Ambassador OKANIWA Ken gives a remark at the 60th Anniversary of Kenya-Japan Partnership Commemoration Lecture at JKUAT

2023/3/29
On 29th March 2023, H.E. Ambassador OKANIWA Ken gave a remark at the 60th Anniversary of the Kenya-Japan Partnership Commemoration Lecture at Jomo Kenyatta University of Technology and Agriculture (JKUAT). Professor. Makoto Kimura from Kyoto University and chairperson of board in Community Road Empowerment provided a special lecture “My 30 years journey at Kenya” to support capacity development in Civil Engineering in JKUAT as well as Kenya.
 
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has collaborated and partnered with JKUAT for more than four decades.  JICA also supports the cooperation between JKUAT and the Pan African University of Science and Technology led by the African Union since 2008. Japan aims at strengthening human resource development through Japanese expertise to enhance the industrial development in Kenya as well as in the region.
 
Professor. Victoria Wambui Ngumi, Vice Chancellor of JKUAT and Dr. Gideon Kirengea, Deputy Director Research Science and Technology who represented the Ministry of Education expressed their gratitude for the long-standing cooperation from Japan.