Kaimenyi Lauds JKUAT’s Engineering and ICT Strength
Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi has commended JKUAT for its leadership in the fields of engineering and Information Communication Technology that he averred has made the University...
View ArticleVarsity Inches Closer to Environmental Certification
JKUAT is set to be audited by Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) on ISO 14001:2004, an international Environmental Management Systems. The pre-certification Audit scheduled between April 10 and 17 will...
View ArticleStakeholders boost Service charter Review
Over 100 JKUAT stakeholders were at the University, Friday April 4, 2014 for a session organized by the University to gather their views that will be integrated in the review of the current University...
View ArticleChancellor lauds students’ focused leadership
The student leadership at JKUAT has been commended for remaining focused during the recent strike by the public universities’ staff unions. “Unlike what was experienced in other universities during...
View ArticleJKUAT Scholar Wins Coveted Global Award in UK
Mary Abukutsa Onyango, a professor of Horticulture at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, has won the prestigious 2014 Edinburgh Medal. Abukutsa was announced winner during the 26th...
View ArticleVarsity in Mission to Save Tsavo Water Catchment
A three day capacity building workshop on integrated water resource management in Tsavo River catchment opened Monday in Loitokitok, Kajiado County. The workshop jointly mounted by JKUAT Water Resource...
View ArticlePlan to Diversify Staff Pensions Scheme
The staff pension scheme is expected to benefit from a multi-billion investment programme that will see the development of the scheme’s 2-acre plot located in Nairobi’s posh Kilimani area into a Grade...
View ArticleScientists Move Closer to Curing Tsetse Sleeping Sickness
Scientists have sequenced and annotated the genome of sleeping sickness disease vectors. The study which has been published this month in Science, describes the genetic code for a representative...
View ArticleJKUAT Students win Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014
An application developed by four students from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has won the 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup, Kenya national finals competition. The application was...
View ArticleJapan to Foster Training and Industrialization in Kenya
Japan’s senior vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Taku Eto has reaffirmed his government commitment to strengthen bilateral co-operation with Kenya in graduate training and...
View ArticleInvest in Science, Technology and Innovation: UNESCO Official
Unless developing countries embrace knowledge based and scientific data driven economies, their development aspirations and prospects could remain a mirage, says a UNESCO official. Dr. Peggy...
View ArticleVarsity Stages Quality Assurance Workshop
JKUAT programmes’ Coordinators in accredited Teaching Centres have the responsibility to uphold and promote the core values of the University in the discharge of their duties in the centres. Prof....
View ArticleBaringo County Ropes in Varsity in its Development Strategy
Baringo County Governor Benjamin Cheboi, Monday May 12 held discussions with Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mabel Imbuga on how the residents of Baringo County could benefit from the research, innovations and...
View ArticleJKUAT Attracts Global Conglomerate GE, Stages Public Lecture
If you aspire to be a successful leader in the 21st century, you must embrace continuous learning, set clear expectations, listen more and act on stakeholders’ feedback in a timely way. This was the...
View ArticleCreative students to Earn from Their Innovations
Mobile applications developers who have successfully published their Apps on Microsoft store are entitled to 70% of revenue generated from downloads of such applications. This was said by Kunle...
View ArticleCentre to Foster EAC Integration through Higher Education
University students at all levels should interact freely irrespective of their academic or economic status as a way of promoting holistic approach to knowledge acquisition. Introducing the JKUAT...
View ArticleHow to Foster Business Growth and Development in Africa
A number of business ventures in Africa fail because of inadequate resident knowledge on consumer insights; prohibitive government regulations, poor management and financial constraints, an official...
View ArticleStudents to Benefit from Varsity Procurement Tenders
As part of the country’s youth, students of JKUAT have been advised to employ their vast entrepreneurial skills to tap into the current favourable public policy initiative to transact business with...
View ArticleEmpowering the Youth with Business Skills
Friday May 23, 2014 will remain arched in Franklin Moturi’s memory. Waking up to a biting cold, Moturi rushed to the Common Lecture Building, room 102 for a ceremony that he has passionately sought for...
View ArticleRuto Launches Youth Empowerment Foundation
His Excellency Deputy President Hon. William Arap Ruto has hailed the partnership between JKUAT and Keroche Foundation as the best case approach that will significantly contribute towards the...
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