Ten students from the University of Nairobi are among the 120 students flagged off by the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation, Hon. Eugene Wamalwa, for an 11-month advanced agriculture & irrigation training in Israel. The students drawn from the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Studies (CAVS) are Dennis Tomoina,…
The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Kenyatta University (KU) have been barred from admitting students to their campuses in Arusha, Tanzania. According to the Tanzanian Commission for Universities (TCU), the two universities will not be allowed to admit students from September 2017 after failing to meet…
University academic staff are headed for a major battle with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) over a proposed grading structure they say placed them below junior administrative staff. The academic staff say the grading system has failed to recognise their special role, banding them lower than junior administrative colleagues.…
Cheating in this year’s national examination will be a serious offense that will attract a jail five years jail term or a fine of Sh5 million. This was made possible after the President Uhuru Kenyatta Friday assented to the National Examination Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 introducing these munity measures proposed…
Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, jetted into Nairobi yesterday. He is speaking to Kenyan youth at the University of Nairobi this afternoon to offer Kenyan youth tips on how to build successful business empires. A special adviser for youth entrepreneurship and small businesses…
University of Nairobi students will soon start using biometric identity cards. The cards will serve the purposes of security, identification and as an ATM card, which will enable students’ access the various services simply by swiping. The idea is being proposed by Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and has been…
A university student wanted over terror links has taken to the social media to deny the links. Police had said they among others want Salad Tari Gufu for grilling over terrorists’ plans to attack Boni Forest following pressure they are facing in Somalia. Police and intelligence officials said the terrorists…
A Moi University student has been sentenced to eight years in prison for killing his colleague following an argument over a girlfriend. Dickson Syengo Mutemi, a first year student at Moi University’s town campus, was found guilty of manslaughter by Eldoret Chief Magistrate Charles Obulutsa. Syengo killed Stephen Wairimu Mututho,…
In an event awash with glamour and confetti, the Jubilee coalition launched its ‘transformative’ manifesto on June 26. A day later, the NASA coalition launched its own appropriately titled ‘a strong nation.’ I watched the launch keenly on television, and followed up with the regular commentaries on print media and…
The government will from next year double its annual budgetary allocation to the Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) from Sh7.5 billion to Sh15 billion annually, in a bid to ensure that more students benefit from the funds. In addition, all Helb beneficiaries will start enjoying a two-year grace period after…