The University of Nairobi (UoN) and Moi University are among five institutions of higher learning whose licences to offer law degrees have expired.
According to the Council for Legal Education (CLE), UoN’s Faculty of Law school in Parklands and Moi’s school of law in Eldoret licences expired on December 10 2025, with their renewals pending. Both the UoN and Moi applied for renewal in November 2025.
“Institution (UoN) applied for renewal on November 14 2025. Application for renewal of licence under review. Pending audit and inspection by the Council,” a public notice by CLE Chief Executive Officer Prof Jack Mwimali dated December 31 2025, reads in part.
Other than the two, Chuka University is the third public institution whose licence expired on December 10 2025, and although the institution made payment for renewal of licence in April last year, it is yet to submit documents for application for licence.
CLE has also revealed that African Nazarene University and UMMA University schools of law, both in Kajiado County, are yet to have their licenses renewed.
UMMA applied for renewal on September 18 2025, while Africa Nazarene made its application on November 17 2025.
Nazarene’s application is under review pending audit, while UMMA will be audited on January 20.
According to the CLE notice appearing in this week’s edition of MyGov, four universities are compliant and thus licenced to offer Master of Laws (LLM) degrees.
These are Mt. Kenya University, the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), Jomo Kenyata University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) and Strathmore School of Law.
Four other institutions, which include the Kenya School of Law (KSL), have valid licences to offer Diploma in Law courses. The three others are Kisii University, CUEA and Mt Kenya University.
Sixteen institutions have fully complied and are licenced to offer Bachelor’s of Laws (LLB) degrees in Kenya, according to the notice.
These are Egerton University, Kabarak University, CUEA, Strathmore, Maseno, JKUAT, Riara, Kenyatta university, South Eastern University of Kenya (SEUK) in Kitui, Daystar, university of Embu, Kisii, MKU, Zetech university in Thika, Tom Mboya university in Homabay and Tharaka university.
The Legal Education Act mandates CLE to grant licences to institutions offering legal education and also publish in the Kenya Gazette and at least one Daily of national circulation the entities or schools that are compliant.
by GEOFFREY MOSOKU
