Benvictor Makau

Established in 2007 as a constituent college of Egerton University and chartered in 2013 as the 13th public university in Kenya, Kisii University has continued to train and release thoroughly-skilled graduates into the job market to pursue the careers of their choice. On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the university held its 11th Graduation Ceremony at the Chancellor’s Pavillion within the...

“Day primary schools are better than boarding primary schools,” the primary school teacher would pose and regroup us to carry on with the debate. A similar debate has been honest and ongoing in the minds and circles of parents, pupils, and other stakeholders since Basic Education Principal Secretary (PS) Dr. Belio Kipsang announced plans to abolish the boarding system from Grade...

On December 8, 2022, President William Ruto officiated the opening of the S Block and launched the construction of the T and I Blocks at the Technical University of Kenya. Other top officials graced the event, including Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu. The Technical University has the mandate to be a TVET Institution providing education and...

Founded in 1993 by farmers from the Central Region of Kenya, growing, rebranding and permeating over the years into all corners of the nation, Unaitas has become the go-to deposit-taking Sacco for hundreds of thousands of people across the country. The Unaitas Kisii Branch, one of the over 30 Unaitas branches, is a portion of the entity that has now...

As the country’s economy continues to sway back and forth, the waves threaten to sink the media industry ship. The harrowing repercussions have been the recent and ongoing lay-offs in several media outlets, some of which are widely regarded as the country’s top destinations and home to seasoned and well-groomed journalists. The problem On redundancy declaration, editors, reporters, news presenters, and other...

If we want to position ourselves as women leaders, we must embrace personal developmentAnne Babu, Mentor and Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Women Leadership, not only in Kenya but even continentally, remains an evergreen topic so paramount to be wished away. The conversation and the agitation to get women at the decision-making table, however, has been challenging and...

Established in 2017 under the Amref Health Africa umbrella, Amref International University (AMIU) continues to inspire a lasting change in health sciences education quarters. The Kenyan-based university has been down-to-earth in delivering health-related courses in collaboration with Amref Health Africa and other health facilities countywide, imparting hands-on skills to students. Five years on, the long academic steps have placed it in...

To achieve Quality Education, Sustainable Development Goal 4 of Kenya's Vision 2030, commit more resources to education, not reducing themESSRAK CONFERENCE. Post-pandemic, in a world moving with speed in technological advancements, skill upgrading and relevance, knowledge acquisition and research-based approaches, resilience in education, innovation, and research continue to grow, especially against the backdrop of the lessons bagged throughout the covid-19...

Professional counsellors in universities have had a spiking workload dealing with psychological, social and financial challenges facing students, as well as drug and substance abuseDr. Rose Otieno, Psychology Department Chair, Kisii University. Though the conversation on mental health has been given quality time in Africa, particularly in Kenya, the voices of Psychologists and Counsellors have never been as important as...

How can we exploit Africa's minerals, grow a trained generation, change the mindsets of Africans and make them appreciate the abundance in Africa as well as get Africa into exporting finished goods made in Africa by Africans?Entrepreneurs. Africa, a continent overflowing with wealth yet still punching below her weight, remains on a go-slow in tapping her fortune. It's a continent ubiquitously...