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Moi University
Moi University is a public university located in Kesses, Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu county, in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It was established in 1984 by the Moi University Act of the Parliament of Kenya, after recommendations from the McKay Commission. The current chancellor of the university is Professor Miriam Were while the vice-chancellor is Professor Isaac Sanga Kosgey. History Moi University was first established in 1984. In its first year of existence, there was only one department - the Department of Forestry. The enrollment that year was 83. The university's school of medicine was established in 1996, and was the second school of medicine established in the country. The university's first VC was Professor D. Odhiambo, who served from 1984 to 1988. The current Vice Chancellor of Moi University is Prof. Isaac Sanga Kosgey. MU in the 21st century Most of the university's campuses became fully fledged universities in the early 2010s. The Garissa Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public University
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Al-Azhar University was founded in 970 AD as a madrasa; it formally became a public university in 1961 and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the world. In the 20th century, Egypt opened many other public universities with government-subsidized tuition fees, including Cairo University in 1908, Alexandria University in 1912, Assiut University in 1928, Ain Shams University in 1957, Helwan University in 1959, Beni-Suef University in 1963, Zagazig University in 1974, Benha University in 1976, and Suez Canal University in 1989. Kenya In Kenya, the Ministry of Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugo Kibati
Mugo Kibati (born 1969) is a Kenyan business executive who is the CEO of Telkom Kenya, a company that provides a full range service of fixed and mobile communication services, both voice and data, provided to the corporate, government and SME sectors. Kibati is also the Chairman of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP),a company with 40,000 acres (162km2) of land, 301 MW electricity production capacity, 365 turbines and a capital cost of Ksh 76 billion (€623 million). LTWP is the largest wind energy power plant in Africa. Kibati has served on several corporate boards, including I&M Bank and the Apollo Group. He has also held top national industry leadership positions at the Federation of Kenya Employers, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). He also served on the Board of Governors and chaired the Old Boys' Association of the Alliance High School for several years. Early life and education Raised in Nakuru and Mom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egerton University
Egerton University is a public university in Kenya. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Kenya. Location The main campus of the university is located in Njoro, a small community approximately , southwest of the town of Nakuru. This is located approximately , by road, northwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. History The school was founded in 1939, and was originally named Egerton Farm School. It was established by a large land grant of 740 acres (3 km²) by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton. The school's original purpose was to prepare white European youth for careers in agriculture. By 1955, the name had changed to Egerton Agricultural College. A one-year certificate course and a two-year diploma course in agriculture were offered. In 1958, Lord Egerton donated another of land. Soon afterwards, the college opened its doors to people of all races from Kenya and other African countries. In 1979, with support from the Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji
Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji ( Somali: ''Cabaas Cabdulaahi Sheekh Siraaji''; Arabic: (عباس عبد الله شيخ سراج) born 8 May 1984 – 3 May 2017) was a Somali politician who briefly served as the Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction until he was shot dead in Mogadishu in 2017. Personal life Born to a prestigious religious family of the Rahanweyn clan, Abbas spent an overwhelming majority of his life living in Dadaab Refugee Camps. By the age of 5, his parents moved with him and his siblings to Liboi Refugee camps in 1991 and later relocated to Dadaab refugee camp in 1992. Abbass as a bright young kid started his education with Qur'anic Dugsi (school) and completed learning the holy Qur'an before the age of 10. His father was a Sheikh and a respected scholar in the Somali community and so is his grandfather. It wasn't too long before he had a full grasp of the ahadith (prophet's teachings) and the Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence). He started primary school by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Kutuny
Joshua Serem Kutuny (born 1978) is a Kenyan politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Kenya for Cherangany Constituency. He belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement from 2007 before he defected to the United Republican Party prior to the 2013 general election, and finally to the Jubilee Party from 2017. Early life and education Kutuny undertook his secondary education at Kipkeikei High School, where he passed his examination well and was admitted to the Egerton University under the government scholarship to pursue a degree course in the Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), though he didn't graduate as this was not what he intended to pursue. He later joined Moi University where he pursued a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and Public Administration), graduating the year 2007. He is currently pursuing further studies which will lead into a Masters of Arts in International Relations. Political career He was elected to represent the Cherangany Constituency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwangi Kiunjuri
Kiunjuri Festus Mwangi (born January 18, 1968) is a Kenyan politician. He was born in kenju village in Kangema constituency, Muranga county. He has held various political and government positions with his most recent role being the CS agriculture. A section of the mt kenya region believe he Is among, if not , uhuru's successor as the region's leader and spokesperson. Political life Kiunjuri has served as an elected Member of Parliament and has also served in the Kenyan cabinet in various capacities. His last appointment was as Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation, a position he was appointed to by H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2018 and relieved on 14 January 2020 n. He belonged to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Laikipia East Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election up to 2013. He founded The Service Party in 2020. Education and Career Mwangi Kiunjuri gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aden Duale
Hon. Aden Bare Duale ( so, Aadan Barre Ducaale ) is a Kenyan politiciancurrently serving as the Minister of Defense in the cabinet of President William Ruto since 2022. A former Member of the National Assembly for Garissa Township Constituency, Duale served as thMajority Leader of the National Assemblyunder the Jubilee Party in the 11th Parliament from 2013 to 2017 and in the 12th Parliament from 2017 to 2020, when he was ousted for perceived disloyalty to former President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Jubilee Party leader. He was elected first in 2007 under the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), but left the party in 2009, teaming up with Ruto to form the United Republican Party. Early life and education Duale received his Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) from Garissa Primary School in 1981. He then enrolled in Garissa High School where he received his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in 1985, and later joined Moi Forces Academy for his Kenya Advanced Certificate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ole Kiyiapi
James Ole Kiyiapi is a Kenyan academician and politician. In the 2013 Kenyan general elections, Ole kiyiapi vied for the seat of president under the Restore and Build Kenya Party. Early life James Ole Kiyiapi was born on 17 May 1961 at Osupuko Location Transmara District, Kenya. His was a humble background. His father, Daudi ole Kapur belonged to the Ilnyangusi age set and had two wives with Kiyiapi's mother, Naomi being the second. Kiyiapi is the last born of Naomi's six children. As a boy, he grew up herding his fathers flock and lived a typical village life. Education Ole Kiyiapi holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Forestry from the University of Toronto. He also has a Master and Bachelor of Science degrees from Moi University Moi University is a public university located in Kesses, Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu county, in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It was established in 1984 by the Moi University Act of the Parliament of Kenya, after recommendation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kagwanja
Peter Kagwanja (born August 8, 1963 in Murang’a County, Central Kenya) is a Kenyan intellectual, adviser, reform strategist and policy thinker on governance, security and African affairs. From the early 1990s, Kagwanja was associated with Kenya's pro-democracy movement through his research and writings in the media, and was one of the founders of the University Academic Staff Union (UASU). As an emigre in South Africa (2003-2008), he was in the team of experts that provided technical backing to the intense policy processes that led to the creation of the African Union (AU) and its peace and security architecture. When Kenya's opposition ascended to power, Kagwanja became part of the technical team that re-engineered and realigned the country's foreign policy and strategy to the challenges of the 21st century. He became government adviser on the post-2008 reform agenda and strategy; managed its successful campaign for the New Constitution of Kenya and provided strategic thinking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorcas Wangira
Dorcas Wangira is a Kenyan journalist and reporter. With a report on the harm caused by female genital mutilation and the hope offered by five tech-savvy teenage girls, she won the 2019 International Centre for Journalists (IFCJ) Michael Eliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. Out of 218 applicants, her report titled ''The App and The Cut'' which was aired on KTN News in June 2018 was selected as the winning report . Education Wangira attended Moi University where she studied Communication and Public Relations. Career While in school, she had the opportunity to intern with the Standard Media Group in February 2014 after winning a joint competition sponsored by the Standard Group and UNDP. Prior to that she worked and the Communications Commission of Kenya. After working with KTN news of the Standard Group at Kakamega for more than two years, in June 2017 she left to be a freelance journalist. Later she worked with Citizen TV, a renowned television station in Keny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Makori
Vincent Makori is the anchor of ''Africa 54,'' Voice of America’s English television live news magazine show that broadcasts daily from Washington D.C. The program brings information about Africa, the United States, and the world to viewers across Africa. ''Africa 54'' features news, interviews with newsmakers, analysts, American and African government officials and everyday citizens presenting a variety of opinions on issues affecting the African continent. Before joining the Voice of America, Vincent Makori was an Editor and on air talent with Germany's international broadcasting agency, Deutsche Welle in Cologne. He joined Deutsche Well in 1998 after having worked as a reporter, News Editor, anchor and talk show host with Kenya Broadcasting Corporation television and radio. As a reporter, Vincent interviewed then president George W. Bush in 2003 and thereafter travelled with the president and the White House press corps on a five nation trip to Africa. Vincent has also inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nduku Kilonzo
Nduku Kilonzo is the executive director of the National Aids Control Council (NACC) of Kenya. Background During the 1990s, while working as a teacher in rural Kenya, she became aware of the gender disparities facing her female students. As time passed, Nduku focused on the relationship between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV. Later, she studied at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, graduating with a PhD in Tropical Medicine, Gender and Health. Career In 2012, she became manager of the Kenyan non-profit organizationLVCT a Kenyan NGO focusing on reducing the transmission of HIV/AIDS. In May 2014, she was appointed to her present position of executive director of the National Aids Control Council (NACC) of Kenya. She is also an Advisor in Gender and Rights Advocacy Panel to the World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
