Mount Kenya University Convention Centre
Mount Kenya University Convention Centre has a capacity of 2000 people accommodated in three deck levels. It also has seminar rooms, office and utility areas. It is designed to be used as a Convention...
Monthly Archive: February 2021
Service and Support to persons with disability within MKU community
Allow me to quote the words of the renowned French existentialist philosopher madam Simone de Beauvoir who said that one’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...
MKU invests in Real-Time PCR machine for testing Covid-19
Mount Kenya University has become the first university in the country and the region to purchase a Real-Time PCR machine, which will be used for detecting COVID-19. The machine, which will arrive in days,...
Mount Kenya University & Partners for Care ongoing Anti-jigger Campaign
Mount Kenya University and Partners for Care, a local NGO based in Kenya, in implementation of the Talloires Network Award, received in 2020 in support of their continued civic engagement, embarked on an anti-jigger...
Call for proposals to identify good practices in engaging communities in research for implementation and in social innovation, in low- and middle-income countries
Deadline for applications: 19 February 2021 (23:59 GMT) TDR (the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases), SIHI (the Social Innovation in Health Initiative), and WHO regional offices are pleased to issue...
MKU gets 15 million grant from Innovate UK to develop fruit fly bait
Mount Kenya University (MKU) has won a grant from innovate UK; part of UK Research and Innovation to develop a novel product for management of fruit fly. The grant will be implemented in partnership...
MKU students win international grant to light up Kiandutu slums
Three Masters students at Mount Kenya University have won an international grant to distribute solar- powered lanterns to families in Kiandutu slums, Thika. The COV-AID Graduate Student Mini-Grants by the Talloires Network of Engaged...
Newly installed Vice-Chancellor outlines his vision for MKU
In this interview, Prof Deogratius Jaganyi, installed on January 29, 2021 as Mount Kenya University’s second Vice-Chancellor, shares his thoughts on how he sees the institution rising to new levels of excellence: Q1. MKU has gained...
Prof. Deogratius Jaganyi takes over as the Vice-Chancellor of MKU
It was all glamour during the installation of Prof. Deogratius Jaganyi as the second Vice-Chancellor of Mount Kenya University on Friday, 29th January, 2021 at Graduation Pavilion, Happy Valley Grounds. Prof. Deogratius Jaganyi is a distinguished...
