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VC COUNSELS FRESHMEN, CALLS FOR HARD WORK Prof. Isaac K. Nyamongo DVC (Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation) Address New diploma students The Co-operative University of Kenya’s Vice Chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau has congratulated the new diploma students on their admission The Co-operative University of Kenya through KUCCPS. He has also called on the students to remain disciplined, take their academics work with vigor and emulate the culture success and quality which CUK stands for. In a speech read on his behalf by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation Prof. Isaac Nyamongo, the VC assured the new students that CUK’s focus on growing and producing students ready for the world remain a top agenda in the university administration. He further cautioned the students on any attempts to sneak into academic indiscipline noting that such behaviors are severely punished at CUK. The fresh Diploma and self-sponsored Degree students reported for their first semester on 11th June, 2018. HERE ARE THE FULL REMARKS OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR https://www.cuk.ac.ke/remarks-vice-chancelloroccasion-orientation-fresh-students/

REMARKS OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR, THE CO-OPERATIVE UNIVERSITY OF KENYA PROF. KAMAU NGAMAU ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP ON THE SENSITIZATION ON NATIONAL COHESION AND NATIONAL VALUES AT CUK, MAIN CAMPUS, 12th JUNE, 2018 10.00 AM The Staff from the Directorate of National Cohesion and Values The National Cohesion and Integration Committee Members Ladies and Gentlemen This morning marks an important moment to the National Cohesion and Values Committee Members here at CUK. Your being sensitized on the National Values by the team from the Office of the President should not be just a Performance Contract fulfilment but a gear towards making you achieve your objective of a cohesive society achievable.Allow me to thank the Directorate of National Cohesion and Values for their time and dedication years. I also wish to thank the team from CUK for planning this important training; we thank you all. Colleagues, For the better part of the day, I am informed that your energies will be channeled to the Article 10 of the Constitution of Kenya among other cross-cutting issues. However, this will not be the first time this will be coming to your knowledge. I urge you to participate in this workshop actively and ensure you grasp ideas that can make CUK family greater and better than it was yesterday. As you are aware, CUK has its values which for a long time have promoted our oneness as a University; Honesty, Integrity, Professionalism, Quality & Excellence and Teamwork Drive to Our Mission and Vision. These values are in sync with our national values as Kenyans. Colleagues, I wish to refer you all to Article 10 of the Constitution of the Constitution of Kenya; all of us are called to embrace one another in our general lives and in administrative society; “The national values and principles of governance include — patriotism, national unity, sharing and devolution of power, the rule of law, democracy and participation of the people; human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality, human rights, non- discrimination and protection of the marginalized; good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability; and sustainable ”  Ladies and gentlemen, I cannot guarantee you that implementation of Article 10 of our Constitution in Kenya or around Africa is easy, however, it is worth; these values provide a focal point for us all to have a sane society. It is our moral obligation as Kenyans to ensure we keep to these values not because they are provided for in the Constitution but because we are rational beings. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am certain the day will be fruitful and bring about a better CUK tomorrow. I wish to commend all of you for taking the bold step to lead CUK towards the right direction. I challenge you as committee members not to leave anyone behind; after this training we expect you to cascade this down to that is where the society begins. With those few remarks, allow me to declare this workshop officially open. I wish all you a fruitful day and God’s Blessings. Thank You

REMARKS OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR, THE CO-OPERATIVE UNIVERSITY OF KENYA PROF. KAMAU NGAMAU ON THE OCCASION OF THE ORIENTATION OF FRESH STUDENTS ON 20TH JUNE, 2018, MAIN CAMPUS- KAREN AT 11.00AM Deputy Vice Chancellors Registrars Deans and Directors Professors Members of staff present, Fresh students, Ladies and gentlemen, Today, I am delighted to join my colleagues in welcoming a new cohort of students joining The Co- operative University of Kenya for academic pursuit. Allow me to commend you for the choice you made to be here. You chose this University perhaps before you knew what a University is and what we, as CUK offer apart from the academic programmes. We assure you that the energy you have, the faith and hope you have in us to building your future careers will be realized. The Co-operative University of Kenya is one of the newest Public Universities in Kenya but one of the oldest institutions of learning across the region dating 1952. We are also a small University in terms of numbers but we are a nuclear-power-house, training for the vast Co-operative sector in Kenya which commands over 45% of the Nation’s GDP. Fresh Men and Women, Allow me to congratulate you for your good academic performance that enabled you to be chosen to join CUK. The about 2,000 of you, who have come here to pursue Diploma Programmes were selected carefully through KUCCPS, out of the many who wanted to be where you are today. This University had the highest applicants for your cohort in the Nation. Your performance made you outshine the others; we remain hopeful that the energy and the vigor you have, the dreams you have, will come to a fruition. We have a team of dedicated and qualified members of staff at The Co-operative University of Kenya who will guide you during your stay here. I wish to assure you that our operations as a University are student-centered; no efforts are spared to enable a student achieve their dreams, exploit their full potential in classwork, co-curricular activities and understand what a University entails. Form the onset allow me to inform that a University is like a melting pot; you are here from different academic backgrounds, villages, counties, schools, religions, ages, thoughts, tribes, ideological backgrounds among others; You have come here with one aim, one goal; academic pursuit. That notwithstanding, CUK, as a university has no first class or second class students. You are all equal and you will be treated equally. At the same time, we encourage you to learn best practices, cultures, establish friendships and bonds that you will cherish for a lifetime. Ladies and Gentlemen,  The World we live has ideas which are both positive and negative; rational human beings embrace ideas of truth, excellence, change, morality and conviction. These among other noble ideas are the determinants upon which a University is founded. As motifs in a University, we are all bound to be the conveyor belts of these ides to the society we live in. Dear Students,  The Co-operative University of Kenya is a reputable brand across Kenya and the region. You will find academic life here demanding; our training and efforts to produce competent graduates remain our key priority agenda. Your success here is over 50% dependent on your personal efforts; you will therefore not afford lazing around. You will be expected to take your assignments, classwork and examinations seriously and in good time; academic indiscipline is severely punished and merit awarded with the same measure. This is our reputation, this is our brand, and it is our image; we guard it jealously. At the same time, The Co-operative University of Kenya supports co-curricular activities and students’ ventures; we have had success stories in sports including one of our students participate in sporting activities around the world including Alvin Wanzila swiftness in Taipei, China for FISU games flying the CUK flag, and Miss Rachel Kerubo’s Hockey maestro traveling virtually across Africa with her hockey stick making CUK proud. You can also make your story from here and dot the world map with CUK crayon. Ladies and Gentlemen, For the period you will be here at the University, we encourage you to acquaint yourselves with the University’s Mission, Vision and Core Values. We are anchored on an Objective of developing a Globally Competitive Co-operative University that is excellent in Education, Training, Research, Innovation and Outreach. Here at CUK, we generate and disseminate knowledge. We encourage innovations and inventions from our students. We have a Division in charge of Co-operative Development, Research and Innovations. Here, we incubate ideas from you as students to their maturity. I highly encourage you to take your time and make use of this division headed by Prof. Isaac Nyamongo; Make this division your close associate. Dear Students, No academic institution World over can function on merit without a library; CUK, in this realization has made library central in academic excellence. Our library, as you have been told earlier on, is endowed with thousands of books, journals, other academic papers both online and offline. We spend colossal sums of money each year to purchase books for you. Make the choice to use them for your benefit. Ladies and gentlemen, In our efforts to produce an all-round human person during your stay at CUK and after, we as CUK, take care of your welfare. The link between yourselves and us is the office of the Dean of students. This office houses the students’ leaders’ office, the Sports Docket, Chaplaincy, Guidance & Counseling and the HIV/AIDS Control Unit. I would be specific to the Guidance & Counselling and the HIV/AIDS control unit. Young men and women, be informed and guided accordingly that HIV/AIDS is real, causing lots of pain to the Nation and families both financially and socially. As you join this University as your academic frontier, do not be excited about sexual relationships irresponsibly. I cannot guarantee you that you will not fall into and out of relationships; in fact some may

The Certificates for 2017 graduates are ready for collection as from Wednesday 7th February 2018. Each graduate is expected to personally come along with clearance form, Hire of gowns form, National ID and Student ID at examinations office. Note that Certificates for CCM, CBM, CPSM and other certificate programmes are not yet ready and we will communicate as soon as they are ready. That those who had not submitted declaration forms indicating the order of their names need to do so at their respective schools/Directorates/Campuses before their certificates can be prepared.

REMARKS OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR, CUK, PROF. KAMAU NGAMAU DURING THE ORIENTATION OF THE NEW DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE STUDENTS ON 16TH FEBRUARY, 2018 IN NORDIC HALL AT 1130 HOURSREMARKS OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR, CUK, PROF. KAMAU NGAMAU DURING THE ORIENTATION OF THE NEW DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE STUDENTS ON 16TH FEBRUARY, 2018 IN NORDIC HALL AT 1130 HOURS The Deputy Vice Chancellors: Academic Affairs, Prof. Emily Achieng’ Akuno  Finance, Planning and Administration, Prof. Esther Magiri Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation Prof. Isaac Nyamongo The Registrars,The Deans of Schools, Directors of Campuses, Institutes and Directories Chairpersons of departments Teaching and Non-teaching Members of staff,Students’ Leaders Present Our new students Ladies and gentlemen, This afternoon, marks a great milestone in your academic life. We are delighted at your choice to study at The Co-operative University of Kenya in Karen. This is a conducive learning environment for serious academic work. It is my hope that this environment favors your academic life to make you great men and women in future. Dear students, Perhaps you chose this University with limited knowledge. It is my hope and desire that the knowledge you have of this great University will be tremendously enhanced by the time you will be graduating. We endeavor to shape your academic life and your careers moving forward. I join my colleagues to welcome you to this very special University with a special mandate in the Republic of Kenya. Our expectation is that your energies, ideas and actions will significantly contribute towards making this institution better than you found it. Dear freshmen and women, You were selected to join CUK based on your performance and the choice you made to study here either through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Services or direct application. It is our hope and prayer that your sojourn in this institution will help you realize your career dreams and goals.I call upon you to adapt to the University system of running affairs as soon as possible and get on to the business that brought you here. As you may have been made aware of during the orientation programme, The Co-operative University of Kenya is known for the quality of our graduates. It is therefore incumbent upon you to maintain that high standard. In the University the role of a lecturer is to introduce you to a concept and it is upon the student to deepen their understanding through individual study of recommended texts. It is therefore your onus to befriend the library and make use of the resources that have been acquired at great expense. Ladies and gentlemen, I am aware over the week, you have interacted with various heads of sections and departments who gave you guidance on your stay here. I note with appreciation that since you came, we have not had any challenges and complaints. We are a student centered university with an open door policy. Further take note that we have elaborate structures as you have been advised for communication and handling conflicts or problems in case they rise. You are advised to acquaint yourself with the student rules and regulations as they guide your stay here.Dear students,As freshmen and women joining this University, you are well aware that Universities are centers of academic excellence. Our VISION STATEMENT is very clear; we strive to be a Leading Global University in Training, Research and Innovation for Co-operative Development. To this end we encourage students to develop innovative ideas that can be incubated into useful products for commercialization. The University is in the process of setting up an innovation and incubation center under CDRI. Our Dear Students, As a University, we value discipline. I call upon all of you to conduct yourselves maturely. Be reminded you that you came from your homes alone and alone you will go to the job market at the end of your programme. Most of the time, you start schooling as many but by the end of the session, some are filtered by the system due to various avoidable and unavoidable circumstances. You should endeavor to all graduate as a team at the end of your programme. We shall be glad to celebrate your success. I implore you to be our good ambassadors in and out of the school. Ladies and gentlemen, I am confident that The Co-operative University of Kenya is committed to provision of quality Co-operative Education, Training, Research and Consultancy, and we will continue as before to meet our customers’ expectations to the letter. The Co-operative University of Kenya was recertified to the ISO 9001:2015 in July 2017. To enable the University undertake its mandate as pledged in our service charter, we urge you to also to play you part dutifully by paying your fees. With regard to fees payment, the University shall strictly enforce its fee payment policy with effect from the current semester. The fee payment policy states that a student shall pay 50% at the beginning of the semester for registration and the balance 50% two weeks before the end of the semester to be allowed to sit examinations. The deadline for registration is three weeks from the beginning of the semester. A student who fails to pay the 50% by the deadline, they shall not be registered for that semester. He/she shall be required to defer his/her studies to the next available semester. There shall be no late registration.Lastly I call upon you to be your own moral prefects. Note that your life is yours alone; keep off from drugs. Be responsible citizens. Make use of your library resources and other resources available in the University. Participate in sporting activities and other co-curricular activities. This will make you an all-round student and a responsible citizen in future. Work closely with your student leaders and the office of the dean of students; in case of any complaints or misunderstanding, we have adequate structures to handle grievances; Civilization and decorum is our hallmark here at the University. With those few remarks, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to The Co-operative University

VC ADDRESS TO NEW STUDENTS The Ag. Vice Chancellor of The Co-operative University of Kenya ”CUK” has commended fresh students admitted at the University for various Diploma and certificate programs by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Services. Addressing the students during the final day of their orientation on Friday 16th February 2018, the Vice Chancellor called on students to make use of the university’s resources and conducive learning environment to shape their careers and academic life. He reiterated the commitment of the University to ensure success in their in their academics, “We endeavor to shape your academic life and your careers moving forward. CUK New Students In an address delivered on his behalf by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Prof. Emily Akuno, the Vice Chancellor appealed to students to conduct themselves maturely noting that Universities are centers of Academic Excellence meant to build an all-round student, “As freshmen and women joining this University, you are well aware that Universities are centers of academic excellence. Our Vision Statement is very clear; we strive to be a Leading Global University in Training, Research and Innovation for Co-operative Development.”The Vice Chancellor reminded the fresh students that CUK has a good reputation among employers due to the high quality of graduates churned out. Prof. Ngamau asserted that no efforts will be spared by the University to ensure quality remains the hallmark of its training at all levels. The students were called upon to remain highly disciplined and maintain high standards of morality, “I call upon you to be your own moral prefects. Note that your life is yours alone; keep off from drugs. Be responsible citizens”.This batch of students joins the other self-sponsored degree and diploma students for the University’s January 2018 intake students at the University. Various officers and students leaders of the University were present during the address main campus, Karen.

The three Deputy Vice Chancellors in charge of various divisions of The Co-operative University of Kenya (CUK) have signed their Annual Performance Contracts with the CUK’s Ag. Vice Chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau for the FY 2017/18. These performance targets are cascaded from the University’s annual PC target signed by the Education Cabinet Secretary representing the Ministry Of Education and the University Council. Ag. Vice chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau, Prof. Isaac Nyamongo,DVC division of Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation The Co-operative University’s Ag. Vice chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau noted that these preface targets were derived from the University’s ambitious 5- Year Strategic Plan launched on 1st December 2017. He encouraged the Deputy Vice Chancellors to ensure that these targets are achieved by the end of the Performance Contracting period. He reiterated that if the CUK’s Mission and Vision have to be achieved, performance must be the hallmark. Prof. Ngamau noted that the quarterly performance reports from the divisions were at per with the expected targets. He advised that moving forward, the mid-year performance reports and evaluation needed to resonate with the quarterly performance reports. The three divisions at the University include the Division of Finance, Planning and Administration headed by Prof. Esther Magiri, the division of Academic Affairs headed by Prof. Emily Akuno and the division of Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation headed by Prof. Isaac Nyamongo. The signing was witnessed by the Registrars, Chris Kathoka, David Otiende, and Dr. Lydia Mutua respectively and the officer in charge of performance contracting Mr. Anthony Kibunyi. The signing of the performance contracts took place at the university’s main campus in Karen on 15th February, 2018. Ag. Vice chancellor Co-operative University Prof. Kamau Ngamau,Prof. Esther Magiri,DVC Division of Finance, Planning and Administration

The Co-operative University of Kenya’s newly appointed Council member Ms. Elizabeth Kimkung has paid a courtesy call to University’s office of the Vice Chancellor following her appointment by Education Cabinet Secretary. In a brief meeting held on Thursday 15th February, 2018 in his office, the CUK’s Ag. Vice Chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau congratulated Ms. Elizabeth on appointment as a Council member of the University and expressed his optimism that Ms. Kimkung’s expertise will be of great value to the University’s advancement. Ms. Elizabeth reiterated her commitment as a council member of the university to making her contribution go a long way to achieving the mission, vision of the university and also realize the agenda of the university council. She noted that The Co-operative University of Kenya’s niche market has a great potential for growth of the institution. Ms. Elizabeth was appointed a Council of the CUK via a Gazette Notice No. 925 of 26th January, 2018 by the former Cabinet Secretary for Education Dr. Fred Matiang’i following the revocation of the appointment of the late Ms. Mary Mati who passe

GHANA’S CUA CHIEF PAYS COURTESY CALL TO THE VICE CHANCELLOR Nana Kwasi Agyepong, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana’s Co-operative Credit Union Association (CUA) Limited has paid a courtesy call to the office of the Vice Chancellor in a bid to seek collaborations with The Co-operative University of Kenya. Nana expressed his hope that once the two institutions get into mutual working relationship, co-operatives not only in Ghana but the entire West Africa will reap big from Kenya’s best co-operative services and boost their productivity. On his Part CUK’s Ag. Vice Chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau Earmarked the Commitment of The CUK to supporting growth of Co-operatives around the region and Africa. He called upon countries in need of a boost for Co-operative Education, Training, Research and Consultancy, CUK remains capable with adequate capacity for partnerships having had trained for various countries around Africa Including Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Rwanda Among Others. Present during the meeting was the University’s Deputy Vie Chancellor Academic Affairs Prof. Emily Akuno and the CUK’s Public Relations Officer Mwongela Mikwa and ACCOSCA’S Franklin Musumi.