Kenyan Members of Parliament (MPs) are questioning how the pending bill owed to private universities has nearly doubled to Sh60.2 billion in just one year, despite a cessation of government-sponsored admissions.

• The debt owed to 32 private universities has surged from Sh32 billion last year to the current Sh60.2 billion.
• The National Assembly Committee on Education, led by Chairman Julius Melly, has rejected the figure and demanded a detailed breakdown of the pending bill and accrued interest from the Higher Education Principal Secretary, Beatrice Inyangala.
• The significant debt stems from the government's commitment to fund 80 percent of tuition costs under the Differentiated Unit Cost (DUC) model, with consistent defaults due to budgetary constraints. Key beneficiaries of the debt include Mt Kenya University (Sh11.6 billion), KCA University (Sh6.6 billion), and Kabarak University (Sh6.4 billion).