Three public and a private university have been disqualified from offering law.
University of Nairobi's Mombasa and Kisumu campuses, Moi University, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University and the Catholic University of Eastern Africa have been marked as unaccredited institutions by the Council of Legal Education.
CLE directed University of Nairobi Kisumu campus to teach out current law students and stop any new admission for 2015-16 with immediate effect.
It said the institutions applied for full accreditation but many corrective actions were identified.
For the university’s Mombasa campus, the council directed that admissions for subsequent years should be stopped as the institution's accreditation had been rejected.
When contacted, UoN deputy vice chancellor of academic affairs Henry Mutoro said they are not in a panic about the directive.
"We were notified about the corrective measures and we have since met the conditions set and I am confident when the next review comes we will be fit. The issu es the Council has been concerned about are the library, lecturers and classes. We have all that now," he said.
The council rejected the Catholic University's application for accreditation and directed it to provide corrective action or close by November 23.
Application for full accreditation for Jaramogi was also rejected.
Programmes for Moi University have been suspended.
Council CEO Kulundu Bitonye has cited lack of libraries, a moot court to offer practicals, and the ratio of lecturers to students as some of the reasons the colleges have been found unfit to offer legal education.
