Ruto said move was informed by prevailing heavy rains and flooding. Education stakeholders laud the decision, say it will give them time to prepare for the new term.
The Gen Z protests also disrupted travel plans for students and teachers proceeding to and from the Kenya Music Festival in Eldoret.
Workers in public universities have downed tools, signalling the deepening mess in institutions of higher learning.
Learning in public universities was paralysed for the second day on Thursday, even as courts issued a second order barring non-teaching staff from staging work boycotts