Kenyan youth have been urged to engage in farming. This was the clarion call that the keynote speaker, Dr. Lusike Wasilwa, Director Crop system at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), made as she delivered her keynote speech during the opening ceremony of the 5th annual research week on Monday 24th October, 2022.
“You need a farmer 3 times a day” she reiterated.
This Year the office of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise will host thirteen Conference as listed below:
The office of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise on 6th October 2022 received visitors from University of Dar es salaam who came to discuss and share experience on issues pertaining to research and innovation governance. The following members came:
1. Dr Mussa Mgwatu Director, Research and Publication
This Workshop was sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry/ Pan African Chemistry Network and was aimed at enhancing the capabilities of Kenyan scientist in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Technologies.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, Professor Margaret Hutchinson launched the Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (SWIFT) laboratory in the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences on 9th September 2022. In her speech Prof.
The University of Nairobi was privileged by the visit of the ARUA Secretary General Prof. Ernest Aryeetey who has begun a tour of six member universities in East Africa. He will be holding a series of meetings with the ARUA Coordinators/Spokes at the University of Nairobi.
The Director Research Prof Justus M Munyoki and the Deputy Director IT (Management Information Systems) Dr Caroline Chepkoech Kiptoo participated in a two week Benchmarking study tour of the University of Pretoria from 25th July to 5th August 2022.
The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences hosted the 3rd African Research Universities Alliance-Centre of Excellence for Unemployment and Skills Development (ARUA, CoE-USD) from Tuesday, July 26 to Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Prof. M. Hutchinson, Associate Vice Chancellor (R.I.E) on behalf of the Vice Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama officially opened the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) and Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) visit to the Faculty of Science and Technology UON..
