JKUAT: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

JKUAT is a public university in Kenya Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology is situated in Juja, 36 kilometres North East of Nairobi, along Nairobi-Thika Highway.

It was started in 1981 as a Middle Level College (Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology (JKCAT)) by the Government of Kenya with the generous assistance from the Japanese Government. Plans for the establishment of JKCAT started in 1977. In early 1978, the founding father of the nation, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta donated two hundred hectares of farmland for the establishment of the college.

The first group of students were admitted on 4th May 1981. H.E. Daniel Arap Moi formally opened JKCAT on 17th March 1982. The first graduation ceremony was held in April 1984 with Diploma Certificates presented to graduates in Agricultural Engineering, Food Technology and Horticulture.

On 1st September 1988, H.E. Daniel Arap Moi, declared JKCAT a constituent College of Kenyatta University through a legal Notice, under the Kenyatta University Act (CAP 210C). The name of JKCAT officially changed to Jomo Kenyatta University College of Agriculture and Technology (JKUCAT).

It was finally established as a University through the JKUAT Act, 1994 and inaugurated on 7th December 1994.

JKUAT TechExpo is an event that is carried out annually at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. Started by students to encourage and show case individual creativity and harness the talents of the students.

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JKUAT has several campuses as follows:

JKUAT Mombasa campus

JKUAT Arusha Centre

JKUAT Nairobi Campus

JKUAT Nakuru Campus

JKUAT Kisii Campus

JKUAT Taita Taveta Campus

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