Even as Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology students continue to lament over their security following tragic deaths of their comrades,the president has managed to give them a new head to try and solve the students issues as they journey on new experiences.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Prof Joseph Mathu Ndung’u, a Geneva-based tropical diseases expert, as the sixth Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Jkuat).
The appointment through the Kenya Gazette last Friday followed prof Geoffrey Ole Maloiy’s retirement in October 2018.
Prof Ndung’u is the head of neglected tropical diseases at the Foundation of Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in Geneva.
He studied veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Nairobi and earned his PhD from the University of Glasgow’s Veterinary School in Scotland.
The professor joins the list of several prominent people who have served Jkuat in that capacity.
They include former presidents Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki and professors Ali Mazrui and Francis Gichaga.