The Technical University of Kenya has dismissed the reports that it is scheduled for a temporary closure.
A statement purportedly authored by the vice chancellor had gone round that the tertiary institution would be closed for three months over financial woes.
According to the statement, the period of closure would be used to seek a solution to the money challenges.
The university, however, flagged the communique as fake.
TUK clarified that there were no plans to close the institution, adding that the classes were ongoing uninterrupted.
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"Treat the document circulated online as FAKE, the university has not been closed. Classes and normal operations are on," it said on X.
This came days after it was established that TUK was cash-strapped.
The National Assembly's departmental committee on education and administration found out that the institution was struggling with a KSh 12 billion debt.
Deputy Vice Chancellor Benedict Mutua confessed to the committee that no employee at the university had been paid fully their monthly salaries since 2013, when it became a fully fledged university.
According to the administration, the university has a ballooned workforce that cannot be accommodated by the meagre resources disbursed by the government.
The National Assembly committee was also told that TUK has not been remitting the employee's statutory deductions for long.
The MPs declared TUK bankrupt, calling on the state auditors to institute a probe into how the university has been managing its finances.
The committee demanded a report within three months, after which intervention measures would be deliberated on to save the institution.
