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ISBN No. 978-9966-o44-13-6 NCIC Publication No. 3/2016 i Table of Contents Compliance with the NCI Act .................................................................................. 28 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. vii Comparison with Previous Status of Compliance .................................................... 29 CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Universities as Big Employers ................................................................................. 31 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA .................................................................................................... 1 Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure 2016/17, Compliance and Size of Work Force 32 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 Relationships, Causes and Compliance with NCI Act .............................................. 34 Problem Statement ................................................................................................... 2 The Relationship between the Ethnic Group of Majority of Employees in Public Objectives ................................................................................................................. 2 Universities and Dominant Community in the University Location ......................... 37 Rationale .................................................................................................................. 2 Comparison of Ethnic affiliation of Vice Chancellors of Public Universities in the year Summary of the Book ............................................................................................... 3 2012 and 2016 ....................................................................................................... 38 CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Gender Representation of Vice Chancellors and Principals of Universities .............. 40 HIGHER EDUCATION AND SOCIAL COHESION.......................................................................... 4 Distribution of Chairs of Councils within the Universities and Colleges .................. 40 Distribution of Members of the Council in all Public Universities ............................ 41 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4 CHAPTER FIVE: REPRESENTATION IN INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITIES ................................ 42 National Cohesion and Integration ............................................................................ 4 Social Functions of Education .................................................................................. 5 INSTITUTIONS THAT COMPLY WITH THE NCI ACT, 2012 ................................... 42 ............................................................................................... 42 Higher Education and Social Cohesion ..................................................................... 6 Multimedia University of Kenya ....................................................................................... 43 History of Universities in Kenya and their role in the Cohesion Project ..................... 8 Technical University of Kenya (TUK) ........................................................................................................................ 45 Legal Provisions for Representation of Diversity in Universities ................................. 9 Egerton University CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................................. 18 The University Of Nairobi ........................................................................................................... 47 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................ 18 The Co-operative University College of Kenya ..................................................................... 49 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 18 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT CONTRAVENE THE NCI ACT ................................................................................................................ 50 Research Design ..................................................................................................... 18 Kirinyaga University College ...................................................................................................... 50 Study Population .................................................................................................... 18 Kibabii University .......................................................................................................................... 51 Sampling and Sample Size ...................................................................................... 18 Murang‘a University College ...................................................................................................... 53 Data Collection Instruments ................................................................................... 18 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) .............. 54 Ethnic Diversity in Kenya ....................................................................................... 19 Rongo University ........................................................................................................................... 55 Quality Control ....................................................................................................... 21 Kisii University ............................................................................................................................... 56 Data Analysis ......................................................................................................... 21 ......................................................................... 57 CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................................................................... 22 Meru University of Science and Technology ............................................................... 58 FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DKUT) ................................. 60 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 22 Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) ................................................................................................................ 61 Ethnic Representation in Public Institutions of Higher Learning in Kenya .............. 22 University of Kabianga Comparison of the Composition of Public Universities with the National Population Machakos University College..................................................................................................... 63 ............................................................................................................................... 23 Maseno University ........................................................................................................................ 64 ii Compliance with the NCI Act .................................................................................. 28 Comparison with Previous Status of Compliance .................................................... 29 Universities as Big Employers ................................................................................. 31 Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure 2016/17, Compliance and Size of Work Force 32 Relationships, Causes and Compliance with NCI Act .............................................. 34 The Relationship between the Ethnic Group of Majority of