In November, Ms Mohamed suffered a major blow in her attempts to lower the entry grades as Attorney-General Kihara Kariuki told her she had no such powers. He fell short of revoking the recent admission of thousands of students with lower grades. The announcement was a major blow to close to 2,000 students who were in October admitted with D+s. DEFENCEIn her defence of the lower grades, the minister said they were based on the affirmative action law that is covered in the Constitution. Whenever somebody talks about quality of education, you need to look at the foundation that exists,” she said.

Source: Daily Nation December 20, 2018 16:41 UTC