NSSF STEPS UP SENSITIZATION INITIATIVE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF ITS PRODUCTS AT MMUST

We are delighted to inform you that today 10^th June 2022, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) team led by the Branch Manager, Ms. Vicky Owaki Webuye and Regional Accountant Dr. Alube Stanley of Kisumu branch visited MMUST.

The visit was aimed at sensitizing MMUST staff on NSSF products, savings, to keep track of staff contributions and inform them of the Voluntary top up which is in accordance with the NSSF Act of 2013 no. 45. The NSSF team paid a courtesy call to the Deputy Vice Chancellor Planning Research and Innovation, Prof. Charles Mutai (represented by the Director Science Park Innovation and Incubation Centre (SPIIC), Prof. John Muoma).

We encourage staff to visit the tent next to the library to get informed about NSSF and secure their future.Attached, please find photos showing some of the action.

MMUST DEVELOPS PIONEER COURSE IN BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) is developing a new undergraduate program ‘Bachelor of Science in Biosafety and Biosecurity,’ the only one of its kind in Kenya and beyond. This is in collaboration with the International Federation of Biosafety Associations (IFBA) and technical expertise from the University of British Columbia’s Department of Safety and Risk Service. The move towards the pioneer course in Biosafety and Biosecurity was discussed extensively at the two-day Curriculum Review Workshop organized by MMUST’s Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Department on 2nd and 3rd June 2022, at Golf Hotel, Kakamega.

VICE CHANCELLOR PROF. SOLOMON SHIBAIRO LEADS MMUST DELEGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2022 PRESIDENT'S AWARD-KENYA CELEBRATIONS AT STATEHOUSE

MMUST’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Solomon Shibairo on 13^th May, 2022 led MMUST delegation to participate in the 2022 President's Award-Kenya celebrations at statehouse. He was accompanied by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics and Students Affairs, Prof. Hussein Golicha and MMUST’s Professor of Nutritional Sciences Prof. Asenath Sigot. The ceremony was presided over by His Excellency Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of the Republic of Kenya and the Patron of the Presidential Award Kenya.

PS HIGHER EDUCATION AMB. SIMON NABUKWESI IMPRESSED BY BUTULA CENTRE PREPAREDNESS FOR OFFICIAL RECOGNITION BY CUE

The Principal Secretary University Education and Research, Amb. Simon Nabukwesi has expressed satisfaction with Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology’s Butula centre preparedness for official recognition by Commission for University Education (CUE). On 30^th May 2022, the PS inspected Butula Centre to ascertain its level of preparedness for legal recognition. He commended the area MP, Hon. Joseph Oyula, Prof. John Shiundu, and Prof. Christine Mango for initiating the establishment of the centre and spearheading the latest infrastructural developments.

“Let us complement the brilliant ideas by the two professors and the sitting MP. The journey to accredit Butula must begin immediately. Butula must become the dream institution that the initiators had in mind. You meet the requirements for upgrading this institution,” he stated.

LET US ENSURE THAT OUR SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ARE EMBEDDED IN PROPER SOILS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, RESEARCHERS ADVISE

Researchers have advised participants at the ongoing 15^th Multi-Disciplinary International Virtual Conference that the region must ensure that sustainable food production systems are embedded in proper soils management practices. These are some of the key issues discussed by Prof. Ratemo Michieka, the former VC, JKUAT and Prof. Kimutai Some, the former VC, Moi University and Chief Executive Officer of Commission for University Education (CUE). The Conference was jointly supported by Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Equity Bank Kenya and Konza Technopolis. 

PARTICIPANTS AT MMUST’S 15TH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ASSURED OF CODESRIA’S WILLINGNESS TO PUBLISH THEIR PAPERS

CODESRIA has assured participants at MMUST’s 15^th multi-disciplinary international conference that they will publish their papers, especially if they emanate from well researched projects. Dr. Godwin Murunga from CODESRIA,who was also a panellist during the conference, confirmed this when he gave his remarks on 26^th May, 2022. The other notable panelists were MMUST’s DVC, Academic and Student Affairs, Prof. Hussein Golicha and Prof. David Monda from City University of New York.

DRASTIC DECLINE OF KAKAMEGA TROPICAL RAIN FOREST THROUGH DEFORESTATION LIKELY TO REDUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, RESEARCHERS WARN

Researchers at the 15^th Multi-Disciplinary International Virtual Conference hosted by Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), have warned that the drastic decline of Kakamega tropical rain forest through deforestation, is likely to reduce agricultural productivity in the region. These sentiments came through during the Agriculture and Food Security Symposium which was moderated by Prof. Basil Ong’or, an Associate Professor of Hydrology at MMUST

MMUST DRIVES DISCOURSE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURE AS ITS 15TH MULTIDISCIPLINARY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE KICKS OFF

 Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) is clearly driving the discourse on Agriculture and Food Security. MMUST’s  renowned Professor of Agriculture, Prof. Leonard Wamocho exhibited this when he led a provocative discussion on ‘Population Threat for Kenya; A Significantly Missed Debate on Strategic Food, Nutrition and Environmental Security.’ Prof. Wamocho said that the country is not producing enough for subsistence or commercial use, therefore, it is imperative that child birth and population can be controlled.

According to Prof. Wamocho, legalization of contraception, abortion, and sterilization throughout the world would help reduce population growth and curtail maternal deaths from unsanitary legal abortions.As 15th multidisciplinary international virtual conference kicked off

“Family planning is a basic human right,” he emphasized.

He added that the issue of population is often neglected in many discussions yet a small family size leads to improved economic conditions.