A case by more than 2,000 prospective students caught in the middle of a crossfire between the Kenya Medical Training Collage(KMTC) and Kenya Universities and Collages Central Placement Service(KUCCPS) on who should admit students today failed to proceed after presiding judge was away on official duty.
Justice Janet Mulwa who is currently attending an annual judges colloquium in Mombasa had directed the Attorney General to present the progress and a clear interpretation of the universities Act 2012 pending in parliament specifying on who is mandated to admit students at the facility.
The Bill in parliament is seeking to take away the mandate of admitting students into public universities and colleges from Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), a state agency, and place it on respective universities and colleges.
The bill further states that KUCCPS will only develop career guidance programs for the universities and tasked with coordinating the placement of students in public universities and colleges to ensure fairness, equity and openness.
Students had applied to join KMTC in 2015 through the Kenya Universities and Collages Central Placement Service(KUCCPS) but a tussle emerged between the two bodies forced them to lodge a court case in court.
KMTC together with KUCCPS have been tussling over who should admit new students to the medical institution and the fight has seen students fail to be admitted.