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Josephine Anyango, a second-year student in the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, is the newly elected University of Nairobi Kisumu Campus Students Association (UNSA) 2025/2026 President.

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UoN at 50: Our History

It is a time to celebrate. The University of Nairobi marks 50 years since it was transformed into the first national University in Kenya on July 1, 1970.

The University of Nairobi owes its origin to several developments in higher education within the country and the region. The idea of an institution for higher learning in Kenya goes back to 1947 when the Kenya Government drew up a plan for the establishment of a technical and commercial institute in Nairobi.