The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) paid a courtesy call on the University of Nairobi on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, ahead of the commencement of the institution's audit process.
The University of Nairobi on May 21, 2026, hosted a delegation from the Evangelical University Institute of Cameroon (IUEC) during a courtesy call on the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Finance, Planning and Development, Prof. Josiah Aduda.
The delegation was led by the Vice-Chancellor of IUEC, Prof. Jules-Roger Kuiate and visited the University to reaffirm and strengthen the growing partnership between the two institutions.
In a special sitting of the University of Nairobi Council, held on May 14, 2026, Prof Josiah Omollo Aduda was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Finance, Planning and Development (FPD), further strengthening the University’s substantive leadership team as the institution accelerates governance, financial sustainability, infrastructure modernization and strategic transformation initiatives.
The University of Nairobi joined national partners for the Annual Tree Planting and Growing Initiative held on April 2, 2026, at the Upper Kabete Campus. This initiative continues to reinforce the institution’s commitment to environmental sustainability and hands-on learning.
The University of Nairobi, on January 21, 2026, received a KES 2 million donation from the Chinese Property Developer Association (Kenya) during a cheque handover ceremony held at the University.
The cheques were presented by Ms Wen Hui on behalf of the Association’s Chairman, Mr Zhang Jiaping, and formally received for the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Margaret Jesang Hutchinson, by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance, Planning and Development, Prof. Jackson Maalu.
The University of Nairobi hosted the culmination of the 13th International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action on October 24, 2025, at the Chiromo Campus, under the global theme “No Safe Level—Act Now to End Exposure.”
The University of Nairobi’s Engineering and Science Complex (ESC) successfully held its Research Annual Conference on October 21–22, 2025, alongside the University’s Research and Innovation Week 2025. The event brought together researchers, PhD students and academic partners from Kenya and France to showcase ongoing collaborations and share insights on advancing research and innovation within the ESC framework.
The Engineering and Science Complex (ESC) Innovation Pillar has taken a major step in strengthening innovation at the University of Nairobi by hosting a three-day workshop from September 22nd to 24th, 2025, in Naivasha. The forum focused on designing an Innovation Business Model to guide the operations of the Innovation Community of Excellence (CoE) and inform the business approach of other ESC CoEs.
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.
The University of Nairobi’s Faculty of Law received a significant boost on August 11, 2025, with the handing over of state-of-the-art digital audio-visual equipment donated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. The equipment is set to enhance the Digital Land Governance Programme, hosted at the Faculty’s Parklands Campus.
