{"id":35990,"date":"2017-10-06T08:57:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/amb-kimonyo-commends-mku-s-contribution-to-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2017-10-06T08:58:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:58:19","slug":"amb-kimonyo-commends-mku-s-contribution-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/amb-kimonyo-commends-mku-s-contribution-to-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Amb. Kimonyo commends MKU\u2019s contribution to Rwanda\u2019s education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The envoy made the remarks yesterday while speakingto international students and members of academic staff at MKU Campus in Nairobi where he was invited as special guest to address 300 international students on the role of diplomacy in fostering bilateral relations between Rwanda and Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda and Kenya continue to enjoy mutual bilateral relations that brought about conducive environment that has led Kenya to become the largest investor in my country with close to half a billion dollars investment portfolio as of this year\u201d Kimonyo said<\/p>\n<p>Amb.Kimonyo underlined how Mount Kenya University and other institutions of higher learning have been instrumental in supporting Rwanda government to achieve it development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the role of this institution is playing in fostering quality education in Rwanda particularly for making it possible for Rwandan students undertake science related courses\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, our government set out to build a knowledge-based economy as one of the major pillars to achieve our broad economic goals, I thank Mount Kenya University for being part of this journey\u201d Kimonyo added.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, the Chairman and Founder of Mount Kenya University Dr. Simon Gicharu commended the conducive business environment facilitated by the government of Rwanda that allows investors to start and go about their business without any hitches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must say that in my academic experience, Rwanda stands out to be my best investment destination. We started our operations in Rwanda in 2009 and since then we have grown into a fully-fledged campus located in Kicukiro. This campus is a home to 4,627 Rwandan students pursuing degree courses in various disciplines under school of health, school of applied sciences, school of business and economics and school of education. He said <\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Gicharu, the university has invested over Rwf 18 billion in Kigali campus and plans for expansion are underway. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gicharu informed the High Commissioner that after the closure of the pharmacy department at Kigali campus, the university administration decided to relocate 70 Rwandan students who were pursuing degree course in pharmacy to Nairobi to carryon with their studies from there. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to assure the High Commissioner that these students are in safe hands. We decided to bring them here so that they can complete their academic dreams and this will be done at no extra cost. They will pay the same amount of fees they paid in Kigali and the university will cater for their accommodation, meals and other basic needs,\u201d Gicharu said.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21983 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-_amb_james_kimonyo_giving_his_remarks_he_commended_mt._kenya_for_introducing_science_courses_.jpg\" alt=\"Amb James Kimonyo giving his remarks commended Mt Kenya for introducing science courses\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21984 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-amb_james_kimonyo_plants_a_tree_a_sign_of_commitment_the_continued_mutual_cooperation_.jpg\" alt=\"Amb James Kimonyo plants a tree as a sign of commitment to the continued mutual cooperation\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21982 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-_rwandan_students_undertaking_their_degree_in_pharmacy_department_show_demonstrate_their_practical_skills_as_ambassador_looks-on_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Rwandan students undertaking their degree in pharmacy department demonstrate their pratical skills as Ambassador looks-on\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21985 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-amb_kimonyo_chats_with_chairman_and_founder_of_mt._kenya_dr._simon_gicharu.jpg\" alt=\"Amb Kimonyo chats with chairman and founder of Mt. Kenya Dr. Simon Gicharu\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21986 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-students_decided_to_close_the_event_with_kinyarwanda_dance.jpg\" alt=\"Students decided to close the event with rwandan cultural dance\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21988 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-rwandan_students_in_group_photo_with_amb_kimonyo_and_members_of_academic_staff.jpg\" alt=\"Rwandan students in group photo with Amb Kimonyo and members of academic staff\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Kenya, Ambassador James Kimonyo has commended the role Mount Kenya University (MKU) is playing in fostering the  education sector in Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-35990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35990"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=35990"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=35990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}