A multi-university team led by Dr. Richard Ayah, Director of the Science and Technology Park and a member of the School of Public Health, have been awarded a three-year grant from the National Research Fund to investigate and pilot a Waste to Healthcare Value Chain.

Universities and other education institutions in Kenya were ordered closed by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 15th, 2020, with a closure deadline of March 20th. This was in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and the confirmation of the first case in Kenya on March 13, 2020.