1500 students stranded as Council orders closure of Moi University law school

About 1500 students of the Moi University, Kenya, have been left stranded after the country's Council of Legal Education (CLE) ordered the closure of their institution's school of law.

gathered that the Council ordered the closure after an inspection on the 8th of August because the university failed to meet the course requirements.

In a dated the 23rd of September, signed by the council Chief Executive Officer, Kulundu Bitonye, addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Richard Mibey, the council said the University did not have the capacity to offer law courses.

"Although the council noted that efforts have been expended and improvements made, the score attained during the inspection was 36.5 per cent, which does not meet the threshold of 67 per cent for full accreditation," Bitonye said.

"It is noteworthy that the institution has scored poorly in all areas."

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Bitonye added that Moi University's provisional accreditation licence which granted it the authority to conduct education and training expired on the 2nd of September.

The university is now expected to submit a closure plan within the next two months.

It is expected to either teach the current students or transfer them to licenced institutions.