KDF to Build Nyamira University and West Pokot Plans First University Amidst Lecturer Strike - October 2025

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) will oversee the construction of Nyamira University, with completion expected within 10 months and an opening date set for September 2026 as a constituent college of Kisii University. In a separate effort to expand higher education, West Pokot County Governor Simon Kachapin has formed a task force to establish the county's first constituent university, which is expected to open next year. These developments come as the ongoing lecturers' strike in Kenya enters its 37th day. The government is facing demands to release Ksh7.9 billion owed to lecturers under their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).