Zaippeline Oindi was enrolled to Moi University in 2009, but before it became a complete university in 2013, he was transferred to Karatina Constituent College. Oindi received a degree from Karatina University and graduated in 2014, however he was dissatisfied and called it an academic scam. He prevailed in his legal battle before the Supreme Court, which invalidated his Karatina degree program in favor of Moi University’s
source (Oindi”s Facebook)
Following the Supreme Court’s directive for Moi University to grant him a degree certificate, he was elated. Zaippeline Oindi was admitted to Moi University in 2009 to pursue a degree in horticultural science and management, but was transferred there before the institution’s 2013 establishment as a full-fledged university to Karatina Constituent College.
Zaippeline Oindi disatisfied with Karatina University Degree
Unhappy with Karatina degree, Zaippeline Oindi received a degree from Karatina in 2014, but Business Daily said that he wasn’t happy because he expected a degree from Moi.
He and 39 other students hurried to the High Court to appeal the ruling after feeling that their rights had been violated. Later, his comrades dropped out of the case. His chances of earning a degree from Moi were crushed, according to Justice James Wakiaga, because Karatina was granted a charter before he could graduate. The judge rejected Oindi’s case because he pointed out that Oindi had no agreement with Moi University.
Oindi then went to the Court of Appeal, where the Chief Justice Martha Koome serving. The Chief Justice Martha Koome agreed with him that he should receive a degree from Moi.
The university tried to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful.
Oindi thrilled with the ruling
Oindi reacted to the verdict by claiming that justice had been done.