University Of Nairobi Nakuru Campus

University Of Nairobi Nakuru Campus

University Of Nairobi Nakuru Campus,

Nakuru is a cosmopolitan town, and the headquarters of the fourth largest county in Kenya, after Kiambu, Kakamega and Nairobi. The county has 11 constituencies, namely Naivasha Nakuru Town West, Nakuru Town East Kuresoi South, Kuresoi North, Molo , Rongai , Subukia , Njoro , Gilgil and Bahati. Nakuru is world renowned for its eponymous saline water lake, (Lake Nakuru) which is home to the world’s largest concentration of flamingos. A few years ago, it was also crowned the cleanest city in Kenya and the UN has in the past described it as the fastest growing town in Africa. (Read more http://goo.gl/IHqBa) Nakuru has a special place in Kenya’s colonial lore. Twelve kilometres to the West is Lord Egerton Castle, built in 1940s by Lord Maurice Egerton Tatton at the behest of a woman.  (Read more http://goo.gl/904fod). Nakuru is also the gateway to the Menengai Crater, a picturesque, dormant volcano, (2,490 metres high) and home to Kenya’s largest geothermal power fields.

Demographics of Nakuru County
Population: 1,603,325 (2009 Census)
Urbanization: 45.8%
Percentage of the population that can read and write: 83.2%
Children attending school 15-18 years: 74.7%
Population with primary school level education: 63.4%
Population with secondary school level education: 13.4%
(SOURCE: Kenya County Fact Sheet)

Main Economic Activities

  1. Subsistence and commercial agriculture – which contributes up to 48% of the income
  2. Tourism
  3. Energy generation in Menengai and Olkaria
  4. Small and large scale commercial Businesses.
  5. Manufacturing

Nakuru Campus was established in January, 2009 at Ndimu House. It relocated to Milimani premises in December, 2010 and in September, 2011 moved to at Resma Plaza.In the year 2016, the University invested heavily in the campus and constructed an eight storey building known as the Great Rift Valley and the campus relocated there. This non-residential Campus is  a centre for teaching and research in the Great Rift Valley.

Nakuru Campus Contact Us

MKU Annex
P.O Box 17273-00200, Nakuru
Tel: +254 020 2338144
Cell: +254 705669811/789729561
Email: [email protected]