It (Govt) proposes to raise the pay of a professor to a maximum of Sh400,000, up from the current 165,000 a month, and a new house allowance of Sh95,000 up from Sh64,000.

An associate professor’s salary would rise to Sh298,000, moving from Sh135,000 and a house allowance of Sh85,000.

A senior lecturer would earn Sh221,000 and a house allowance of Sh75,000, lecturer Sh165,000 and a house allowance of Sh70,000 and an assistant lecturer Sh121,000 plus Sh55,000 for housing.

Similarly, pay of a graduate assistant lecturer - the lowest paid -- should rise to Sh78,000 and Sh45,000 for housing from the current Sh40,000 and Sh30,000 for housing, a month.

source:Daily Nation

MMMMMMMMMMMM Now i know.No wonder i rightly adviced myself to only teach on part time.

I know a "prof" who has been associate prof for his entire active professional life...30 years to be precise.
And he is the only "prof" of a certain engineering unit in the entire country.

i dint know you are trained to be a prof, isnt a prof title something that a university department confers on you depending on your achieveents? The youngest prof I know is 34 in Maseno University

...maybe he was doing PhD, you don't take a course to be a professor, you practice!!!!!

Very true, a PhD is an academic qualification, a prof is a rank at the university..reminds me Prof. Acholla of UoN Chiromo who it is alleged did not finish his PhD after it was stolen by some lady and he decided never to pursue it again, he is now a prof!!!

Yes you can do a PHD in less than two years moreso in some foreighn Universities.Most PHD coursework takes between 1 and 1.5 years the rest of the time will be wasted in thesis writting.It might take you 1 year to conceive a research topic and another year for it to be accepted,dont forget youll be travelling allover kenya looking for your prof. to do a grammatical correction for your research topic.My spouse was so psyched to achieve the highest in academia,only to be frustrated in writing her masters research work for four Years(In fact her supervisor died along the way) since then hataki "ujinga" ya academia.

I know most of us here have the masters paper lakini project tunajua tuu abstract coz it was written by some freelancers.Iko chida hapo but its good to try.

In India you do your PHD in two years flat na pia unapatiwa ka bachelor/Diploma certificate upelekee mama incase she dint have any.I think its the best.

i hope hauko serious

teachers work 9 months a year,

Let me try to address the some of the issues raised here.

1) How do you become a Prof. This is decided by a high ranking univesity committee. You need to have a Phd., kibao research, teaching experience, supervised a good number of masters and Phd. students, have enough publications, written univesity level books or quite a number of chapters in various books etc. etc. The problem is that there is no specific/exact number and combination of these things that you must have to become a Prof. and this makes the process very subjective. Public universities have traditionally been economical when it comes to the issue of professors and as a result there are several people who have achieved the above and much more and they are still Dr. so and so.

2) Can you become a Prof. without a Phd? In Kenya, your chances are between zero and none. The Kenyan system is very rigid. Phd. then the above. If you get your professorship elsewhere and come back to Kenya, lucky you. It cannot be reversed - if it is from a recognized university.

3) How long does it take to do a Phd.? It will take you a minimum of three years even if you are doing it full time in a foreign university. In Kenya, it can take you up to ten years! I'm sure most of you read "Sitting on your papers" in the Daily Nation some time back. There are people who go to the River Road of India. Those ones I will not discuss. Hizo ni degree za kununua and they will not get you far in Kenya!!!