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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. 

The University held the annual virtual prayers today July 23, 2020, at Taifa Hall.  The prayers were officiated by Catholic father Kaigua, Protestant Chaplain, and Muslim Chaplain.  The Vice-Chancellor Prof. Kiama was present and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs.  The annual prayers usually are held at the beginning of the year but due to COVID 19 pandemic, this year's prayers were carried forward to a favourable date which was today July 23, 2020.  

The Dean of Students' Office at the University is making an appeal to all well-wishers to support the needy students of the University.   The community will always have those who are able and those who are not.  The needy students need to study just like the other students for them to realize their dreams they need to be supported.  It is always good to share the little that we have with others.  The donations can be in the form of money or other consumables.  

The University community is happy to have one of their staff appointed as a senior council by His excellence the president. Professor Mumma, a Ph.D. in Law holder from Cambridge University, Master of Law from Yale University, and Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Nairobi was conferred the rank of senior counsel alongside 24 other advocates including former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka.