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Friday, January 14, 2022 will go down in history as the day the University of Nairobi switched on its channels signal; tagged UNC TV and UNC Radio.

“We are here to witness history unfolding today! This is the moment we have all been waiting for - to have our own TV and radio station,” exclaimed the VC, Prof. Stephen Kiama.

The tag line for UNC TV is, ‘Empowering you’ and the UNC Radio is, ‘Sound of Knowledge’. UNC TV can be accessed through signet frequency 602.

The Internal Audit Department held the Quarterly Departmental meeting on 15/12/2021.Present during the meeting were the Internal Audit staff ,Chaired by the Director Internal Audit. On the Agenda was the Implementation of the Annual Audit plan and Perfomance Contract F/Y2021/22.

Team A yesterday (15.12.2021) at 8a.m. to 8.45a.m. held an opening meeting with members of staff from the units to be audited during quarter 2. This was done through a virtual meeting. 

The units to be covered during this quarter are:

The university Commemorated the World Aids day on 2nd Dec 2021. The event kicked off on a high note with a prayer from Fr. Peter Kaigwa. The highlights of the event were two presentations. One was done by Professor Omu Anzala regarding the review of HIV vaccine and Research and Development and the second one was done by Dr. Loice Ombajo who did an excellent and enlightening presentation regarding HIV and Covid 19 care.

Mr. Jared Manono and Ms. Gladys Mumbua represented the Internal Audit department in the event.

On 24th Wednesday 2021, the Internal Audit department led by the Director, Mr Gitau attended the FY 2019/2021 PC Evaluations and FY 2021/2022 PC Negotiations via Google meet. The meeting was hosted by Ms. Roselyn Shihemi. It started at 8.00 AM and ended at 10:30 AM.

On Wednesday November 17th, 2021 the University of Nairobi marked the World Day of Remembrance of Road Crash Victims (WDoR). This day is observed globally every year on the third Sunday of November.

The committee on fiscal studies (CFS) hosted tax talk on Wednesday November 3, 2021 to explore the linkages between debt international financial obligations and human rights.

The speaker for the day was Prof. Attiya Waris, UoN Director Research, presented a report to the General Assembly late last month on debt architecture. Prof. Waris noted that we have to rethink the debt architecture.

At the University of Nairobi’s Mental Health Awareness day celebrations held on Wednesday November 3, 2021, pertinent issues on mental health were discussed.

The day was marked in a bid to provide much needed insight given the upsurge in cases of illnesses such as depression, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia. It was important to debunk the stigma surrounding mental health issues in Kenya and provide information that would be integral in identifying early warning signs of mental health.

We are in an exciting month at the University of Nairobi. Research Week 2021 is almost here- November 22 to 26, 2021 is just a few days away, it’s crunch time.

It is exciting as UoN prepares to host six international conferences with the overarching theme ‘Rethinking Research, Innovation & Technology for Sustainable Development.’