Mount Kenya University failed to advise Antony Waziri Kitsao that he did not qualify to study a Law degree. It is on the basis of his academic progression that KSL rejected his application to be admitted to the Advocates Training Programme (ATP) because the applicable law, which is the Kenya School of Law Act 2012, as amended by Statute Law Miscellaneous Amendments Act (No. 18 of 2014) does not provide for academic progression
By The Weekly Vision
Mount Kenya University is in sharp focus after some of its students failed to be admitted into the Advocates Training Programme at the Kenya School of Law since the School does not have a provision for academic progression, one such student Mr Antony Waziri Kitsao was denied admission by the Director of Kenya School of Law through a letter dated 10th January 2023.
Investigations reveal that Antony sat for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examination and attained a Mean Grade of B- (Minus). He scored a B – (Minus) in English and a C + in Kiswahili. He thereafter pursued a degree in law from Mount Kenya University. Mr Kitsao got a rude shock when the Director of Kenya School of Law declared that he did not meet the eligibility criteria as provided for under Section 16, read together with Paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule of the Kenya School of Law Act 2012. Section 16 of the Kenya School of Law Act 2012 as read with Paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule provides the requirement for admission to the Advocates Training Programme is a mean grade of C+ (plus) in KCSE with a grade B (plain) in English or Kiswahili languages which Antony did not have.
Antony is now wondering why MKU allowed him to undertake the training in LLB knowing he did not meet the requirement. It is unfortunate that after spending huge amounts of money and time pursuing a Law degree, he cannot be admitted to the Advocates Training Programme.
The Kenya School of Law director maintains that Antony is relying on academic progression to be admitted to the Advocates Training Programme, yet the Kenya School of Law Act 2012 does not have a provision for academic progression. The refusal of KSL to reject Antony’s application should be an eye-opener to Law students at MKU who could be wasting their time and resources studying law yet KSL will not admit them to the Advocates Training Programme.
To prove that Antony did not merit undertaking a Law degree, it is important to trace his academic journey. He sat for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination in the year 2010 then pursued and obtained a Diploma in Law from Mount Kenya University. He then registered and completed a Bachelor of Laws degree from Mount Kenya University.
It is said Mount Kenya University failed to advise him that he did not qualify to do a Law degree based on academic progression in legal education from lower levels of learning to higher levels. It is against alleged academic progression that KSL revealed that Antony did not qualify to be admitted to the Advocates Training Programme (ATP) because academic progression because the applicable law, which is the Kenya School of Law Act 2012, as amended by Statute Law Miscellaneous Amendments Act (No. 18 of 2014) does not provide for academic progression. What now remains is for him to sue MKU and claim a refund of monies paid towards the Law degree course as well as compensation for time wasted.
