Congratulations to the 9 staff members from the Department of Architecture and Building Science who received awards during the Performance Contracting and Staff Recognition Awards FY 2020/2021 held on Wednesday 23rd March 2021 at Taifa Hall. The 9 members of staff received an exemplary rating in the 2021/2021 Staff Performance Appraisal; In the Teaching staff category, Dr. Anthony Ralwala, Dr. Oyugi Maurice, and Linda N. Gichuiya received very high composite scores. In the Non-teaching Staff (Grades 5-15) the following staff members were awarded for exemplary performance; Mr. Joseph Muasya Nzue, Mrs. Amaliah N Gachuiri, Ms. Tabitha Muthoni Kiarie, Mr. Yasir Brek Karama, Mr. Geoffrey I. Gaciithire, and Mr. Francis M. Muthura.
The University holds this staff awards annually to ensure that the individual performance targets align with organization strategic objectives, that there is continuous feedback on work progress, Set a basis on which staff’s performance is monitored and evaluated and align operational and financial performance targets with budgetary provisions and provide decision making on administrative and human resource issues such as renewal of contracts, promotions, the delegation of duties, training, deployment, rewards, and sanctions.
Speaking at the occasion, the Ag. Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Brian Ouma emphasized that the quest to world-class university status can only be achieved through excellence in both teaching and non-teaching staff. Mr. Ouma asserted that going forward the University's performance management system will have all necessary safeguards to alleviate administration misery through greater automation.
Gracing the event, the chief guest, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama was delighted to report that the University is on course in terms of rolling out the 5-point reforms agenda that sealed leakages and enabled the University to embark on the path that is fit-for-purpose training; financial reforms and lastly to focus on the people.“I appreciate the efforts of our staff, the top and lower cadres, put together have ensured our success and I urge them to sustain our efforts and continuously maintain good results”.
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