Nyando and Seme sub-counties to allow for public universities to set up major campuses in Kisumu,” said Kere.
Kere also said that the county government was going to sign a contract with public universities, which will build campuses in the county to see into how collaboration between the county government and them could work.
“The county government came up with the resolution after we realized that many public universities lack space for opening up campuses in Kisumu,” she said.
“My ministry came up with a proposal to buy land and build campuses in collaboration with the public universities so that we can have all the public universities in Kisumu,” added the CeC.