Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology(JOOUST), is a

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. It is named after independence leader and Kenya's first Vice-President

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (October 1911 – 20 January 1994) was a Luo (Kenya), Luo chieftain who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He later served as Kenya's first Vice-President of Kenya, Vice-President, and t ...

, and father to 21st century politician

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. Prof. Stephen G. Agong’, PHD, FAAS, has been the Vice Chancellor of JOOUST since 2013.

Location

It is located in the town of Bondo, in

Siaya County Siaya County is one of the counties in the former Nyanza Province in the Western part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia County to the north, Kakamega County and Vihiga County's to the northeast and Kisumu County to the southeast. It shares a wa ...

in the western part of

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, approximately , by road, west of the city of

Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Kenya by population, third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victor ...

. The geographical coordinates of the university's main campus are 0°05'38.0"S, 34°15'31.0"E (Latitude:-0.093889; Longitude:34.258611).

Overview

JOOUST was founded in 2009, through a Legal Order, as ''Bondo University College'', a constituent college of

Maseno University Maseno University is a public university based in the Maseno district of the city of Kisumu, Kenya, situated along the Equator. It was fully fledged as a university in 2001, after being a constituent college of Moi University for a decade. It is o ...

. In 2013, the law was repealed and the university received its own charter as an independent institution of higher education.

Academics

As of February 2019, the university maintained the following academic units: ; Schools * School of Agricultural and Food Sciences * School of Biological & Physical Sciences * School of Business & Economics * School of Education * School of Engineering and Technology * School of Health Sciences * School of Humanities & Social Sciences * School of Informatics & Innovative Systems * School of Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences * School of Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management ; ;Institutes * Institute of Cultural Heritage and Material Science * East African Community Integration Institute ; Centers * Center for Research Innovation and Technology * Centre for Gender Mainstreaming and Development * Centre for Outreach and Extension Services * Centre for E-Learning * Africa Center of Excellence in Sustainable Use of Insects as Food and Feeds (INSEFOODS).

Future plans

In February 2019, the

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reported that JOOUST in partnership with Siaya County Administration planned to establish a set up a constituent college named after former US president

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. The institution will focus on research in fisheries, agriculture and promote extension services for local farmers.

References

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