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Mountain Meets Land of 1,000 Hills

PREFACE
MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY Rwanda (MKUR) has grown in leaps and bounds over the last 12 years. It’s rich breadth of alumni work within and beyond Rwanda - including United States of America (USA), Canada, United Kingdom (UK), various European countries, Middle East, other Sub-Saharan Africa nations, China and Australia.
A commitment to the internationalisation of higher education has been the university’s aspiration since its establishment in Kenya in 2008.

In this book, we narrate MKUR’s history. What is its origin? How did the institution enter Rwanda? How did Mount Kenya University overcome the challenges it encountered when it swam headlong into the uncharted waters of cross-border education? What has been the social and economic impacts of this move? Read it and learn more about this institution of higher learning, and how, together with the parent university – MKU – they are helping to transform lives in the continent and beyond.

We are grateful to the MKU Chairman and Founder, Prof Simon N. Gicharu, for the invaluable support and guidance he has extended towards the compilation and publication of this book. Thanks also to MKUR staff, alumni and students, who have contributed towards enriching its contents through their stories of interaction with the campus. Finally, I would like to thank the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, its agencies, and above all, His Excellency President Paul Kagame, for welcoming MKU into this country. Without the hospitality, MKUR wouldn’t have thrived, and neither would this book have been necessary. As an institution, we look forward to a bright future as we contribute towards a prosperous Rwanda.

We’re humbled that, in our small way, we’ve helped grow Rwanda’s human resource pool, and are encouraged that our graduands are highly employable. That success is sufficient impetus for MKUR to invest more resources in expanding access to higher education.

Prof Deogratius JAGANYI, PhD
Vice-Chancellor,
Mount Kenya University

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