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Prof Ayub Gitau: The new VC hoping to fix a decade of University of Nairobi turmoil
University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor Professor Eng Ayub Njoroge Gitau during an interview at his office at the University of Nairobi on July 16, 2026. His formal installation as the 9th Vice-Chancellor of the institution is set to take place on July 17, 2026.
In that sea of an office that is the vice-chancellor’s floor at the University of Nairobi (UoN), docked on the 18th floor of the UoN Towers, Prof Ayub Gitau revels in numbers.
He is a good dancer, we hear, but what comes out in this fast-paced morning is his better-known attribute; that of being a numbers man. He has 30 minutes before he goes to meet the university’s senate, and well under 24 hours before his big day starts.
