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This year's labour day was celebrated at Nyayo stadium. The day is marked to celebrate the Kenyan workforce in both formal and informal sectors for their contribution to the country. This was the first in-person meeting since Covid-19 struck Kenya in 2020.The event was presided over the H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, among the attendees were COTU Sec. General Francis Atwoli and CS for labor Simon Chelugui.The event was well attended by thousands of workers. The UoN community too were represented by staff from Central Administration and Student Welfare Services.

The 6th edition of Nairobi Innovation week officially kicked of on Tuesday 26th April 2022 and will run up to Thursday 28th April 2022.The event has been well attended by majority of stakeholders from as far as Masinde Muliro University,Kisii University,other government ministries i.e Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Ministry of Industrialization,corporate such as Safaricom,Mabati rolling mills just to name but a few.

A sensitisation exercise was carried out at the Faculty of science and technology CEC boardroom on Monday ,April 11,2022. In attendance was the Records Manager who was part of the facilitators and trained members on proper management of exam records. Other facilitators were Ms. Shihemi and Ms. Mwakazi from TRPMU who trained on teamwork at workplace, good leadership and treating one another with utmost respect.

The Administration department held a team building meeting at the Council Chamber on March 24th 2022. The event was graced by the Registrar Administration Mr. Peter Muturi, Ag. Registrar Administration Mr. Bernard D.Njuguna and the Ag.Director Human Resource Ms. Gatune. During the meeting, Performance Contracting  and staff appraisal was discussed. The members also took time to introduce and interact among themselves and their section heads.

The University of Nairobi Administration department held an online staff sensitization and training on the Revised Citizen Customer Service Delivery Charter on Friday 18th

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.

Today, November 8, 2021, would have been Prof. Okoth Okombo’s 71st birthday. Prof. Okombo was a great man; he was a leading academic on communication and leadership; a man who was articulate, with a great command of language, valorizing the aesthetic value of language. We remember Prof. Duncan Okoth Okombo, a distinguished linguist.

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.

Global leaders have called for a fair deal for Africa at the COP26 conference in Glasgow. This was the clarion call by the leaders, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta, at the launch of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) “State and Trends in Adaptation in Africa Report 2021 – How Adaptation Can Make Africa Safer, Greener and More Prosperous in a Warming World” (STA21).

All members of staff are requested to collect wealth declaration forms from their respective Dean's, offices  or Heads of department for staff in central department.