WESTV Hosts Breakfast Show at MMUST as Vice Chancellor Expounds the University 2026 Research Agenda
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology on Tuesday, 27th January, 2026, hosted the Westv breakfast show, dubbed ‘The Morning Scoop’. The show saw the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Solomon Shibairo, have a one-on-one sit-down with Westv’s Host-Mr. Caleb Smith Kitui, where the VC expounded the University’s 2026 research agenda.
During the show, Prof. Shibairo thanked the MMUST Council for funding researchers who are currently conducting cutting edge research. “This funding acts as seed money for our researchers to conduct preliminary studies, enabling them to bid for bigger funding from international funding bodies. Courtesy of research activities in the University, MMUST has secured viable partnerships and signed a significant number of Collaborative Agreements,” stated the Vice Chancellor.
The VC further revealed that the University Science Park Innovation and Incubation Center (SPIIC) has demonstrated huge potential of incubating homegrown solutions. According to him, the Center has registered the highest number of Intellectual Properties (IPs) in the country, totaling to 79 with 15 market-ready products. In addition, he pointed out that MMUST has recently achieved breakthroughs in terms of innovations similar to M-PESA. These innovations include, ‘a Decentralized (Blockchain) infrastructure for AI-Proof Intellectual Property and Permissioned Data Exchange’, as well as ‘An AI-Enabled SMART CARD to monitor transactions at Organizations’.
Westv’s Host-Mr. Caleb Smith Kitui during the interview at MMUST.
Already, the University has had remarkable research outcomes from two (2) notable ongoing researches, whose activities will stretch throughout the year 2026 and beyond. One research on Anti-Microbial Resistance by Prof. William Shivoga, Prof. Francis Orata and Dr. Anthony Sifuna, which secured a major grant from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). This project has immense potential and has capacity to spill into several outcomes beneficial for the community. Another impactful research is by Prof. Maurice Vincent Omolo and funded by BioInnovate Africa and the National Research Fund (NRF). This project, which seeks to tackle jigger infestation in East Africa, is at an advanced stage and will certainly deal effectively and completely with the jigger menace.
From the show, it is clear that the University has had a commendable track record in research and innovations, and will continue to do so this year and in the future. In this era, research is what drives progressive Universities in the world and MMUST’s research agenda is undoubtedly reflective of this.
By Dr. Lydia Anyonje and Wangari Wambugu
