UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER NEW STATE OF THE ART TOWER BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT

The University of Nairobi has signed an implementation agreement on the construction of the state-of-the-art Confucius Institute Building at the university by the government of China.
The signing ceremony at which UoN was led by Vice-chancellor Prof Peter Mbithi took place in the office of the Executive Bureau of International Economic Cooperation Ministry of Commerce, Beijing, China, last week.
The agreement is as a result of exchange notes between the governments of Kenya and the People’s Republic of China dated July 22, 2015, stipulating the Chinese government undertaking the project. The cost of the development will be Sh2 billion.
The building will consist of teaching theatres, office facilities, students’ dormitory and other public function areas. It will cater for at least 2,000 students. The construction of the buildings is scheduled to commence before March 2017 and will take not more than 18 months to completion.
Those who accompanied the VC to China during the signing ceremony included Prof Isaac Meroka Mbeche, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration & Finance); Prof Guo Hong, director, Confucius Institute; Tracisio Thuita, estate manager, Arch Jarrett Onyango Odwallo, manager construction and maintenance and who is also resident architect; Fredrick Collins Omondi, senior legal officer on the Kenyan side; and the Executive Bureau of International Economic Cooperation Ministry of Commerce, China.