Hallmark as Embu professionals ready to launch Embu book of records
The Embu County Professionals Association (ECPDA) together with Afritell APublishers will launch a book that details the historical records of the Aembu people at an event set to be held at the University of Embu (UoEm) on Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Named the Embu Book of Records, this auspicious occasion will mark an important curative collection of the records and historical events of the people of Embu county that has been compiled by an expert group of records hunters in the county.
The Embu book of records is a culmination of work that has been carefully compiled by experts in the Embu Professional County Development Association led by the University of Embu chief records hunter Mwaniki Kondia Wachira.
According to the day’s official program, Embu county Governor H.E Cecily Mbarire will deliver the key note address at the event that will also be graced by the university top brass leadership among them the Vice Chancellor of the University of Embu Prof. Daniel Mugendi among other leaders and a large number of Embu residents
The launch will also recognise Embu pioneers and record holders, as well as Record Hunters, led by the Chief Record Hunter Kondia Wachira.
The launch of the Embu Book of Records is expected to be held from 2:00pm to 5:00 pm, Saturday and the book will go on sale soon after the launch at the university where the public can purchase the book and get to read the rich heritage of the County of Embu and the Aembu people of the mount Kenya region.
In compilation of the Embu Book of records, the Embu Professional County Development Association took cue from University of Embu’s (UoEm) books of record which includes publications, graduation booklets, and the library catalog.
The UoEm’s publications include research papers and articles published in journals.
For example, the 2024 publication correlates gender traits and mindset on the choice of physics subject at high school in Kenya was published in the International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education.
The University of Embu (UoEm) was established as a Constituent College of the University of Nairobi in June 2011 by the former President and is the successor of the former Embu Agricultural Staff Training (EAST) College which started in 1947 as an agricultural training school and was later renamed Embu Institute of Agriculture in 1968. In 1990, it was upgraded to be Embu Agricultural Staff Training (EAST) College whose mandate was to develop and implement short management and technical courses, and offer research and consultancy services to enhance performance in the agricultural sector.
This continued until June 2011 when the College was converted to Embu University College through a Legal Notice. The EUC council was inaugurated after its upgrading from Embu Agricultural Staff Training (EAST) College by President Mwai Kibaki and in October, 2016 became a historic day for Embu University College. This day marked the transition of the Institution from a Constituent College of UoN to a fully- fledged University. The University of Embu was formally awarded a Charter by H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta at a colorful function held at State house, Nairobi.
