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.’
The Government of Kenya and French Development Agency (AFD) have signed two financing agreements to the tune of Kshs. 4.6 B aiming to improve and open up available academic training in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in Kenya.
A record 200 students drawn from five higher education institutions in Kenya are set to travel to Israel for an 11-month Advanced Agricultural Training at the Arava International Centre for Agriculture Training (AICAT). 50 of the students are from the University of Nairobi.
Since 2016, when President Uhuru Kenyatta signed an MoU between Kenya and the State of Israel, Kenya has sent over 440 Agricultural students to the Arava International Centre for Agricultural Training (AICAT) to study an Advanced Diploma in Agriculture and Agribusiness.
Plans are underway to establish the African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Operations in Resource Management and Food Supply, which is part of the partnership between the University of Nairobi and Kühne Foundation.
The partnership framework stipulates that business courses in logistics and operations management will be developed by working with faculty members from the University of Nairobi (UoN) and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), thanks to the funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
