His Excellency the President, Dr. William Ruto, has appointed Professor Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation, as Chancellor of the University of Nairobi. He will formally take up the role on 1st February 2024. Professor Verkooijen becomes the University’s first Chancellor from overseas.

This year's annual security training was held from 27th-29th December 2023, at the Chandaria auditorium. It was attended by both internal and outsourced security staff. Self-defense, fire safety and customer care were among the training topics.

The University of Nairobi on Friday, December 15, 2023 graduated over 5,700 graduands, amongst them 121 Engineering students from Kenya Polytechnic University College and 11 from Koitalel University College.

Due to heightened security coverage by both internal and external security agencies, the event was successfully concluded without any security hitches.