In Kenya: Barack Obama University Closed Down Over Fraud

Kenya has shut down an illegal
university bearing the name of the
President of the United States, Barack
Obama, for trying to defraud
unsuspecting students.
Kenya has shut down a university
bearing the name of the President of the
United States, Barack Obama .
Barack Obama University, an institution in
Ndenderu, Kiambu county of Kenya was
shut down by the country’s Commission
of University Education on Wednesday.
According to the commission chairman,
Henry Thairu , the institution, which is
still under construction, is being built in
a residential area and does not meet the
requirements needed to be a university.
“The institution is aimed at duping
unsuspecting students to enroll,” Thairu
said.
“The university had erected many
advertisement bill boards in the nearby
Ruaka town, which is illegal as it is not
in the process of being registered and we
would not approve of its registering due
to its location.”
A resident of the area, Peter Mwai , told
the Star that the building where the
university was setting base was once a
kindergarten before it was turned into
an academy and now a university.
Authorities say they will prosecute the
owner for operating an institution of
higher learning illegally.