Bio

Maseno University is a modern public 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. Maseno was established by an Act of Parliament of Kenya in 1991. It is the only university on the globe that lies along the Equator (00). It is one of the original seven universities in Kenya. It has a number of campuses, namely: the Main Campus, situated in Maseno Township along the Kisumu-Busia road, 25 km from Kisumu City and approximately 400 km west of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya; the Kisumu Campus; Odera Akang'o in Siaya County; and the eCampus. In 2000, it was elevated to a fully fledged university. Maseno University’s history began 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 subsequent gazetting in October 1990, crowning the two institutions’ several decades of meritorious existence. It became a full-fledged university 11 years later, in 2001.