Moi University is a Kenyan public university located in Eldoret, western Kenya. It was the second public university to be established in Kenya, second only to the University of Nairobi. It is one of seven fully fledged public institutions of higher learning in Kenya (the others being the University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Maseno University, Egerton University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and Kenyatta University). It was established in 1984 by the Moi University Act of Parliament after recommendations from the Mackay Commission.
As of 2007 it had over 20,000 students of whom 17,086 were undergraduates, and operates eight campuses and two constituent colleges. The chancellor of the university is Bethwell Allan Ogot and the vice-chancellor is Professor Richard K. Mibey.
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