Author: rmacharia

Mount Kenya University  has donated books to Nabingenge friends secondary school during its Corporate social responsibility during the high schools book harvest drive. The books were presented to the school administration by Dr. Philemon Bureti, Director Communication and Corporate Affairs who was accompanied by Dr. Sugut, Director Kitale campus among others Dr. Bureti reiterated Mount [...]

Mount Kenya University has donated Ksh 500,000 to the Kisii County Governor's bursary kitty. The university founder and Board of Trustees Chairman Dr Simon Gicharu says the institution is committed to transforming education in the country. Speaking during the commissioning of a new location of its Kisii Campus, Dr Gicharu said the university will pull [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 [...]

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 [...]