FATHER OF NATION EXCEPT.

Tanzania had just dismantled just completed his studies at

P
rofessor Kimani
joined the University
of Nairobi directly as
a senior lecture. Even before
taking off. He was already
flying. THREE WAS already a
reason. Kenya, Uganda and
their University of East
Africa. Kenya’s part of the
University, now renamed the
University of Nairobi, found
itself with a vacancy it had to
fill immediately in it in state
of development Studies.
Professor Kimani who had
the University of oxford
wrote from there saying he
wanted to fill it. To ensure he
come and filled it for sure,
the University of Nairobi
raised his entry point from
that lecture to that of senior
lecture.

 Only a month after his arrival, he launched a noisy debate in which he demanded that the
university of Nairobi should fight for relevance in the society rather than simply being excellent.
It was not quite clear what he meant by relevance to the society. However, a few months later

he prevailed and the universities of official Motto become ` Relevance to the

society’.

OMONDI