Nairobi, April 21 -- The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) is perhaps being mistakenly overzealous and narrow-minded in pursuit of its mandate.

Its recent decision to revoke the accreditation of the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and declare the papers the college issued since 2018 invalid is overly excessive. The regulator appears to be using a sledge hammer to kill a mosquito.

To begin with, KIM has been training and offering qualifications since 1954. The college was set up as a membership-based professional body to promote excellence in management, to professionalise management, and to build capacity in management.

This mandate is very closely linked to training. Obviously, you cannot train and ...