Brian Karanja, a Computer Science student from Kirinyaga University led a team dubbed CTRL+SHIFT+WIN to emerge position 1 of 31 at the NRF Hackathon 2024 held at Safari Park hotel on June 6-7, 2024. 

The team including one student from Dedan Kimathi and another from Riara University received a combined cash reward of Ksh. 600,000/- and a laptop computer for each.  The students spent 48hour hacking challenge on web security, network security and cryptography among other challenges.

On behalf of the entire KyU fraternity, the Office of the Vice Chancellor and that of the Deputy Vice Chancellor ARSA congratulate Brian Karanja and the team for this great achievement.

Prof Pius Odunga of the School of Business and Education, Kirinyaga University has been invited to undertake Economic Analysis of Seychelles Cruise sector on April 21-27, 2024. The meeting is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) where he serves as a consultant in the Economic Affairs Division.

On behalf of the entire KyU fraternity, the Office of the Vice Chancellor and that of Deputy Vice Chancellor ARSA express University’s pride in Prof. Odunga’s engagement as a consultant in this important event and congratulate him for upholding Kirinyaga University brand abroad.

Dr. Kennedy Malanga, a faculty in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences was invited by Thomas More University to attend its 19th International Day event on March 18-22, 2024.  The theme for the event was “Democracy of Democrazy, navigating the impact of AI on society”.  He gave a lecture on Application Development and AI on society to second year Bachelor of Applied Computer Science students and participated in a hackathon on the Design Thinking Methodology.

On behalf of the entire KyU fraternity, the Office of the Vice Chancellor and that of Deputy Vice Chancellor ARSA express the University’s appreciation of Dr. Malanga’s achievement and congratulate him for representing Kirinyaga University in this important event. 

A team of researchers led by Dr. Dennis Muchangi from Kirinyaga University have developed a portable multipurpose cotton ginning machine. The project initially funded by Government of Kenya through the National Research Fund (NRF) and currently by the French government through FID is set to improve cotton farmers’ earnings. The micro-ginnery separates cotton seeds from lint - ensuring farmers get more money for every kilogram of cotton lint sold to fabric manufacturers. The machine is currently being tested in two Counties, Kirinyaga (Murinduko) and Embu (Kanyuambora) ahead of other cotton-growing areas of Kisumu, Busia, Lamu, Makueni and Meru among others. 
The project is also expected to provide training to farmers focused on empowering women and youth through cotton value addition. The research team also including Doctors Muchangi, Kiiru, Mutiso and Kabata are focused on collaborating with fabric
manufacturers like Rivatex, and Thika Textile mills who would provide market for cotton lint.
On behalf of the entire KyU fraternity, the Office of the Vice Chancellor and that of Deputy Vice Chancellor ARSA are proud of this team and congratulate them for projecting excellence at the University.