Apr
08
Varsity donates Ksh10 million towards National Water Summit
Mount Kenya University (MKU) has donated Ksh10 million towards the National Water Summit. Board of Trustees Chairman Simon N. Gicharu said the money will supplement the efforts of other sponsors namely the Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources, County Government of Turkana, UNESCO, Institute of Capacity Building, and the Nation Media Group. The National [...]
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Apr
08
Varsity donates KSh400,000 to boost education
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, Mount Kenya University (MKU) donated KSh400,000 to various schools during the Catholic Diocese of Murang’a Education day last week. MKU Founder and Board of Trustees Chairman Simon N. Gicharu, CBS, gave KSh200,000 to the Catholic Diocese and the rest to Best Performing Schools in the various categories. Among [...]
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Apr
08
MKU Nairobi campus president’s award club constructs a science laboratory for Nyeri Main Prison inmates
he President’s Award Club Participants who are in their Gold Level of the Award Programme undertook their Residential Project at Nyeri G.K Prisons from Saturday 7th October to Wednesday 11th October 2017.The Project involved Constructing a Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) Laboratory for the Nyeri Main Prison Inmates who are undertaking Kenya Certificate of Secondary [...]
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Apr
08
President applauds MKU Presidential Award Club
MKU PA club was recently applauded by his Excellency the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta for their contribution to Nyeri GK prison. The Nairobi Campus PA club members had earlier this year joined hands with Nyeri GK prison during their launch of the online Record Book Platform of the president’s award programme. The members donated […]
Apr
08
Nakuru Campus Spreads Christmas Cheer
The Nakuru Campus team visited Holding Hands Children's home on 19th December, 2015. The institution was started 5 years ago to accomodate childrens from the families that were internally displaced due to the post election violence. It accomodates a total of 123 children using the institutional based care but are shifting to the family based [...]
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Apr
08
MKU Foundation enriching lives through CSR
Mount Kenya University (MKU) is enriching lives through its community initiatives that also support its teaching and research mandates. The initiatives, funded by the MKU Foundation (MKUF), cover health, education, environment, community and student empowerment and conferences. Anti-jigger campaign For example, MKU’s partnership with a non-profit organisation, Partners for Care, to eradicate jiggers in Marsabit County, has been highly successful. This has [...]
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Apr
07
Community Support
Mount Kenya University has a vibrant Corporate Social Responsibility policy that forms one arm of the tripartite focus areas of the institution - the other two being teaching and research. Every academic year, the university’s management, staff and students contribute to the welfare of the community, both in cash and kind. MKU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Deogratius [...]
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Apr
07
Our history
The idea behind the establishment of the University dates back to 1996 when the precursor of the University, the Thika Institute of Technology was founded as a Computer Outreach Program. At this point in time in Kenyan history, the development of Information Communication Technology (ICT) both Mobile Telephony and Computer Technology had started gaining an [...]
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