During this period of COVID – 2019 all industries that contribute to the country economic growth e.g manufacturing sector, agricultural sector, health sector are experiencing supply chain vulnerability. In the health sector for instance...
Immunity. Its level explains why some people get easily infected whereas others are able to successfully ward off the same infections. Simply put, some people have better immunity than others. Dr Michael Mung’oma of...
Mount Kenya University Engineering, Peter Mithamo, successfully launched mo-Wash, a mobile hand washing unit into the market in response to the covid-19 pandemic. This stand-alone, fully automatic portable unit requires no plumbing or drainage,...
Before the coronavirus outbreak, food insecurity was already a severe problem. More than 820 million people – one in every nine – do not have enough to eat. Of these, 113 million are coping...
Do you know undergraduate students engaged with their local community? Do you know students interested in talking with their peers around the world? In this time of crisis, we believe civic engagement is more vital to society than ever before. We...
Humankind has been faced with uncertainties of unknown magnitude over the years, but COVID-19 has proved to be a catastrophic pandemic that has continued to take lives, rob peace, and rattle comfort from many...
Are you working on a solution or a specific challenge caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic? Mount Kenya University’s College of Research and Graduate studies invites both students and staff with technologies and innovations that...
The first students of medicine at Mount Kenya University (MKU) are due to graduate at the end of this year. By then, they will have walked an intense six-year journey of training, mentorship and...
By Dr Peter Kirira As the world continues to grapple with effects of the Armageddon-scale Coronavirus disease, expert opinion is being drowned by misinformation, deep-seated stereotypes, and fake news. The three most prominent myths...
Mount Kenya University in response to preventive and containment measures against Coronavirus is producing alcohol- based hand sanitizers to ease accessibility by the university students, staff and general public. MKU has donated hand sanitisers to the government...