NCIC wants varsity bosses shuffled
Published Monday, May 21 2012 at 00:00 By PETER OPIYO The Government has come up with radical measures to address ethnicity in public universities. Stakeholders including the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, vice-chancellors, chancellors, MPs and National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) met and agreed on measures that would see public universities de-ethnicised. The move would see the Government embark on a major reshuffle of members of university councils, top-governing bodies of the institutions to reflect the face of Kenya. The exercise would be completed in three years. “The ministry shall reshuffle the current council members to reflect ethnic balance and ensure all communities are represented on university councils. This exercise will be undertaken and completed within the next three years with annual monitoring progress,” read the recommendations. The stakeholders met following an audit on universities conducted by Ministry of Higher Education and NCIC. Tax incentives Also to be undertaken is a centralised advertisement for all available vacancies for university top management and engagement of an employment agency to recruit successful applicants. “The ministry shall develop policy to allow a centralised advertisement for all available vacancies of chief executives and their deputies,” the report recommends. NCIC’s audit released in March revealed that the institutions are in total violation of the Constitution that demands ethnic and gender balance for all public appointments. In the 14-point recommendations, university dons who choose to offer services at disadvantaged institutions would be provided with tax incentives. All the universities will also be required to include the message “the university is an equal opportunity employer,” in all adverts. “Universities shall implement reforms to give equal opportunity without compromising on merit...where necessary head-hunting and affirmative action shall be used to include under-presented communities,” the stakeholders recommended. Comments in chronological order (Total 4 comments) : onag21 May 2012 12:20 PM Dream on Kibunjia. I really wonder how you manage reason. philip kaindu21 May 2012 11:52 AM Why only at the university, all parastals have this problem.The solution lies on the appointment of these people. It is clear that Universities are Citadel of Education, who do you appoint to these position and do they add value. In the research institute, do we have leaders from the position of Director, people with research credentials and how do they get these jobs. Even if they are from same ethnic group, it will not matter. Who are heading KEMRI, KIRDI, KARI, KEFRI.? Find out this and you will realise that vision 2030 is a mirage. prof kulundu21 May 2012 7:04 AM Give lecturers a decent salary before you talk about ethnicity. It is immoral for MoHEST to draft bills touching on public universities when varsity dons are struggling to see the next day due to underpayment. Reshuffle ministers and kindly replace Prof Kamar asap. Mugambi21 May 2012 5:15 AM These are the incubators of tribalism. Its time to deal with it now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
