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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PROJECT PLAN

Major Achievements Include:

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Capacity Building To Evaluate And Adapt To Climate Change-Induced Vulnerability To Malaria And Cholera In The Lake Victoria Region
This is an on going project which was started in September 2002. Its conceptual framework is anchored on the premise that global climate change may be influencing the spread of highland malaria and cholera. It attempts to establish the climate change that has occurred in six highland sites above 1500m above sea level.

L.Victoria Region

Each site for malaria was chosen in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania for the study of highland malaria. Similarly, three sites, each in the three respective countries have been chosen for cholera study but at the lake shore level. Precipitation and temperature data has been gathered from nearby meteorological stations.

The trend in precipitation has been compared with the one obtained from General Circulation Model (GCM) SRES model scenarios for the gridded Regional Circulation Model (RCM). The hydrological data for the regions studied have been gathered and scenarios developed. The malaria and cholera health data have similarly been gathered and analyzed. Socio economic data on wealth, health, income and expenditure, knowledge and practice of disease, vulnerability and adaptation have been gathered. Future climate and hydrological scenarios for the study sites are being developed. This project will help inform policy on disease mitigation and adaptation mechanisms for the community.

The Project is coordinated by Prof. Wandiga and the Academy but involves researchers from Uganda and Tanzania.

It is implemented by the Assessment of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (AIACC).
AIACC is a project being executed by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and implemented by the Global System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
AF-91 is funded at US$224,800. It has also received a supplementary grant of US$ 15,000 from START under USAID Grant award No. GEW-G-00-02-00006-00.