ABOUT US

The Centre for Science and Technology Innovations (CSTI) is a Trust registered in 1998 by the Registrar of Societies under the Trustees Act Chapter 167, Laws of Kenya. It is located at the Kenya National Academy of Sciences, Utalii House, Utalii Street, 8th Floor, Nairobi, Kenya.

It has six Trustees, namely:
  • Prof. Shem O. Wandiga - Managing Trustee
  • Prof. Eric O. Odada - Trustee
  • Justice Prof. Jacton B. Ojwang - Trustee
  • Dr. Maggie Opondo - Trustee
  • Dr. Dan Olago - Trustee
  • Dr. Gilbert Ouma - Trustee

 

The Centre for Science has been working towards the improvement of science teaching and learning by holding training workshops for teachers in different provinces in the country.

 

The Centre is appealing for donors to help needy schools purchase the kits, on its part, the Centre will facilitate the training of teachers and technical back up on the microscience kits and experiments at no extra cost to the donor or the school.

 

How to Budget for a School

  • Ideally one equipment kit per learner; the minimum recommended ratio is 1kit to four learners. The cost of one kit is Kshs. 640/-
  • One Chemical Kit will suffice for 50 - 100 learners for a period of one year. Individual bottles may also be replenished. The cost of one Chemicals Kit is Kshs 6,500/-
For more info contact Prof. Shem O Wandiga

 

The aims of the Centre are:

• To promote innovation in science teaching at the secondary and tertiary education levels through the incorporation of new trends in the sciences.

• To enhance the transfer of science and technology research to distressed communities of Kenya for economic development.

• To promote constructive linkages between science and industry for the enhancement of economic development.

• To carry out any other or further activity that is incidental or ancillary to the above.

• To promote the effective use of science and technology in the food production process.

• To facilitate initiatives to achieve greater efficiency through the adoption of good scientific principles in the provision of various categories of service.

• To promote the use of information and communication technology in the promotion of science and technology.

• To collaborate with other centres with similar objectives and aims.

• To act as a clearing house of knowledge and skills between researchers/research institutions and end-users, including policy makers.

• To perform any other duty furthering the development, promotion and dissemination of science and technology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CSTI REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS ON VARIOUS TOPICS WITHIN OUR SCOPE OF OPERATION

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Adaptation to Climate Change
Title: Preparing for climate change in Kenya
Author: CSTI
Date released: 2008-12-01
Preparing for climate change in Kenya-Early outcomes for the project "Increasing Community Resilience to Drought in Makueni District"..... download......
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ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Title: Increasing Community Resilience to Drought
Author: Prof. Shem Wandiga
Date released: 2008-02-01
The objective includes reducing community vulnerability to drought exarcerbated by climate variability and change in the Makueni district by implementing a field demonstration project to produce tangible benefits to the community and gather information from the field and relate it to the information needs for policy makers in order to inform policies, in particular the policies on; Environment and Development; Natural Resource Management; Natural Disaster Management and Sustainable Development of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL)......
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ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Title: Policy Actions
Author: James Oduor
Date released: 2007-01-01
Improving local adaptive strategies in the context of improving existing livelihood systems and long term sustainable development......
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Adaptation to Climate Change
Title: Seed Bulking
Author: James Oduor & Daniel Mbuvi
Date released: 2007-01-01
The main seed bulking activity will be based on the understanding that the communities will have been properly sensitised on appropriate farming methods during the demonstration pilot phase September 2006 to March 2007......
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ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Title: GEF Assembly Presentation
Author: Daniel Mbuvi
Date released: 2006-08-01
Document on Integration Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into Sustainable Development Planning in Southern and Eastern Africa: Kenya Pilot country......
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ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Title: Creating GIS for Mapping Climate Change
Author: Felix Mutua, Simon Kiprop, John Gitau
Date released: 2006-03-01
Introduction into the project "Creating GIS for mapping climate change, vulnerability and adaptability" .....
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