A team from Nairobi Enterprises and Services Limited (UNES) together with a section of MMUST staff.

A team from the University of Nairobi Enterprises and Services Limited (UNES), has today 15^th November 2022, paid a courtesy call to the Office of the Vice Chancellor. The two institutions have an active Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed five years ago, which accorded MMUST the opportunity to implement UNES’ HealthIT project. The project, led in collaboration with the Government of Kenya (GoK)- Ministry of Health, aims at strengthening national information systems that support reporting, providing data for decision-making, and improving human capacity on the use of health systems, quality data capture, and reporting.

One of the key presentations at the GMO webinar.

Scientists present at the just concluded webinar on ‘The Implication of Approval of GMO Crops for Farmers in Western Kenya’ at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) have advised farmers from Western region to adopt the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) crops. The scientists cited GMO as an important bio technology that complements the existing practices to help our farmers address Agricultural challenges. The webinar which was held on 11^th November, 2022, was graced by the Registrar, Planning Research and Innovation, Prof. Alice Ndiema and the Director, Research and Postgraduate Support, Prof. Peter Bukhala.

MMUST and Malteser International staff pose for a group photo at the Vice Chancellor’s office.

Preparations at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology are in top gear ahead of refurbishing and equipping the University’s high fidelity simulated laboratory, funded by Malteser International (MI), Germany. A team from MI-Kenya, led by the Health Program Manager, Ms. Joy China, who is also a key driver of the MMUST-MI collaboration, visited the University from 9^th November to 10^th November, 2022 to discuss the modalities of the project.

Dr. Annette Okoth addressing the students.

The African Women in Science and Engineering (AWSE)- MMUST Chapter, yesterday, 10^th November 2022, continued with the STEM mentorship program and their mission of ensuring that female students do not miss their classes due to menstrual cycle by donating sanitary pads. This was patent during AWSE’s outreach activity to Mwiyala Secondary School - Kakamega. The Sanitary Pads Campaign is a key program that will certainly inhibit absenteeism among female students.

The Chairperson of Council CHRP, Dr. Musangi J. Mutua addressing Cost Center Heads at Golf Hotel, Kakamega.

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) managers have today 9^th November 2022, signed the Cascaded Cost Centre Performance Contracts for the year 2022/2023 at the Golf Hotel, Kakamega. The signing ceremony was presided over by the Chairperson of Council CHRP, Dr. Musangi J. Mutua and the Vice Chancellor who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance, Prof. John Kuria Thuo. This exercise was organized by the Directorate of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) led by Prof. Joseph W. Nasongo.

Banditry webinar participants.

A team of scholars from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) and other institutions, have lamented over the growing prominance of bandit economy in Kenya. This was exhibited during a webinar held on Tuesday 8^th November 2022, where the scholars gathered to deliberate on the rationale and impact of bandit economy. This webinar was organized by the Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Support in collaboration with the School of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (SDMHA) led by Prof. Peter Bukhala and Prof. Ferdinand Nabiswa respectively.

Addressing participants at the webinar, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Solomon Shibairo noted that banditry has caused great havoc in our country in terms of loss of human lives, destruction of property, cattle rustling and dislocation of populations.

A section of the participants during the IICKS- SPHBS&T Webinar.

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology’s Institute of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Studies (IICKS), in collaboration with the School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences and Technology (SPHBS&T), has conducted a Webinar on ‘Harnessing Indigenous Foods for Food Security and Disease Prevention.’ The Webinar, which took place on Friday, 4^th November, 2022, is the second one that the Institute has organized with a School, in an effort to harness and document indigenous knowledge and cultures embedded in various disciplines.

Team from Windle International Kenya led by second from left Ms. Mary Nzyoki pose for a photo with the MMUST’s staff and students after the meeting.

A Delegation from Windle International Kenya (WIK), on Tuesday 1^st November, 2022, and Wednesday, 2^nd November 2022, visited MMUST to assess the welfare of the DAFI Windle-sponsored scholars. DAFI (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative) is a scholarship program that offers qualified refugee and returnee students an opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree in their country of asylum or home country. The team, led by the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Ms. Mary Nzyoki, was received by Dr. Rose Opiyo who was representing the Director of International Relations and Academic Linkages (DIAL), Dr. Catherine Aura.