JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
1. The title in this appeal read that the appeal was lodged by Mr. Oindi Zaippeline and 39 others. During the hearing, learned counsel for the appellant, Mr. Karweru, informed Court that there was an error in the title to the extent that his instructions to appeal was from Mr. Oindi Zaippeline and not the 39 others who were parties to the proceedings before the High Court. By consent of the parties, an order was recorded that this appeal is by one appellant, Mr. Oindi Zaippeline; the appeal by the 39 others was marked as withdrawn.
2. In preface, the legal issues in this appeal can be posited as follows: when a student is admitted to study in a specific university, is there a legitimate expectation that upon successfully undertaking the study and passing all examinations the student shall be awarded and conferred a degree of that specific university? Can such a student be conferred a degree of any other university that did not admit, teach or examine him? When a st…