To activate the safaricom data bundles
Bundles can be bought by dialing *544# or
Go to www.safaricom.com/bundles
Send an SMS from your Safaricom mobile number with the price of the bundle to code 450. For example, to purchase a bundle of 500MB, send 500 to 450.
You will receive an SMS informing you of the status of activation of the bundle.
You will be able to use the service once you receive an SMS informing you that the bundle has been activated.
Note:
These bundles are valid for duration of time either ninety (90) or one hundred and twenty (120) or one hundred and eighty (180) days as indicated in the table after which they expire.If the bundle expires, you will not be able to access or reactivate any data balance unless you activate another bundle before your old bundle expires. Any bundle that you activate before your old bundle expires will give you the opportunity to be able to use both the old balance and the newly activated bundle for the validity period of the newly activated bundleTo renew the bundle, you will need to purchase through any method described above.You will not be able to buy data for use on a Partner Network.Once you exhaust your bundle, you will be charged the Safaricom published out of bundle rate for continued use.
How to buy/activate safaricom bundles
Celebrities and prominent people from Kenyatta university
The following individuals are some of the "Prominent Alumni" at the Kenyatta University website:[13]
Mwai Kibaki - former President of Kenya, 2002 to 2013Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka - former Vice President of Kenya, 2008 to 2013Jakaya Kikwete - President of the United Republic of Tanzania, 2005 to PresentDaniel arap Moi - former President of Kenya, 1978 to 2002Benjamin Mkapa - former President of Tanzania, 1995 to 2005Dr. Harris Mule - former Chancellor of Kenyatta UniversityDr. Mostafa Tolba - former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment ProgrammeDr. Geoffrey William Griffin (RIP) - founder and late Director ofStarehe Boys' Centre and SchoolDr. James Mwangi - Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer,Equity Bank GroupDr. Eddah Gachukia - Academic Director, Riara Group of SchoolsProfessor Michael Bernard Kwesi - Professor, Department of Geography, Kenyatta UniversityProfessor John Mutio - former Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Kenyatta UniversityLawrence M. Mungai - former Registrar of Kenyatta University CollegeProfessor James M. Waithaka - Professor and Deputy Principal, Kenyatta University CollegeProfessor J. M. Mungai - late former Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi.Phillip Ndegwa - late founding Chairman, Kenyatta University Council, 1985 to 1994.Professor Onesmo ole-MoiYoi - former Chairman, Kenyatta University Council, 1994 to 2010.Daudi Kabaka - late musician and Band Leader of Kenyatta University Band.
Full information about Kenyatta University
Kenyatta University (KU), is a multi-campus public university in Kenya. As of October 2014, it was one of twenty three public universities in the country.[4]
LocationEdit
The main campus of Kenyatta University is located at Kahawa, Kiambu County in Ruiru Constituency, approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi), by road, northeast of the central business district of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, off of the Nairobi-Thika Road.[5] The coordinates of Kenyatta University main campus are:1°10'50.0"S, 36°55'41.0"E (Latitude:-1.180568; Longitude:36.928042).[6]
The list of KU campuses includes the following locations:[7]
Main Campus - Kahawa, NairobiRuiru Campus - RuiruParkland Campus - ParklandsKitui Campus - KituiMombasa Campus - MombasaCity Centre Campus - Nairobi Central Business DistrictNyeri Campus - NyeriNakuru Campus - NakuruKericho Campus - KerichoDadaab Campus -DadaabEmbu Campus - EmbuArusha Campus - Arusha, TanzaniaKigali Campus - Kigali, Rwanda[8]
HistoryEdit
In 1965, the British government handed over the Templar Barracks inKahawa, to the newly formed government of Kenya. The barracks were then converted into a college called Kenyatta College. In 1970, Kenyatta College became a constituent College of the University of Nairobi, and its name changed to Kenyatta University College, following an Act of Parliament. In 1985, it was granted full university status, and was renamed Kenyatta University.[9] U.S. President Barack Obama, whose late father, Barack Obama, Sr. (an economist) and paternal relatives are from Kenya, visited Kenya in 2015; while there, he visited one of the university's campuses.[10]
AcademicsEdit
The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees through twelve campuses, as of March 2016. The degrees awarded include those in medicine and law. The university has open-learning, e-learning, school-based, part-time and full-time teaching. Kenyatta University is accredited by the Kenya Commission of University Education, the Inter-University Council for East Africa, the Africa Association of Universities, the International Association of Universities and the Commonwealth Universities.[11]
SchoolsEdit
As of March 2016, the university maintains the following schools:[12]
School of Humanities and Social Sciences (2002)School of Visual And Performing Arts (2008)School of Education (1970)School of Pure And Applied SciencesSchool of Engineering And Technology (1985)School of Environmental Studies (2003)School of Applied Human Sciences (2008)School of Public Health (2004)School of BusinessSchool of Economics (1998)School of Agriculture and Enterprise DevelopmentSchool of LawSchool of Hospitality & TourismSchool of Medicine (2011)School of Graduate StudiesSchool of Virtual & Open LearningSchool of Architecture and the Built Environment (2016)School of Creative, Film and Media Studies (2015)
Student lifeEdit
International studentsEdit
The Centre for International Programmes and Collaboration at Kenyatta University, is a unit under the office of the Vice Chancellor, responsible for coordinating international activities, collaborations and linkages.
AthleticsEdit
Kenyatta University offers the following disciplines:
Sports (men)
Football, rugby, hockey, volleyball, netball, handball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, squash, badminton, chess, scrabble, darts, boxing, bodybuilding, taekwondo, swimming, athletics(track and field), scrabble, karate, rollball, woodball, judo, wrestling, Goalball, baseball, softball.
Sports (women)
Football, rugby, hockey, volleyball, netball, handball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, squash, badminton, chess, scrabble, darts, boxing, fitness modelling, Taekwondo, swimming, athletics (track and field), Scrabble, Karate, rollball, woodball, Judo, goalball, baseball, softball Seminars Short – term Courses in coaching, Sports management, training and Sports leadership are offered.
Two swimming poolsOne gymnasiumFive soccer fieldsEight tennis courtsFour volleyball courtsOne rugby fieldTwo badminton courtsOne squash courtThree netball fieldsTwo athletics & track fieldsThree handball courtsTwo hockey fieldsFour basketball courtsTwo common rooms for indoor sports & board games.
KU sports achievements2012 - National Champions, Kenya University Women’s Games2011 - National Champions, Kenya University Games2010 - 3rd Best University, East Africa University Games2009 - National Champions, Kenya University Games2006 - 6th Best University, East Africa University Games2004 - 2nd Best University, East Africa University Games
List of Universities in Nairobi
1University of Nairobi
2Kenyatta UniversityNairobi
3Strathmore UniversityNairobi
4Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultureand TechnologyNairobi
5United States International UniversityNairobi
6Catholic University of Eastern AfricaNairobi ...
7Technical University of KenyaNairobi8Daystar UniversityNairobi
9Africa Nazarene UniversityNairobi ...10KCA UniversityNairobi
11Multimedia University of KenyaNairobi12Africa International UniversityNairobi
13Pan Africa Christian UniversityNairobi
14Adventist University of AfricaNairobi
15Kiriri Women's University of Science and TechnologyNairobi
16Inoorero UniversityNairobi
17Management Universityof AfricaNairobi18The East African UniversityNairobi