When news broke early this week that a Kenyan researcher was among scientists picked to establish 10 US-backed Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) globally, the name Kariuki Njenga did not seem to ring a bell to many.
Debate on social media quickly shifted to the utilisation of the Sh1.8 billion grant by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to create the research units and a coordinating centre.
