MMUST is determined and dedicated to achieve the Vision 2030 goals as an academic institution in the Country. By 2030, the country targets to achieve 10% forest cover in a move that will see more trees planted thus, increased green cover in the Country. The National Tree Planting day, 12th May, 2018, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta had a theme dubbed, “Panda Miti, Penda Kenya.”
Speaking on the National Tree Planting Day, MMUST VC Prof. Fredrick Otieno applauded the participants for showing concern to not only their Country but also to humanity at large. Prof. Otieno asked the members to continue with the tree planting activity at their households to facilitate the 10% tree cover target even before year 2030.
Alice Anyona, the Kenya Forest Services (KFS) Kakamega Sub County officer, thanked the members for availing themselves and reminded them of the great importance that came with protecting the trees. Mrs. Anyona attributed fresh air and rains to the presence of trees and thus urged participants not to solely depend on KFS to plant and protect trees; rather they should make it a personal effort to do so. According to her, adequate supply of water in the Country can be achieved through planting many trees and protecting the available ones. Furthermore, she noted that KFS has asked residents living around the forests to avoid destruction of trees in their reach and instead look after them.
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology hosted the International Nurses Week on Wednesday 9th May, 2018 as a way of boosting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda for the Country. The event’s theme was dubbed: “Nurses a Voice to Lead- Health is a Human Right: Access, Investment and Economic Growth.”
Increasing demand for high quality materials derived from very tiny particles is driving the science world towards Nanotechnology. This is a growing field in Synthetic Chemistry that has very wide applications. MMUST, through the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visitors Programme, has initiated collaborative research and trainings with the Technical University (TU) of Dresden in Germany.
MMUST RFC continued their fantastic performance in the Nationwide Western Region Conference-A league by crushing Sheywe RFC 46:6 on Saturday 17th March 2018. This extended their lead in the seven-team competition to 50 points. The champions have now created a huge gap of 20 points from their closest rival Webuye RFC.
Globalization has stimulated movement towards Internationalisation of Higher Education. This is a pet topic and passion of the MMUST Scholar, Professor Elizabeth Abenga, an expert in Curriculum and Instructional Technology, Internationalisation, and founding Director of International Relations and Academic Linkages at MMUST. Internationalisation of higher education is gaining importance in the operations of all university functions.
MMUST acquired the first ever Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) machine in Eastern and Central Africa. NMR is a modern spectroscopic analytical instrument used by researchers to determine the structure of organic substances present in living things and the environment. The Head of Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Dr. Francis Orata said that “With this latest model of NMR machine, we have the capacity to tell the exact kind of substances that are present in medicinal plants, nutritive traditional vegetables, and other organic materials from living things. It is even possible for us to determine the exact poisonous substances such as aflatoxins in contaminated maize. And we as well can elucidate the compounds contained in genetically modified organisms (GMOs)”. 
“African governments need to transform their political systems to embrace Development Politics”. This is the rallying call by the MMUST Scholar, Professor Frank K. Matanga, a Political Scientist in the School of Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (SDMHA). 