MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT: PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

ATTACHMENT REPORT

Done by:

FRANCIS KARIUKI

REG.NO: BSLT/2020/91071

EMAIL: kariukifrancis.com@gmail.com

ORGANISATION ATTACHED: Chania high school Thika

PO BOX: 45-01000

INDUSTRY BASED SUPERVISER: MR. Wilson Maiyo

PERIOD OF ATTACHMENT: FROM: 9TH/JAN/2023 TO:9TH/APRIL/2023

PRESENTED TO:

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY

PO BOX: 342-01000, THIKA

INTRODUCTION:

1: ESSENCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT

THE INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT WHICH IS USSUALLY SCHEDULED TO BE ATTENDED BY STUDENTS AFTER
COMPLETION OF THEIR COURSE (BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE IN LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY ) IN MOUNT
KENYA UNIVERSITY, FOCUSES TO PRACTICALLY EQUIP QUALIFIED STUDENTS WITH SKILLS RELATED TO
THE COURSE AND EXPOSE THEM TO THE OPERATIONAL FIELD OF THE COURSE. THE ATTACHMENT TAKES
THE STUDENT ATLEAST THREE MONTHS WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY TWELVE WEEKS. AT COMPLETION
OF THE ATTACHMENT THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED SKILLS REQUIRED IN THE COMPETITIVE
FIELD OF LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY

1.1: PURPOSE OF THE ATTACHMENT

THE INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT HELPS THE LEARNER TO PRACTICALLY INTERPRETE THE THEORY LEARNT
IN CLASS AND EQUIP HIM/HER WITH THE SKILLS REQUIRED IN THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM AND MASS
COMMUNICATION AS WELL AS EXPOSING THE LEARNER TO A RANGE OF SPECIFICATIONS IN THE FIELD
LIKE; SAMPLE COLLECTION, SAMPLE ANALYTICS, LABORATORY EQUIPMENT HANDLING AND
MAINTENANCE,PROPER LABELLING, REAGENTS PREPARATION AND STORAGE.

THE LEARNER IS SUPPOSED TO LEARN SEVERAL SKILLS RANGING FROM THE BASICS FOR ONE TO BE IN A
LABORATORY SETTING TO THE PROFFESIONALISM OF THE COURSE. THE LEARNER IS EXPEECTED TO
KNOW HOW TO PREPARE THE WORKING STATIONS, SET UP THE APPARATUS AND REAGENTS AND
CARRY OUT VARIOUS ANALYTICAL CALCULATIONS.

1.2: AREAS COVERED DURING ATTACHMENT PERIOD

DURING THE ATTACHMENT I WAS EXPOSED TO THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONAL FIELDS:

1) DIFFERENT CHEMICALS AND REAGENTS IN THE LABORATORY

2) CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF VARIOUS LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
3) METHODS OF CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS FROM THEIR STOCK SOLUTIONS
4) ACID AND BASES STANDARDISATION
5) STORAGE REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS CHEMICALS
6) HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LABORATORY CHEMICALS NAF THEIR FIRST AID PROCEDURES

EXPERIENCE GAINED.

1) AT THE COMPLETION OF THE ATTACHMENT PERIOD, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PREPARE SAMPLE
SOLUTIONS VARIOUS CHEMICALS FROM THEIR STOCK FORM
 2) DURING MY ATTACHMENT PERIOD I LEARNT HOW TO CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS TO
DETERMINE THE CONCENTRATION OF AN ELEMENT IN A SAMPLE CHEMICAL
3) DURING THE ATTACHMENT I DID TITRATION PRACTICALS TO DETERMINE THE NEUTRALISION
CONCEPT ON ACIDS AND BASES
4) DURING THE ATTACHMENT I LEARNT ABOUT THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE
PROGRESS OF A CHEMICAL REACTION

CHALLENGES FACED:

DURING THE FIRST WEEK THERE WAS A CHALLENGE IN DOING FIELD WORK STORIES AND DOING A PIECE
TO CAMERA TAKE FLUENTLY. AT THE SAME TIME I FACE CHALLENGES OF THE PRESSURES IN THE NEWS
ROOM DEPARTMENT FOR EXMAPLE DOING STORIES WITH TIME LIMIT OF NOT MORE THAN TWO
HOURS AND REPORTING ON MORE THAN TWO NEWS ITEMS.

OTHER CHALLENGES FACED IS RECEIVING STORIES FROM CORRESPONDENTS LATE AND HAVING TO DO
THE STORY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE SO AS TO BE AIRED DURING BULLETIN.

COMPANY’S PROFILE:

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY TELEVION (KUTV) IS AN INSTITUTION-BASED MEDIA HOUSE ESTABLISHED UNDER

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT WHICH BROADCASTS WORTH NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY. IT IS RECOGNISED COUNTRY WIDE FOR HER COMMITMENT TO
TRAINING JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS TO FIT THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF
MEDIA. THE MEDIA HOUSE HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL MEDIA PERSONNELS IN THE COUNTRY LIKE JESSE
RODGERS, A NEWS ANCHOR IN KTN.

THE MEDIA HOUSE HAS ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH GLOBAL
MEDIA HOUSES, THESE INCLUDE; THE BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY (BBC), VOICE OF AMERICA
(VOA) AND CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK (CBN). THESE ORGANISATIONS HAVE PARTNERED
WITH THE STATION AS CONTENT PROVIDERS, WHILW TRAINING THE INTERNS AND STAFF IN THE AREAS
OF PRODUCTION, REPORTING AND MEDIA SALES.

KUTV RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS, AMONG THEM; THE 2019 KUZA COMPLIANCE AWARD FTA
(COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC TV CATEGORY), 2018 KUZA LOCAL CONTENT PRIME TIME AWARD AND 2017
DIGITAL TV XTREEM AWARD.

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

KUTV IS STRUCTURED INTO SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WHICH COORDINATE TO MAKE SURE THE
PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES ARE RAN AS EXPECTED. THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE MEDIA HOUSE ARE:

I. NEWSROOM DEPARTMENT: RESPONSIBLE IN PRODUCING NEWS AND ASSIGNING STORIES TO

DIFFERENT REPORTERS
 II. EDITING DEPARTMENT: RESPONSIBLE IN EDITING PROGRAMMES, SHOWS AND FEATURE
STORIES TO BE AIRED ON TV
III. PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT: PRODUCES SHOWS AND PROGRAMMES TO BE RUN ON THE TV
EXAMPLE; ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS AND PLAYS
IV. TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT: ORGANISES TRANSPORT OF THE MEDIA PERSONNELS TO THEIR
PLACE OF DUTY TOGETHER WITH THEIR EQUIPMENTS
V. MARKETING DEPARTMENT: PUBLICISES THE MEDIA HOUSE TO REACH HUGE AUDIENCES AND
RECEIVES AND PROCESSES ADVERTS AND PROMOS TO BE AIRED ON TV.

SWOT ANALYSIS (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of the Company)

KUTV IS EQUIPPED WITH THE REQUIRED PRACTICAL EQUIPMENT TO TRAIN INTERNS AND IT HAS GOOD
PERSONNELS WHO TRAIN THE INTERNS ON HOW TO HANDLE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT AND DIFFERENT
PRESENTATION SKILLS. THIS ENABLES THE INTERNS TO QUICKLY GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF
JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION. THE MEDIA HOUSE HAS TRAINERS IN EACH AND EVERY
DEPARTMENT TO GUIDE THE INTERNS. KUTV HAS WELL VARNISHED BUILDINGS AND CONDUSIVE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE WORKERS COMFORTABLY PERFORM THEIR DUTIES FROM.

THOUGH THE MEDIA HOUSE IS MODERN AND WELL PUT, FACES SOME CHALLENGES AMONG THEM
LACK OF ENOUGH CORRESPONDENTS OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY AND LACK OF ENOUGH ALLOCATED TIME
TO AIR EACH AND EVERY STORY DONE BY VARIOUS REPORTERS.

KUTV HAS MANY OPPORTUNITIES WHICH SOME OF THE INTERNS HAS BENEFITED FROM FOR EXAMPLE
RETAINING F INTERNS AS WORKERS AND REFFERING AND RECOMMENDING INTERNS TO OTHER MEDIA
HOUSES.

HAVING STAYED IN KUTV FOR THREE MONTHS I HAVENT YET IDENTIFIED ANY THREAT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MEDIA HOUSE.

CONCLUSION:

THE THREE MONTHS ATTACHMENT HAS EXPOSED ME TO VARIOUS OPERATIONAL FIELDS HELPING ME
GAIN REQUIRED SKILL IN THE MEDIA AND ENABLING ME TO INTERACT WITH OTHER FAMOUS MEDIA
PERSONNELS, YET LISTENING TO THEIR EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING FROM THEM. THA ATTACHMENT
HAS ALSO LED TO ME BEING RECOGNISED BY OTHER MEDIA HOUSES AND SHOWING THE WILLINGNESS
TO WORK WITH ME IN REPORTING AND VOICE OVER PERFORMANCE.

HAVING GAINED THE REQUIRED PRACTICAL SKILLS IN MEDIA, AM READY TO PERFORM ANY TASK
ALLOCATED TO ME RELATING TO MEDIA AND PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS. THE THREE MONTHS HAS
TRANSITIONED MY BASIC SKILLS INTO EXPERIENCE WHICH CAN BE APPLIED IN ANY MEDIA HOUSE IN
THE WORLD AND PRODUCE THE BEST REQUIRED RESULTS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

HAVING COMPLETED MY ATTACHMENT AT KUTV, IT IS OF GREAT PLEASURE AND RESPECT TO THANK

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT FOR HAVING TRUSTED ME AND MY SKILLS IN ALL THE DUIES
THEY ASSIGNED ME TO PERFORM AT THE SAME TIME THANKING THEM FOR RECEIVING ME AS AN
INTERN IN THEIR VERY OWN MEDIA HOUSE, THAT IS; KUTV. I WILL ALWAYS ADMIRE TO WORK WITH MY
NEWSROOM TEAM IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WE EXPLORE MORE ABOUT MEDIA INDUSTRY.

AT THE SAME MOMENT, IT IS OF GREAT PLEASURE TO BE PART OF MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY

JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS. I THANK THE MANAGEMENT SO MUCH FOR
AVAILING THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENTS OF DOING MEDIA COURSE PRACTICALS AND IMPACTING ME
WITH THE REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE OF MEDIA. AM LOOKING FORWARD TO COOPERATING WITH MOUNT
KENYA UNIVERSITY TO FURTHER MY STUDIES AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MEDIA.

DECLARATION:

I MUTUNGA MUSYOKA DECLARE THAT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO YOU IS TRUE AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INSTITUTION. THIS REPORT BRIEFLY PROVIDES ALL
THE INFORMATION DURING MY THREE MONTHS ATTACHMENT AT KUTV $ RADIO SERVICES
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