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*Kenyan Tycoon Narendra Raval Appointed Chancellor Of Egerton University*

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed multi-millionaire businessman Narendra Raval as the Chancellor of Egerton University, one of the country’s oldest and most reputable tertiary institutions.

Raval, who is one of Kenya’s most successful businessmen and philanthropists, will take over from the current Chancellor, Professor Shem Oyoo Wadiga, following the announcement in the Kenya Gazette of February 22.

The tycoon joins an exclusive club of prominent Kenyan business leaders who have been appointed by President Kenyatta to head Government-owned universities in the recent past. They include steel and aluminum magnate Manu Chandaria (Chancellor of Technical University of Kenya), Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi (Chancellor Meru University), and logistics tycoon Peter Muthoka (Chancellor Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology).