The inclusion of ERP in universities is a sure way of enhancing the quality of education in developing nations in the 21^st century. As a developing Nation, Africa stands to develop faster in all areas than ever before. In particular, ERP have the potential to revolutionize methods of data harnessing, implementation and management. Through these innovations, the quality of education shall concomitantly be enhanced. However, how well equipped is the African Country, Kenya, to better use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) within the ICT system in administering data gathering, implementation and management in Universities? The universities offers training for Manpower Development required for Political Economic and Social Development of the nations and therefore are required to have better ICTs infrastructure to enhance quality education. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems promise multidimensional benefits and competitive leadership in managing information if integrated in academic affairs. Grounded in systems theory, this empirical study aimed at providing a roadmap for holistic examination of the efficiency of integrating ERP systems in the management of academic affairs in universities. The objective of this study were to; assess the hurdles encountered by universities that have implemented ERP in the provision of security to examination data in universities in Western Kenya. The target population was 11 Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic affairs, 11 Registrar Academic affairs, 66 Deans of Faculty / Schools, 220 chairmen of Department, 11 IT Personnel and 1100 Lecturers. Stratified random sampling and purposive sampling were used to select respondents for the study. Questionnaires, interview schedules were used to collect data for the study. A sample of 16 DVCs and academic Registrars, 8 IT technicians, 120 Deans of faculties/schools and CODs and 320 lecturers were selected for the study from 8 universities. A total of 464 respondents participated in the study. The instruments of data collection were the questionnaire, interview schedules and content analysis. The study recommended that there should be in-servicing of staff on the use of ERP system, adoption of ERP system in improving the efficiency in academic, universities should meet the CUE requirements of integrating technology such as ERP in the management of academic affairs, they should improve on the perception of including technology of ERP in managing academic affairs.