#Moi

One of President Daniel Torotich Arap Moi’s pet projects in the 1980s was the expansion of hospitals and schools, with the massive construction of Nyayo Wards in most district hospitals. While health financing and expenditure became one of the challenges, Moi managed to call for Harambees to aid in the construction of these facilities to supplement government contribution. In many hospitals new laboratories and radiology units were constructed among other amenities.
Besides the 8-4-4 system.One of the major educational policies enacted by Moi government in 1979 Kenya was the first African country to launch a milk feedind project which benefited nearly Eight million pupils in primary schools annually from the program.This school project led to an increase in school attendance, especially in remote areas, although it consumed some 20 per cent of the education budget. Also, it led to an increase in milk output as it increased the demand for milk countrywide. The LOVE of school going children by President Moi made young ones love him more and in most occasions whenever Moi visited a region New song was composed specially for him as a sign of welcoming him and some of these songs have remained patriotic in Kenya history. Not forgetting Moi 1988 Moi's 10th year anniversary celebrations which accommodated children aged 10years from every corner in Kenya.
The expansion of university education has been tremendous since 1970 when Kenyatta College became a constituent College of the University of Nairobi to become Kenyatta University College. But it was during the Moi era that the university education sector grew. On October l, 1984, Kenya opened its second university in Eldoret and admitted its first class of students for a forestry course transferred from the University of Nairobi. The University established new constituents that included Egerton Agricultural College (now Egerton University).In August 1985, Kenyatta University College was elevated into a university after parliament passed the Kenyatta University Act thus becoming Kenya’s third fully-fledged public University. A mid-level Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) which had been established in early 1978 also became a constituent College of Kenyatta University in September 1988 before becoming a full-fledged university on December 7, 1994.Other universities established included Maseno University (formerly Siriba Teachers College), and Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology which was previously known as Western College of Arts Today, Kenya has more than 60 universities and various public university colleges.------BY ELIJAH NYANDORO (MOI ERA BENEFICIARY). • Moi Tribute: A letter ... .