Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi,Kenya. It acquired the status of university in 1985,being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014,it was one of 23 public universities in the country.
Egerton University is a public university in Kenya. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Kenya.
Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika town. Kiambu County is the second most populous county in Kenya after Nairobi County. Kiambu County borders Nairobi and Kajiado Counties to the South,Machakos to the East,Murang'a to the North and North East,Nyandarua to the North West,and Nakuru to the West. It has a population of 2,417,735.
Bethwell Allan Ogot is a Kenyan historian and eminent African scholar who specialises in African history,research methods and theory. One of his works starts by saying that "to tell the story of a past so as to portray an inevitable destiny is,for humankind,a need as universal as tool-making. To that extent,we may say that a human being is,by nature,historicus.
Kisii School is a public high school for boys in Kisii,Kenya,established in 1934.
Kerugoya is the biggest town in Kirinyaga County,located 10 kilometres east of Karatina and 40 kilometres west of Embu. It is situated in the former Kirinyaga district. Travel directions by road from Nairobi is through Thika Road past Thika,Kenol and Makuyu. The road leads through Makutano until Sagana town,where a road branches off the East towards Kagio town up to Kirinyaga University branching North towards the town.
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology is a public,coeducational technological university in Nyeri,Kenya. It is one of 22 public universities in Kenya,having been a constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology since the year 2007 until it was chartered to become a fully fledged public university on 14 December 2012.
Professor Leah Marangu is a Kenyan academic. She was born in South Imenti, Meru County,Kenya. She is considered to be one of Kenya's most distinguished and decorated scholars.
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is a public university that is situated in Juja,36 kilometres northeast of Nairobi,along the Nairobi-Thika SuperHighway,off Exit 15. It offers courses in Technology,Engineering,Science,Commerce,Management and Building sciences and holds a strong research interest in the areas of biotechnology and engineering. Notable alumni include Dr. Paul Chepkwony,the first governor of Kericho County in Kenya and a former lecturer,Emma Miloyo,a prominent Kenyan architect and the first female president of the Architectural Association of Kenya,as well as Aden Duale,the former Leader of Majority in the 11th Kenyan Parliament among others. As at 2023,the Vice Chancellor of the University was Prof. Victoria Ngumi.
Joseph Maina Mungai was the first African to become Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Nairobi. Besides a medical journal editor position,and a long-term stint as a newspaper correspondent,he was also Head and faculty member of the Department of Anatomy,.
Murang'a University of Technology (MUT) is the successor of Murang'a University College (MRUC),a former constituent college of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) after being elevated from Murang'a College of Technology (MCT). The university is located 1.5 km from Murang'a town in Muranga County,85 km northeast of Nairobi,70 km southeast of Nyeri and 50 km southwest of Embu.
Professor Reuben James Olembo (1937–2005) was a prominent Kenyan academic,scientist and environmentalist. He was a deputy executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),which he played a pivotal role in helping found,and United Nations Assistant Secretary General from 1994 to 1998. He became the Acting Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),after his retirement from UNEP.
Mary Oyiela Abukutsa-Onyango is a humanitarian and agricultural scientist from Kenya who specializes in olericulture,agronomy,plant physiology. Abukutsa-Onyango is a professor of horticulture at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology whose work focuses on African indigenous food crops. Abukutsa Onyango has studied how African indigenous vegetables can be used to combat malnutrition in Africa while maintaining a secure form of revenue even during more challenging weather and climate.
Kirinyaga University is a public university situated in Kutus Kerugoya in Kirinyaga County,Kenya.
Machakos University is a public university in Machakos,Kenya. Founded in 1957 as a Technical Rural Training School by the colonial government,it was later renamed Machakos Technical and Trade School in 1958,Machakos Technical School in 1967,and Machakos Technical Training Institute (MTTI) in 1987. In 2011,the institution was upgraded to Machakos University College through Legal Notice No. 130,and it was chartered as a fully-fledged public university on 7 October 2016. Today,the university is located one kilometer from Machakos City along Machakos/Wote Road.
Sylvia Shitsama Nyamweya,is a Kenyan consultant neurosurgeon at the Kenyatta National Referral Hospital. She is the first female neurosurgeon in Kenya and one of a handful of female neurosurgeons in the country.
George Albert Omore Magoha was a Kenyan consultant surgeon,academic administrator and technocrat,who served as a Professor of Surgery at Maseno University's School of Medicine,in Kisumu County as from 17 January 2023 till his death.
Cecilia Wangechi Mwathi was a Kenyan mathematician and union activist. She was the first woman in Kenya to become a mathematics professor,and was known both for her activism for higher education and for inspiring Kenyan girls to study science,technology,and mathematics.
Peter Waweru Kamaku is a Kenyan football referee,academic administrator and researcher. He has been a referee in Kenyan Premier League since 2013 and a FIFA listed referee since 2017. He is also a professor of pure mathematics at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya.
Susan Nakhumicha Wafula,is a Kenyan politician former cabinet secretary of health and supply chain expert in the Cabinet of Kenya. Beyond the KMTC diploma,she has a first class honors bachelor in Procurement and Logistics from JKUAT. Before that she oversaw the supply chain for the Global Programme for Research and Training at the University of California,San Francisco (UCSF).
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