The University Library Community Outreach team pitched tent at Lions Children’s Home on March 22, 2024 in an event dedicated at fostering a reading culture among young children. The request for the pivotal library activity was initiated by the University Librarian Mrs.Janegrace Kinyanjui in an official communication to the Children’s Home Administration.
In a gesture of good will for the dissemination of Knowledge, Egerton University Library Department through the office of the Vice-Chancellor has donated 686 volumes of books to the Nakuru County Assembly to enrich its special library collection.
The donation process commenced in October, 2023 after a formal request by the Clerk of the County Assembly Ms Jane Waweru who had noted in the request letter that the County Assembly Library was soliciting for book donations to meet the growing needs of its readers.
BY ERIC SINDABI
The University Library Advisory Committee, led by the chairperson Professor Benard Aduda, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Research and Extension visited the Library Department on 13th February, 2024 to familiarise with the Library services and facilities.
BY ERIC SINDABI
Supporting colleagues’ morally, socially and financially is a noble gesture. This was observed during the colourful 20th Annual General Meeting of the Egerton University Library Staff Welfare Association held on December 8th 2023 at the CoELIB Conference Hall.
Patron of the welfare, the University Librarian, Mrs Janegrace Kinyanjui urged the members to consider uplifting the welfare’s objectives to a higher level through ample savings and sincere commitment. She noted that it was important for the members to continue supporting each other because as colleagues, they are like a family.
The patron further encouraged the welfare members to cultivate an avid savings and borrowing culture through the welfare’s savings and credit scheme to uplift the financial sustainability and liquidity status of the welfare. She however cautioned the members against defaulting borrowed money because it was unethical to refuse to repay borrowed money from anyone or public entity.
The Chairperson of the group Mr.George Kira while thanking the patron and members for their continued support for the continuity of the welfare, observed that the activities of the welfare had drastically been affected by the unprecedented financial challenges that gripped members and the University since the year 2020 Covid 19 pandemic devastative effects.
“This peculiarity devastated members and interfered with their financial obligations including contributing to their savings scheme and loans repayments to the welfare’’ said the Chairperson adding that the welfare management discussed with the affected members on a personal level where some pledged to differ their savings contributions and loan repayments.
Thirty members out of the current fifty two graced the occasion while the occasion was also used to host a send-off party to four members who recently retired from the University. Egerton University Staff Welfare Association was mooted in the year 2003 as a social welfare group. Its objectives include offering moral and social support to members while engaging in small scale savings, credit and investment activities.
Members come together to support sick or bereaved members morally and financially and also support and encouragement to members holding social functions like graduation, marriage, ‘house-warming’ and other individual ceremonies. The welfare conducts its financial operations through a savings account at the Egerton University Savings and Credit Cooperation.
