KENYATTA UNIVERSITY : FACING THE 40TH GRADUATION CEREMONY

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY: THE UNIVERSITY OF OUR TIME

On 15^th July 2016, Kenyatta University will be celebrating its 40^th Graduation ceremony at its main campus located on Thika road, and few kilometers’ from Kenya’s capital city , Nairobi. Time has come that scholars have formed a unified approach to research and study in order to make solutions that can provide solutions to the challenges the community is experiencing. Some of the major challenges that the society is facing include and is not limited to cyber-security which America has declared the fifth war frontier. Others include climate change and which has a direct bearing to food security for our country, Democratic governance and peaceful elections is still uncommon since we still experience a lot of civil unrests and many people lose lives due to politics,, Gender inequality and discrimination against the girl-child.

It is a major requirement in most courses whether in diploma, degree, masters or Ph.D. that the students do research projects. It is really encouraging and you find that many a times the comrades spend a lot of money either from their own pockets or from their parents .The projects always are meant to provide solutions to major issues affecting the society.

The unfortunate event in all this noble mission is that despite the amount of efforts the comrades and their lecturers put in writing, editing and re-editing this projects, few are ever implemented. That is why it has become imperative that comrades become discouraged and some involve themselves in ‘theft’ of exams since they no longer get inspired by the efforts they are making since they believe that the projects are merely meant to pass examinations and not to alleviate societal challenges .It is important to note that there is need for all stakeholders involved to come together and help comrades realize the dream they always have when drafting, carrying out their projects. Other Universities in Kenya are already shivering because they know the speed at which KU is growing is so rapid. University of Nairobi, Moi University,Mount-Kenya, JKUAT, Pan-Africa, Great Lakes University, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Laikipia University to mention but a few but Kenyatta University still leads the park.

Kenyatta University is like a rare gem, those who have discovered it are saved. Academically speaking.Only we need to spend on not only writing our noble projects but also implementing them, with this Kenya and Africa and the whole world will never be the same again !

Kenyatta University is privileged to be led by powerful leaders and with Professor Wangari Mwai as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Administration, I believe the sky can only remain to be the limit.