Tharaka Nithi County is setting a remarkable example in women’s empowerment through its innovative Crèche Programme at Chuka Market. This initiative provides safe childcare facilities, enabling mothers trading in the market to engage in business while their children are under a child caregiver within the market Crèche. The Crèche is alleviating the childcare burdens from...Read More
The “Eco Empower” event, a collaborative effort by Association Internationale des étudiants en Sciences économiques et Commerciales (AIESEC) at Kenyatta University (KU) and KU United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), themed “A Clarion Call on Sustainability for a Resilient Tomorrow” was held on March 21, 2025, at the KU ILCC Hall in the Confucius Institute building. The event served...Read More
The most reverend Anthony Muheria Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri presents the homily during an interfaith church service for staff and students at Kenyatta University.The service took place at Kenyatta university amphitheatre and Archbishop Muheria presented a sermon on the theme: Trusting in the good shepherd for restoration. Kenyatta University Vice-Chancellor Prof Paul...Read More
KU’s Parklands Campus School of Law conducted the 15th Edition of the AKMCC (All Africa Kenya Moot Court Competition), bringing together passionate law students, legal professionals, and esteemed organisations in a five-day competition centred around “Tides of Change.” With pressing issues like safeguarding human rights in the digital era, the power of social media in good governance,...Read More
Kenyatta University Vice-Chancellor Prof Paul K Wainaina (LEFT) receives a dummy cheque for Ksh1M from Kenya Space Agency (KSA) presented by the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry for Defence Amb. Dr Monica Juma (CENTER) together with Maj.General Thomas Chepkuto (second left) Acting Director–General KSA. Looking on (RIGHT) is Dr. Shadrack Mambo, Dean KU School of Engineering.The funds will be utilized to develop a nano satellite prototype for imagery, telemetry and drones for agricultural use and disaster management in the country following a successful submission...Read More
Kenyatta University fourth year Biotechnology student Simon Ndirangu has come up with an innovation that uses 3D printers to produce and develop improved nasal swabs. The process allows for production of up to 3,000 swabs a day and greatly enhances the testing capacity in Kenya that has been hampered by low availability of testing kits....Read More
Kenyatta University, under the leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, has continued to record remarkable progress in various fields in line with its mission of providing quality education and training. Recently, the School of Health Sciences has seen tremendous growth in the last decade, particularly in the field of medicine, with the introduction of modern laboratories and...Read More
In a bid to strengthen its academic and operational frameworks, Kenyatta University recently hosted a managerial staff sensitisation workshop on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Mainstreaming. Held on 12th and 13th March 2025 at the Business and Students Service Complex (BSSC) Mall, the event brought together Deans, Deputy Deans, Chairpersons of Departments, Research, Innovation, and...Read More
The sight of Prof Steven Runo in sorghum fields in Kibos, Alupe or Mbita, all in western Kenya, would be less alluring. But it is the work in those fields and under the scorching heat of the lake region that saw him win this year’s Royal Society Africa Prize for the best scientific research. (Source Daily...Read More
Kenyatta University dons recently won a research grant on digital health. The grant amounting to about £140,000 (Ksh19.8M) was awarded to a team of researchers from Kenyatta University and Newcastle University to address ‘digital health for migrant mothers and maternal care in Dadaab refugee camps. The team comprises of Principal Investigator, Dr Jennifer Bagelman and co-principal investigatorProf....Read More
