The Council of Legal Education in line with its statutory mandate under the Legal Education Act, Cap. 16B and the Legal Education (Accreditation and Quality Assurance) Regulations, 2016, undertakes licensing, inspection and quality assurance processes for institutions seeking to offer legal education and training in Kenya.
The licensing process involves application review, substantive evaluation, external peer review, quality assurance audits, on-site inspections and final determination by Council to assess compliance with prescribed legal education standards.
As part of this regulatory framework, the Council conducted an on-site inspection of Rongo University following the institution’s application expressing interest in offering the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme.
The inspection was led by Mr. George Nyakundi, Chairperson of the Quality Assurance, Compliance and Licensing (QCL) Committee, Mr. Oscar Eredi, OGW, Committee Member, Mr. Samson Alosa, Council Member, Prof. Jack Mwimali, Secretary/CEO, Council of Legal Education, Ms. Annah Konuche, Director, Moses Muchiri, Deputy Director and officers from the Directorate of Standards, Licensing, Supervision and Compliance.
Rongo University was represented by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Gudu, accompanied by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration, Finance & Planning), Prof. Daniel Tarus among others.
The exercise assessed compliance with the Legal Education (Accreditation and Quality Assurance) Regulations, 2016, including curriculum, governance structures, infrastructure, staffing capacity, library resources, moot court, financial sustainability and institutional readiness to offer legal education and training.
CLE remains committed to ensure quality legal education and training in Kenya.
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