The University of Nairobi has been ordered to pay one of its graduates Ksh 500,000 after delaying his graduation for more than four years.A report by Business Daily on Monday, November 2, indicated that the graduate, Paulpeter Makanda Makokha, had complained that his supervisor had delayed his Masters’ degree graduation.It all started in 2009 after he got admitted at the institution to pursue a course that would ordinarily last for two years.In 2011, he was through with his coursework and was assigned a supervisor, Robinson Ocharo, who cleared him to graduate in 2016. File image of a court gavelFile Makanda claimed that Ocharo was rarely unavailable for supervision which led to the postponement of his graduation.In his ruling, Justice Weldon Korir noted that the delay in Makanda’s studies were not his fault and ordered the university to compensate him.”The petitioner has also established that the unwarranted delay in the completion of his master’s studies violated his right to Education.”He had a legitimate expectation that he would complete his degree course within two years, as indicated in the letter of admission,” ruled the judge.He said that the lecturer took him round in circles during the thesis preparation period which resulted in unnecessary delays.After a series of complaints, he was assigned another supervisor and graduated in 2016 although he complained that the institution had ruined his chances of securing employment.He also argued that the delay did not paint his resume in positive light showing that he spent five years on a 2-year course.In their defence, UoN lawyers had argued that Makanda was not guaranteed he would take two years to complete a course because thesis writing was an academic process and not an event. The University of NairobiFile