M.A. PLANNING YEAR II CONDUCTED AN ONGOING URBAN STUDIO IN KAJIADO TOWN FROM 31/01/2020 TO 7TH FEBRUARY 2020
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION
The studio was about Planning Issues Affecting Kajiado Town Residents.

FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION
The studio was about Planning Issues Affecting Kajiado Town Residents.

Prof. Mwangi and Dr Muketha have since collaborated in an ongoing research to derive wider application
of Value Chain Model in the discipline and profession of planning. Plan Tom Odongo, a former CEC for Environment in the Nairobi City County participated in plenary panel session where conference participants asked questions and points of clarifications as well as made comments on the subjected addressed in the presentation.
The workshop was organized by County Government of Kiambu County Kiambu in collaboration
with Kenya Urban Support Programme (KUSP) which funded by the World Bank (WB) and
focuses on building the capacity of Kiambu County Government and the six Boards of
Municipalities in best institutional framework and practices for municipalities involved in
implementing municipal urban development programmes and projects that are funded by
conditional grants provided by development partners’ fund through the World Bank.
Table Discussion on Sustainable African Cities:- A Case of Nairobi Green City in the Sun and Planners for Climate action
The one-day seminar on" Mentorship in Planning for Counties was attended by students, members of staff and Planners outside University of Nairobi. They actively participated in the deliberations and the relevance of areas of mentorship in planning for counties which were covered during the lively presentations, Q & A and plenary discussions were beneficial to the mentee students and other participants alike.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES: Formulation of a 10 year county spatial plan for Tharaka Nithi County, in accordance to The County Government Act of 2012.
Our Master of Science student Ms. Mariana Wanza has been seconded to ICIPE where she will study the "Environmental Effects of the Inclusion of Insects Larvae in Chicken Feed."
This project is a collaboration between department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering with our sister department at JKUAT and ICIPE, represented by Dr. D. O. Mbuge, Dr. Mutwiwa and Dr. Tanga respectively
Background and Justification of the project Provide sufficient background information related to this innovation/invention indicating the most recent information from relevant literature and justifying the need to undertake the project Concrete mixing can be done, either manually, with the use of such simple tools as ashovel and board or wheel-barrow, or by use of a power-driven concrete mixer.
Students at the School were presented with an opportunity of becoming the Bic Art Master Africa during
the launch of the 2019 challenge. A team from Bic shared the details of the contest while gifting the students
with Bic products during their class interaction. The graphics students were particularly encouraged to take up
the challenge as this will give them a chance for global exposure with Bic Art Collection.
The contest encourages all ball pen artists across Africa to showcase their creativity while
The University of Nairobi emerged best in the region in Google Scholar citations and position 921 in the world, with a total number of 43,471 citations. The leading University in the world on Google scholar citations is Harvard University with 1,495,497 citations.