Two lecturers from the department of Civil & Construction Engineering, Prof. Gichaga and Prof. Abuodha appointed to the taskforce to review of the Road Design Manuals and Standard Specification for Road and Bridge Construction. Prof. Gichaga has vast knowledge in Roads Engineering while Prof. Abuodha is a practising structural engineer. 

The gazette notice below shows their appointments. 

Nancy Waweru, a lecturer at the Department of Civil & Construction Engineering was reappointed to the governing council of the Kenya Water Institute. The appointment comes from the acting Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation & Irrigation, James Macharia. 

The appointment was gazetted in the Kenya Gazette as Notice No. 8022 of 5th July 2022. 

The department congratulates Nancy Waweru on her appointment and wishes her the best in the new role. 

Prof. Eng. Silvester Abuodha appointed a member of the Engineers Board of Kenya. 

Prof.Abuodha is a lecturer at the Department of Civil & Construction Engineering and is a consulting engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya. The appointment was made through a gazette notice. 

The children’s home visit that took place at Kasarani on the 24th of July  2022 was a great success. The children were aged three to seventeen  years old. Students from the University of Nairobi led by Darren Hart made the day a success through the activities they carried out. They supported the children by bringing them food, clothes, shoes, books and some detergents. The event kicked off at 9:00am where some members fellowshipped with the children in their Sunday Service.

The University has announced scholarships targeting those who have graduated. Please find attached the details of application. 

Scholarships announced for September 2022 intake. All applicants who meet the qualifications are encouraged to apply. 

Civil Engineering Student in University of Nairobi Students Association (UNSA) celebrating the day of the African Child. 

More pictures can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--TLbtNvEtvf4ovSoyZJUiNufC2Ey8hF 

There was a Community Clean-up, Tree Planting and Mental Health Talk for World Environment Day held on 4th June 2022 along Kitengela Road and Ngei Primary School in Langata to Mark the World Environment Day. University students participated in the event. 

INTRODUCTION

Theme- My Environment My Responsibility, Mazingirayangu Wajibuwangu Goal-To sensitize people on the effects of improper waste management in the society Driven from- World Environment Day, Sunday 5 th June 2022.

Event Organizer- Darren Hart, Civil Engineering Student at the University of Nairobi.

To mark the ultimate culmination of five years of hard work, patience and grit, the Civil Engineering finalist class of 2022 organised a dinner to celebrate these milestones.

The dinner was sponsored by

Dr. Simeon Dulo  a Senior lecture at the department passed on while attending a climate change conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He felt unwell and was diagnosed with Malaria a day before his passing on. A lot of condolence messages have been sent to the family and also to the Department. Among those who have sent the message includes. Vice Chancellor UON Prof. S. G.  Kiama, Christian Borgemeister, Director, Centre for Development Research University of Bonn Germany  and Prof. Ayub Gitau, Dean school of Engineering UON.