{
  "id": 7827569,
  "title": "Blow to DIG Masengeli as court declines to stop USIU graduation over PhD suit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/blow-to-dig-masengeli-as-court-declines-to-stop-usiu-graduation-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:44:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/blow-to-dig-masengeli-as-court-declines-to-stop-usiu-graduation-over-phd-suit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "High Court judge Lady Justice Nyaundi Patricia refused to halt the graduation ceremony at United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) scheduled for September 26, despite the complaints of Deputy Inspector General of Administration Police Gilbert Masengeli. The judge also declined Masengeli's request to include his name in the graduation list at an interim stage, dismissing his application altogether. Masengeli had argued that delays in the examination of his PhD dissertation placed his participation in the graduation ceremony at risk.",
  "summary": "Deputy Inspector General of Administration Police Gilbert Masengeli suffered a blow after the High Court declined to halt the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) graduation ceremony scheduled for September 26. Lady Justice Nyaundi Patricia also declined to order the university to include Masengeli in the graduation list, pending the hearing and determination of his main…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}