MMUST’s African women in Science and Engineering (AWSE) have stepped up efforts to keep girls in school through provision of free sanitary towels.  On 7^th September, 2022, the team of scholars led by Prof. Elizabeth Omukunda, Dr. Rose Opiyo and Dr. Frida Njeru visited Amalemba and Kakamega primary schools with the aim of encouraging the girls and donating the sanitary towels. This outreach activity is part of the AWSE initiative to support the girl child in Kakamega County.

The head teacher, Amalemba Primary School, Miss Grace Baraza thanked the team and the University for remembering her girls and for contributing towards keeping them in school. She revealed that the school has had previous incidences of learners being lured into early sexual activities for material things due to high poverty levels in the region.

MMUST’s leading Ecologist and Specialist in Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Dr. Humphrey Agevi, has been picked to join the PlanAdapt organization as a Fellow. Dr. Agevi is a lecturer from the Department of Biological Sciences in the School of Natural Sciences (SONAS). The Fellowship is domiciled in Germany and will involve the identified Fellows attending Climate Co-adaptation Lab Weekly meetings every Tuesday where they go through the Lab Opportunity Database (LOD).

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), through the Webometrics and Short Courses Unit, has continued with the initiative to impact the communities by providing visibility to their enterprises and businesses.

Yesterday, 19^th September 2022, the Director, Science Park Innovation and Incubation Centre (SPIIC), Prof. John Muoma together with lecturer- Crop Protection, Dr. Emily N. Indakwa, visited ‘Ammanuel Poultry and Animal Feeds’ in Indangalasia- Navakholo Sub-County to identify possible areas of collaboration with the Farm. The ‘Ammanuel Poultry and Animal Feeds’ which was founded by Mr. Kennedy Masanga, is a one-stop farm for poultry, animal feeds and organic farm produce.

The MMUST Institute of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Studies (IIKCS) has set in Motion the first of its Series of Webinars with Schools in the University. On Friday, 16^th September, 2022, the Institute partnered with the School of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (SDMHA) to organize a webinar themed ‘Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Management in the 21^st Century’.

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) Webometrics Unit, has established various institutional partnerships with key stakeholders to generate online evidence of collaboration in tandem with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).  The two-tire strategy which involves establishment of online evidence of collaboration is aimed at promoting the use of ICT tools in trade and service delivery in institutions and entities within the Lake Region Economic Bloc. This strategy is steered by the Webometrics and Short Courses Coordinator, Dr. Dennis W. Ochieno.

On 1st and 2nd September, 2022, the team conducted a two-day mobilization exercise targeting Health and Learning institutions, businesses, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) and Community Based Organizations (CBO’s) within the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB)

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, has today, 16^th September, 2022, hosted Lurambi Constituency Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Titus Khamala, to discuss collaboration in TVET training. The MP was received by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Solomon Shibairo, together with DVC (Academic and Student Affairs), Prof. Hussein Golicha and DVC (Planning, Research and Innovation), Prof. Charles Mutai.

Kakamega County is set to partner with MMUST and other training institutions to spur development. This was evident during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Governor H.E FCPA Fernandes Odinga Barasa and his deputy Hon. Angatia Ayub Savula on 15^th September, 2022 at Bukhungu stadium.

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) and Malteser International (MI) have begun the implementation of ‘Upesi Health Programme’ which involves refurbishing and equipping of MMUST’s high fidelity simulated laboratory. Today, Wednesday 7^th September, 2022, a team from MI led by the Country Coordinator, Mr. Martin Schoemburg, paid a courtesy call to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Solomon Shibairo to discuss the modalities of refurbishing and equipping. The event whose key drivers are the Health Program Manager, Kenya-Malteser International, Ms.  Joy China and the Project President at MMUST, Dr. Tecla Sum, took place at the VC’s office.