Plans are underway to establish the first Islamic University in Kenya. The Kshs. 1 billion Umma University on Islamic Law, among other faculties, is sponsored by the Kuwaiti government with construction set to begin next month. This is the second attempt by the Muslim community in Kenya to find ways of establishing Islamic university after attempt in starting first Mombasa Islamic University which has not been started due to lack of sponsorship from Islamic states as well as the government.

The institution will have its main campus in Kajiado in the Rift Valley Province and a constituent college in Thika where the College of Shariah is currently situated. Board chair Abdulrahman Al-Muhailan announced the plans during an inaugural graduation of the first batch of students at the Thika College for Sharia and Islamic Studies.