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The University of Nairobi (UoN) is set to commence COVID-19 vaccination for staff and students following the setup of a vaccination center at the University Health Services (UHS).

According to the Chief Medical Officer at UHS Lucy Ndahi, deliberations and efforts with Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have been successful and UHS will be one of the approved centers to administer the jabs.

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Energy integration will be crucially important for post covid-19 economic recovery and sustainable development in Africa.

In a special webinar organized by the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS), experts revealed that energy both as an economic and social input was central to the attainment of Africa’s sustainable development as envisaged by the UN sustainable development goal number seven.

Prof.  Fredrick Were has been appointed as a new member in the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH). He brings extensive experience in maternal and newborn health, child nutrition, health services and immunization.

The President of the Republic of Kenya, His  Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, in his 15th address delivered on March 26, 2021 to the Nation on Corona Virus Pandemic indeed confirmed that a third Wave of COVID 19 is at hand in Kenya. In order to  avert a national health crisis and also in keeping with the recommendations of the National Emergency Response Committee on COVID-19, he issued the Public Order No. 2 of 2021 on the Corona Virus Pandemic.

The University of Nairobi (UoN) and University of Helsinki (UH) have joined forces to forge a strategic partnership that will play a part in solving some of the most pressing challenges of our times which include the future of the planet, climate change, loss of biodiversity, the current pandemic and future pandemics. 

Cristiano Mutua wowed the audience when he narrated a whole chapter of the constitution word for word during the inaugural Talent Day at the University of Nairobi on Friday March 12, 2021. He sat with the Corporate Affairs team and gave them the details of how he discovered his talent.

“I didn't know I had this gift until I was in form four third term. I used to watch news when I was in High School and could recite to my classmates during prep time. I used to like narrating politics and the sports before I started reading the Bible.”

Five students from University of Nairobi, Kenya, starting from March 2021 will be participating in a research project organized by the Open  University-UK  (approved by the OU Human Research Ethics Committee - reference number: HREC/3832)  which aims to advance the understanding of how COVID-19 is affecting inclusive higher education in Low-and-Middle Income Countries.

Please introduce yourself? My name is Joseph Suhudu. I am a fourth year student pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electric and Information Engineering.

Field of study and motivation behind it? Growing up, I was always fascinated by the technology and how it works.  For example, why a radio can talk to me and why I cannot talk back to it and what makes it do what it does and why can’t it do what I want it to do. I wanted to understand the systems and I figured out that Electrical and Information Engineering was the best way to do that.

Abundant Karanja, a first year student studying Urban Planning at the University of Nairobi, was among the students who presented his innovation at the UoN Talent day on Friday March 12, 2021. He had a one-on-one chat with Corporate Affairs office and this is what he had to say.

Kindly introduce yourself: My name is Abundant Karanja Chege, I am 19-years old from Murang'a County. I am a first year student at the University of Nairobi, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning. 

Ms Caroline Kerichu,  a student in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies pursuing MA- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management Programme, has successfully applied and won a field research grant from Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Africa section for her Masters research work titled “Assessing the Management of Biodiversity in Kenyan Gazetted Forest Ecosystems: Case of Eburu and Masai Mau Forests’’.