Members of Parliament have questioned Kenyatta University investment move where the facility spent over Sh370 million to open a campus in Rwanda before seeking approval from the Treasury.
The Public Investments Committee put to task the management of the university for violating regulations governing investment of public funds, particularly abroad.
The committee said that the Kenyatta University management went ahead to purchase buildings in Kigali in readiness for intake of students this September, although they had not been given approval by the Treasury.
However, the university's acting Vice Chancellor Prof Paul Wainaina defended the decision saying they assumed that given the approval by the council, where the government was fully represented, there was no doubt there was consent.
“Given that the Treasury is represented in the council, the Education Ministry and the University, we thought that was good enough, but we now know we needed Treasury’s approval,” Wainaina told the team.