{"id":365,"date":"2026-08-25T05:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2026-08-26T04:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:56:57","slug":"kenya-to-remove-university-funding-from-national-budget-in-major-financing-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Kenya to Remove University Funding From National Budget in Major Financing Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kenyan government will from October remove university funding from the national budget as it rolls out a new market-based financing model for higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the new arrangement, funding for public universities will be managed through a government-backed fund that will raise money from financial markets instead of relying directly on annual budget allocations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move is expected to provide universities with a more sustainable source of financing while reducing pressure on the national budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government says the new model is designed to attract long-term investment to support higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transition marks a significant change in how universities are funded in Kenya, with the new system set to take effect from October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details on the structure and operation of the government-backed fund are expected as the implementation begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002088291-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002088291-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002088291-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002088291-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002088291-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002088291-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kenyan government will from October remove university funding from the national budget as it rolls out a new market-based&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}