Governor Fernandes Barasa with Kakamega Catholic Diocese Bishop, Rev. Joseph Obanyi when they met to discuss the progress report of establishing Eregi University College on March 10, 2025/Governor Fernandes Barasa
Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has revealed that the progress report of establishing Eregi University College is on track and will expand access to tertiary education for the youth.
He said the institution will also create job and business opportunities for the people of Ikolomani and Kakamega County.
The governor noted that the county is working closely with the national government to achieve the dream of offering several courses to the region's students and nearby counties once Eregi Teachers Training College (ETTC) is upgraded into a fully-fledged University.
“This is among one of our developments plans that Kakamega County aims to actualize and enroll more students in special courses,” he said.
A task force appointed by the Governor had recommended the upgrade of the ETTC into a constituent campus of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
The governor, while speaking at the institution over the weekend, said the task force had established that the college has adequate land, classrooms, lecture halls, staff quarters, toilets, labs, and a first intake of 3000 students.
The institution was established by the Catholic Mill Hill Fathers in 1949 to train teachers.
