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In light of the Earth Day 2020 (April 22nd 2020), you are invited to a webinar organised by the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies in collaboration with the Green Belt Movement, on:

"Citizen Action Towards Securing Our Future"

The webinar will be held on Thursday 16th April, 2020,

Time: 3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Time Zone: Africa/Nairobi - EAT +0300

Where: Online Event

Speakers

The Africa Union (AU) has appointed 3 University of Nairobi dons to its Science Technology and Innovations (STI) for Covid-19 interventions .The three are Professor Francis Mulaa, Prof. Ratemo Michieka and Prof Dimbson Bulimo.

The Principal, College of Health Sciences, kindly invites you to participate in the COVID-19 Global Survey.

VCs Address to the University Community:

1. The VC was happy to announce that the African Union in recognition of our good work has appointed Prof Ratemo Michieka, Prof. Francis Mulaa and Prof. Dimbson Wallace Bulimo to the African Union Advisory Board on Science, Technology and Innovation for covid-19 intervention. Congratulations to the three Professors.

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to exacerbate an already alarming food insecurity situation. Before the emergence of the pandemic, food insecurity was already on the rise in the region due to factors such as climatic shocks and livestock pests and diseases. The desert locust outbreak added to the already growing concerns.

The University Executive Board has approved Authorisation to Incur Expenditure (AIE) requests for RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GRANTS to move to a new electronic platform.

The e-AIE platform reduces the number of approval steps previously between 12-13, down to 5. 

In addition, without the need to move paper from one office to another, the entire approval process can be completed in 48 hours (assuming all the paperwork is in order).

The below information is the latest update from our VC regarding online platforms for teaching:

1. Use any of these platforms that you could chose to transition your classes:

● Zoom

● Google Classroom

● Big Blue Button

● Blackboard

● Webex

● University e-learning platform (e-class)

University of Nairobi has formed a senate ad hoc committee to streamline online leaning at the institution amid the coronavirus outbreak.

There is no doubt that the policy choices for the year 2020 were changed drastically on March 13, 2020. This was the date when the first patient for COVID-19 was confirmed in Kenya. Since that time, the Ministry of Health has issued daily press statements recording the number of tests that have been conducted in Kenya, reiterated the messages on how to avoid infection with Sars Coronavirus 2 and urged Kenyans to observe physical distancing and to work from their homes.

Here is a recorded video for training students on the use of E-class and other e-learning tools such as Google hangout meet, classroom and e-class: http://eclass.uonbi.ac.ke/course/view.php?id=813