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Dec
09

EAC chief lauds MKU for acting to reduce inequalities; urges others to take cue

Dr Mathuki suggests avenues through which universities can mobilise funds to benefit communities Universities can, and indeed should, contribute more to the drive to reduce inequalities, says East AfricanCommunity (EAC) Secretary General, Dr Peter Mathuki. However, they can only do so by mobilising enough resources to deliver on their mandates of teaching, research and outreach, […]

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Dec
09

MKU Rwanda voted the best in hospitality training

Mount Kenya University Rwanda (MKUR) has been voted the country’s best training institution in hospitality and tourism. The announcement was made on December 3 during an awarding ceremony of the “Rwanda Tourism Excellence Awards 2022.” The event, hosted at the Kigali Convention Centre, was also a culmination of the Rwanda Tourism Week which ran from […]

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Dec
09

MKU researcher gets grant to assess use of safe water in Laikipia schools

Mount Kenya University (MKU) researcher Dr. Peter Kirira has been awarded a grant to conduct research on safe water uptake in 20 Laikipia County schools. He received the award from the Talloires Network (TN) of Engaged Universities and Open Society University Network (OSUN) to support engaged scholarship.Dr. Kirira is among faculty working to develop long-term, […]

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Dec
09

 University with a difference: MKU initiates unique strategy to support national development

Mount Kenya University (MKU) is taking its engagement with communities a notch high­er. The university’s chairman, Prof Simon Gicharu, says MKU is wel­coming Kenya’s research community to use its equipment and other facili­ties at its campuses. Prof Gicharu says MKU is doing so in support of national development. He believes enabling more researchers to undertake […]

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Dec
09

Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mutuku Mathuki
Secretary General, East African Community (EAC)

Profile of Mount Kenya University 22nd Graduation ceremony guests speaker Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki. Secretary General ,East African Community

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Dec
08

MKU Exhibit during the Kenya Innovation Week

Mount Kenya University, Innovation and Incubation centre was sponsored by British Council to participate in this year’s Kenya Innovation week at Sarit centre Expo , Nairobi. At the Exhibition booth is Monica Blagescu, Head of Programmes, Higher Education, British Council, Donatus Njoroge, Head of Innovations, Intellectual property and Community Engagement, Mount Kenya University, and Githinji […]

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Dec
07

PROGRAMME FOR REHEARSAL FOR THE 22ND GRADUATION CEREMONY

Thursday 8TH DECEMBER 2022 AT THE HAPPY VALLEY GROUNDS TIME ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY 9.00am Graduands’ Procession Assembles in order of Schools 1. Master of Ceremony2. Prof. Kennedy Mutundu3. Protocol 9.30am Graduands’ Procession Enters Graduation Square and takes Sitting in order of Schools 1. Master of Ceremony2. Prof. Kennedy Mutundu3. Protocol 9.45am Entertainment, Video Clips/Messages on MKU […]

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Nov
21

MKU donates food to Enziu primary school and the surrounding community

Mount Kenya University (MKU) staff and students have donated foodstuff to pupils, selected parents and needy families in the neighbourhood of a school in the drought-hit Kitui County. During a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) event on 18th November,2022 the MKU fraternity distributed dry food stuff to Enziu Primary School pupils at an event organised by […]

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