The University of Nairobi organized an annual prize giving day, where over 200 students were awarded cash awards, certificates, trophies and medals for their excellent academic achievements over the last three years. The ceremony was held in Taifa Hall, Main Campus on May 10, 2019. Speaking during the event, University…
JKUAT’s College of Engineering and Technology (COETEC) in collaboration with the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) staged a career talk aimed at sensitizing and preparing the college students for an effective shift from the classroom to the industry. Eng. Godfrey Marambe, IEK Capacity Building and Mentorship Committee member, counselled…
As a product of university expulsion and one from a critically poor background (Kilifi west, Bamba), I know through first-hand experience how it feels to have a Comrade’s future in a smoke screen through suspension and/or expulsion. It’s unkowty understandable to have a Comrades future curtailed through this heinous and…
“We might not have the like of Hon. Sakaja, Comrade Babu Owino, Kipchumba Muorkomen and Duale anymore if universities administration continue selecting student leaders (puppet) who would suits their interests…..” said Faith Nyambura, WOSWA Chairlady. “This leaders(puppet) have no relevant sophistication to guide the mighty university students to any meaningful…
The struggle to ensure survival of comradeship within the mighty UoN can only be led, spearheaded, convened and executed by the current crop of undergraduate students.. As UoN Alumni, we can only advise and sponsor, but we will not fight the actual war..That fight, like many before, is for the…
Former Meru University chairman to UoN comrades; you are makers of your own misfortunes. Even if you cry more than the bereaved no body will come to your rescue since history defines your tears as crocodile tears. The then respected UoN generals long lost the spirit and respect. They have…
We are living in an era during which mankind, through ceaseless struggle, has been rewarded with two significant gifts – the freedom of expression and the freedom of assembly. These two offsprings of mankind’s struggle, if subjected to any form of curtailment, would mean that the sacrifices made by our…
University students could once again be able to elect their student leaders directly if an amendment Bill by Embakasi East MP Babu Owino seeking to repeal the Universities (Amendment) Act is approved by Parliament. In his legislative proposal presented before the National Assembly Committee on Education, Owino who is the…
Delegates planning to attend this year’s Nairobi Innovation Week will be in for an exciting experience. The 2019 edition of the Nairobi Innovation Week (NIW) which will be held from June 10-14, 2019, comes with an elaborate programme including the first ever Ideation to Commercialisation Seminar and the Innovation Summit.…
University of Eldoret, Egerton University and Kabianga University are some of the institutions the Auditor-General Edward Ouko raised concern on, over increasing debts. During his report, the auditor general said that these institutions have been unable to raise money left as debts by former students. This has raised a great…