Universities in Kenya offering degree courses in law have been urged to design their curriculum to fit Kenyan law practice and experience. This was observed today by the Director of Compliance, Accreditation and Quality Assurance of the National Council of Legal Education (NCLE) Dr. Jacob Gakeri when he led members of his directorate in a Pre-Inspection Audit at the upcoming School of Law at Egerton University, Nakuru Town Campus. The legal education council director noted that the government’s policy on law training in the country aims at producing graduates to serve in the country hence a need for universities offering law courses to adapt an indigenous curriculum system. The government is committed towards providing sustainable leadership in the training of law in the country. Lawyers and other legal experts who go through our Kenyan training system should be home based oriented in their training because they are ideally trained to serve in their country. "It is therefore important for universities offering law to design their curriculums in a way suitable to produce graduates with localized skills in law,’’said Dr. Gakeri. He added that law schools managers and librarians should carry out surveys on the kind of learning and research materials to acquire to reflect the Kenyan legal situation and experience but not to over rely on foreign law materials.

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