Prof. Victoria Ngumi, the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Administration, Planning and Development Thursday led the division in signing Performance contracts, which will guide the activities of the division for the 2013/2014 period. While commending the sections for embracing the performance contracting, Prof. Ngumi emphasized that the concept is critical in enabling the university to realize goals and by extension its vision. “It is important that we implement all the activities captured in the contracts, while maintaining evidence based monitoring and evaluation,” urged Prof. Ngumi. The function that was also addressed by Dr. John... Continue reading →
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APD Division Signs Performance Contracts
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Aluminium Systems and Fabrication Course Launched
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Booth Extrusions Limited have launched a Certificate Course in Aluminium Systems and Fabrication, to be offered at the JKUAT Main Campus, Juja. The joint training venture launched on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, is designed to impart relevant, practical and theoretical knowledge and skills on all aspects of aluminium extrusions and fabrications of high quality structures including window frames, doors, partitions, and trusses for the construction industry. While presiding over the launch of the course, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Mabel Imbuga in a speech read on her behalf... Continue reading →
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Varsity to Incubate Nyeri Women Farmers
Over 40 women beneficiaries of the JKUAT In-country business incubation programme from Nyeri County, Wednesday converged in Nyeri Town for targeted agri-business incubation on Rabbit farming. The conference mounted by the Varsity’s Research, Production and Extension(RPE) division saw participants learn about rabbit value chain; from production to processing and marketing. The training is part of JKUAT’s strategy to transform livelihoods across the country by empowering rural women, through: training, technology transfer and value addition. The incubation was informed by earlier value chain studies in the region that identified rabbit farming as viable commercial enterprise. Speaking... Continue reading →
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Multimillion Fast Food Manufacturing Plant Launched
A Shs.500 million noodles manufacturing plant has been established in Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture Technology. A noodle is a type of fast food, usually made from unleavened dough and prepared in boiling liquid. Already, a private company under JKUAT/Nissin Foods Ltd to pioneer the project in Kenya was registered in January 2013 as a joint undertaking between the University and Japan based multinational, Nissin Foods Holding. Speaking at JKUAT, Tuesday January 28, 2013 during the inauguration of the JKUAT/Nissin Foods Ltd, H.E Tatsushi Terada, ambassador of Japan in Kenya said the initiative would strengthen... Continue reading →
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Legislator Urges Machakos Women to Embrace Agri-business
Machakos County Women Representative Susan Musyoka has challenged women from the county to embrace novel agri-business concepts in order to improve their livelihoods. Dr. Musyoka singled out rabbit farming, which has been identified as viable business enterprise in the region, as an emerging area with better prospects compared to conventional farming activities. The Legislator was speaking in Machakos town, Wednesday when she opened a business incubation seminar for 50 women farmers who are currently rearing rabbits. The seminar participants, who were drawn from across the county, are beneficiaries of the In-country training programme jointly mounted... Continue reading →
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Varsity to tap Nairobi County potential
Researchers at the School of Architecture and Building Sciences will benefit from the City Government of Nairobi which will now allow the University to use City facilities to advance sustainable urban planning research and development. The window of opportunity was made possible following an agreement, sealed Thursday February 6, 2014 that will enable the two organizations, JKUAT and Nairobi City County to closely work together to promote modern urban planning practices crucial in empowering City residents. Speaking at a brief ceremony held at City Hall, Nairobi, Governor Dr. Evans Kidero of Nairobi County applauded the... Continue reading →
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New Plot for Mombasa Campus
The University has received a Title Deed for a 1.4 acre plot in Mombasa on which it intends to put up a state of the art campus. The plot is situated along Moi Avenue within the Mombasa Central Business District. Currently, the University runs a campus at the Mombasa Trade Centre (formerly Ambalal House) along Nkrumah Road within the Central Business District. While receiving the plot’s Title-Deed from Mr. Garhwal Abhimanyu, one of the Directors of Aster Investments Ltd, the vendors of the plot, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Mabel Imbuga lauded the vendors for their... Continue reading →
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Bomet County to Benefit from Varsity Technology Transfer
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology is set to spearhead the social and economic transformation of the grassroots women in Bomet County through collaborative initiatives that will see Bomet County Government partner with JKUAT in training, innovation and technology transfer in areas of mutual interest. Speaking during a consultative meeting between JKUAT and the County leaders, organized under the auspices of the JKUAT Mashinani Initiative that aims at transferring university innovations to the grassroots, the wife to Bomet County Governor, Eng. Esther Ruto hailed the University for accepting to host and partner with the... Continue reading →
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Disability Group Benefits from JKUAT’s Beads Art Training
Members of Kiaora Disability Group have concluded the Beads Art Training Course at JKUAT, Juja Main Campus, Monday, January, 10, 2014. The two-week training, whose curriculum included: production of beaded baskets, purses, table-mats and a host of other artistic items, was organized under the auspices of the University Community Collaboration Department (UCCD), and it is part of the institution’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to reach out to various communities which neighbour the University. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the training, Kiaora Disability Group Chairman Mr. Joseph Githu Kuria said, “although we have never been... Continue reading →
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Varsity to Set up Business Incubation Centre
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in partnership with Kuza Biashara Ltd. are setting up a business mentoring and incubation centre to translate student innovations into viable business outputs. The centre to be based at the Varsity’s main campus will equip over 500 students with entrepreneurship, life and soft skills annually, in readiness for business start-ups. Speaking during the signing of an agreement to actualize the centre, Kuza Biashara Partnerships and Alliances manager, Joan Mbugua agreed that the initiative will foster translation of student innovations and ideas into businesses. “We are committed to inject... Continue reading →
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Partnership to Transform Lamu County Launched
A social-economic transformative initiative between Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the County Government of Lamu has been formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding at JKUAT Main Campus, Wednesday, February 19, 2014. According to the partnership documents signed by the Lamu County Deputy Governor Hon. Eric Mugo and the JKUAT Vice Chancellor Prof. Mabel Imbuga, the joint venture will see the two institutions collaborate in: exploitation of agricultural potential and food security, irrigation, revival and upgrading of existing polytechnics, capacity building to impact on effective service delivery, entrepreneurship and enterprise development interventions... Continue reading →
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You’re Kenya’s Future, Chancellor Tells Students
JKUAT Chancellor, Prof. Geoffrey Ole Maloiy, has urged university students to prioritize learning and shun behaviors and activities that are likely to jeopardize their education and careers. The don who was speaking at the Nairobi CBD campus equally urged students to take advantage of the strong research and Innovation background that JKUAT has instituted and make their contribution in finding lasting solutions to the current and emerging challenges facing the country. “Your parents as well as the government have invested in your education with the hope that eventually, you be of help to yourself and... Continue reading →
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Researchers Converge at PAUISTI Workshop
A two-day workshop on graduate research, organized by the Pan African University Institute of Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation (PAUISTI), opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD). The forum that brings together scholars and graduate students from Africa and beyond, seeks to foster graduate research to generate quality new knowledge to advance development in Africa. Addressing the participants during the opening of the workshop, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mabel Imbuga noted that “misplaced priorities and blurred roles among students and supervisors have often resulted in low impact research output in... Continue reading →
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New MD for JKUAT-Nissin Foods Ltd
Okabayashi Daisuke, the man who has been instrumental in the establishment of JKUAT-Nissin Foods Ltd leaves the company after five years of serving as the Managing Director. Okabayashi has seen the JKUAT based noodles manufacturing firm gain ground since its initiation in 2008 as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity; where locally customized, high quality instant noodles were distributed to neighbouring primary school children for free. Daisuke will be replaced by Kenichi Nagatomi, a management and international economics professional, who until his elevation was serving as sales and marketing officer at the multinational’s headquarter in Japan.... Continue reading →
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JKUAT Convenes Sexual Harassment Workshop
Over 50 participants drawn from various departments, CBD centres and campuses started a two day workshop on sexual harassment, Thursday 6, March 2014 at the main campus. The event organized by the Directorate of Gender and Disability mainstreaming aims to equip the coordinators with requisite knowledge and competencies to discern, report and competently handle any form of sexual harassment among university community. The initiative also seeks to foster implementation of the Varsity’s sexual harassment policy, developed to respond to the national regulations like the Sexual Offences Act 2006 and the Employment Act. Common manifestations of... Continue reading →
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Top Japan Foreign Ministry Official Visits JKUAT
The contribution that Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has injected in Kenya’s development goals would largely be attributed to the solid foundation laid by the Government of Japan for a period spanning two decades. It is the Government of Japan through its foreign aid agency, JICA that provided all the financial funding used to construct JKUAT and its entire infrastructure system. Receiving Mr. Hirotaka Ishihara, Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister for foreign affairs at JKUAT, Thursday March 6, 2014, Prof. Victoria Ngumi, Acting Vice Chancellor traced the development of JKUAT under JICA funding,... Continue reading →
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Nzimbi Tours Campuses; Encourages Harmony
Retired Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi has commended JKUAT for setting the pace by establishing an Ombudsman’s office that is able to handle grievances from its stakeholders. He said the introduction of the office, the first in the history of Kenyan universities had made the university’s operations stress-free, making it one of the institutions in the country enjoy goodwill from its stakeholders. “JKUAT, as the first University to introduce the Office of the Ombudsman, an idea that was muted by the globally acclaimed Kenyan scholar, Prof. Ali Mazrui, has continued to reap the benefits of the office... Continue reading →
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Varsities to Address Millet and Cassava Value Chain
Millet and Cassava farmers from Western Kenya could benefit from a research initiative that seeks to address the crops’ value chain through improved productivity, value addition and marketing. The initiative to be jointly mounted by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and the University of Idaho, USA will see students and staff from the two institutions undertake exploratory research on the two traditional crops, whose potential both locally and internationally is yet to be fully tapped. Speaking during a consultative forum to shape up the venture at JKUAT, University of Idaho’s Robert Haggerty explained... Continue reading →
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New Antibiotics Knowledge to Spur Individualised Treatment
A new methodology for rapidly measuring the level of antibiotic drug molecules in human blood serum has been developed, paving the way to applications within drug development and personalised medicine. The study, published earlier this month in Nature Nanotechnology, describes the exploitation of a sensor for measuring the concentration of effective antibiotics, giving an indication of their efficiency against disease causing pathogens, for instance multidrug resistant hospital “superbugs”. This development could potentially give a far greater understanding of the effectiveness ofdrug dosages required for different individuals, reducing potential toxic effects and allowing personalised treatment for... Continue reading →
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Innovate or Perish, Dr. Kipsang Tells Universities
Education Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang has challenged local universities to identify and implement research programmes that are responsive to the current socio-economic challenges facing Kenya. The PS wondered why, despite the explosion in the number of universities in the country, there remains a huge disparity in terms of tangible innovations and progressive research initiatives in the local scene. To spur universities into action, Dr. Kipsang revealed, the government has nudged the institutions to make public projects they intend to roll out that can make a difference in the life of Kenyans. ‘We have formally... Continue reading →
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