A team of researchers from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), led by the Principal Investigator (P.I), Prof. Francis Orata, has established that the Home-Based Care Model for patients with COVID-19 in the Western Region is effective, citing a higher recovery rate compared to Ministry of Health (MoH) Isolation Centres. This was one of the key findings presented at a Research Dissemination and Stakeholders’ workshop held on 21^st September, 2021 at Bishop Stam Pastoral Centre, Kakamega.

MMUST is delighted to inform you that the Council, working together with the Public Service Commission (PSC), have finalized the process of recruitment of top managers for Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.

The following have been appointed:

1. Vice Chancellor Position- Prof. Solomon Shibairo, who has been Ag. VC, MMUST
2. Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance- Prof. John Kuria Thuo, who has been the Vice Chancellor, Gretsa University.
3. Deputy Vice Chancellor, Planning, Research and Innovation- Prof. Charles Mutai, who was previously the Ag. Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance at MMUST
4. Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs- Prof. Hussein S. A. Golicha, who was previously the Ag. Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, Garissa University

We congratulate our new top managers and wish them well as they embark on their duties.  May God guide them as they continue building our great University.

By: Dr. Lydia Anyonje

On 21^st September, 2021, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology made history by signing two (2) Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Kakamega Natural Forest Catchment Conservation Organization (KANFCCO) and Automobile Association of Kenya (AAK). One MoU was drawn between KANFCCO and MMUST’s Institute of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Studies (IIKCS), while the other was between AAK and the MMUST TVET institute.

MMUST marketing department, in conjunction with the office of the coordinator, outreach activities have embarked on vigorous marketing activities aimed at enlightening the community on the university programmes and other opportunities open for them to benefit from.

MMUST has embarked on dissemination of research findings to the community. This was during the visit to Kegoye Sub-location in Vihiga County, on 17^th September 2021, where students from the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedical Sciences (SONMAPS) met members of the community to discuss health issues affecting the society.

MMUST’S Ag. Vice Chancellor Prof. Solomon Shibairo, today 20th September 2021 was highly appreciated through Kenya Rugby Jersey portrait signed by the Kenya Rugby 7s players and an original jersey by the leading Kenya Rugby 7s Strength and Conditioning Coach Mr. Anthony Muchiri Mr. Muchiri, a postgraduate student of MMUST in the Department of Health Promotion and Sports Science, is currently serving as the Kenya Sevens Rugby team Strength and Conditioning Coach. He represented Kenya in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. It is in this regard that Mr. Muchiri and two of his colleagues rewarded the office of the Vice Chancellor for nurturing their talent. Prof. Shibairo appreciated the kind gesture from Mr. Muchiri and his colleagues.

He further commended them for their great accomplishments in sports and for putting MMUST on the global map. Other members of the University present were the Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Prof. Peter Bukhala, and the Dean School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences & Technology

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology’s Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences is now the most equipped facility in Western and Nyanza region, to provide pediatric eye care, after receiving assorted equipment donations from Brien Holden Foundation, Australia.

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology University Academic Staff Union (UASU) on Tuesday 14^th September 2021, finalized their 3-day Anti-jigger campaign in Hamisi, Vihiga County. This is part of a series of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives that UASU has recently embarked on. It is the third edition of the CSR activities after Reproductive health which was held in Siaya and Tree planting in Mahiakalo under the major theme ‘Jamii yetu Wajibu wetu’.

Mr. Philip Amuyunzu and MMUST Paramedical students attending to a jigger victim

The three-day activity involved fumigation of homes and treatment of the infected individuals The team that steered the campaign included, Dr. Consolata Lusweti (Vice Chair), Dr. Humphrey Agevi (Deputy Secretary General), Dr. Reuben Rutto (Assistant Treasurer), Mr. Phillip Amuyunzu (Organizing Secretary), Mr. Shadrack Opunde (Trustee), Prof. Samwel Kubasu (Trustee), Dr. Christine Onyango (Delegate), Dr. Joyce Kasili (Delegate), and Dr. Evans Raballa (Committee Member)