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MASENO UNIVERSITY GENERAL INFORMATION

MASENO UNIVERSITY: A HISTORIC OVERVIEW
Maseno University, founded in 1991, is the only University on the globe
that lies along the Equator. The University is a modern institution of Higher
learning set up to advance teaching, learning, research and development
that responds to the emerging socio-economic as well as technological
and innovation needs of Kenya and the Eastern African Region. The Uni-
versity is located in Maseno Township along Kisumu- Busia road, 25
km from Kisumu City and approximately 400 km west of Nairobi.
The University’s history begun with the merging of Maseno Government
Training Institute (GTI) with Siriba Teacher’s Training College to form
Maseno University College as a Constituent College of Moi
University. This led to its gazettement in October 1990 crowning
the two institutions’ several decades of meritorious existence. It
became a full-fledged University 11 years later, in 2001 through an Act
of Parliament. It began with two campuses: College Campus and Siriba
Campus located in Western Kenya. However, the Maseno University Act
2000 was repealed in 2012 with the Universities Act 2012. Therefore,
the University is now established under the Maseno University Charter
2013.

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