RIE NEWS, FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES NO. 17 (2020)

RIE NEWS, FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES NO. 17 (2020) Dear University Community, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BLOG

RIE has created a Research and Innovation Blog at https://uonresearch.org/blog/ .

We are now transitioning to accept articles covering all areas of interest. Articles should be sent to madaragot@uonbi.ac.ke copied to dvcrie@uonbi.ac.ke. All images can be embedded in the document, but should also be sent as separate attachments - NOTE THAT BLOG CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FROM FACULTY ONLY.

Blogs added this week:

Scholarship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities to study at the University of Nairobi

Hello All,

This is to bring to your attention the availability of two scholarship opportunities for students with disabilities to study at the University of Nairobi. The details of the scholarships are as follows: Programme for Evidence to Inform Disability Action(PENDA) PHD studentship opportunity tenable at the School of Public Health: Link: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/penda#phd Application Deadline: June 21, 2020 2. Development Pathways - Krystle Kabare Scholarship tenable at the University of Nairobi Link:https://www.krystlekabarescholarship.org/

Budget day: Inside the 2020/2021 Ksh.2.73 trillion spending plan

The 2020/2021 budget barely differs with its predecessor as the total spend rounds off to Ksh, 2.73 trillion from Ksh.2.78 trillion last year.

The budget, otherwise summarized as total expenditure and net lending includes Ksh.Ksh.1.8 trillion as ministerial expenditures while Ksh.549.7 billion account for development expenditures to the respective ministries and state departments (MDAs).