University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor, Prof. Peter Mbithi has allayed fears that some staff members will be retrenched as published in sections on the media as talks on University mergers rages on. He was speaking during the Finance Department capacity building held on June 21, 2019 at the Central Catering Unit.
On Friday, July 5th, 2019 Prof. Peter Mbithi officially handed over office to the acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Mbeche.
Prof. Mbithi handed over the instruments of power including the mace, emblem, constitution, the act, the charter, the seals and walked Prof. Mbeche through the Vice-Chancellor’s Office.
The University of Nairobi held a flag-off ceremony on September 5, 2025, for students departing for China under the 2025 Confucius Institute Scholarship at the Confucius Institute. The students, drawn from the Faculties of Arts and Education, form the pioneer cohort of the 2+2 Joint Program for International Chinese Language Education Scholarship in Kenya.
