Marist college marks silver jubilee

By Stephen Makabila

Founded in 1986 as a post noviate formation centre, Marist International College (MIC) has assiduously accomplished its mission of contributing to the country’s bursting knowledge industry.

The idea to start the college was mooted by the Conference of Major Superiors of the Marist Brothers in Africa and Madagascar earlier the same year.

Situated in a serene environment in one of Nairobi’s affluent suburb, the college last month celebrated its 25 years of existence.

A one-day sports day was the culmination of the Silver Jubilee celebrations.

The event featured football, basketball and volleyball. A total of 12 institutions, among them six universities and six high schools participated. Growth of an academic institution firmly rooted in core human values and integrity of operation is not easy. "A modern University college is supposed to be defined not just by abstract values but also with an accompanying competitive physical infrastructure," said principal Dr Joseph Udeajah in his speech to mark the celebration

A section of Marist college. [PHOTO: Stephen Makabila]

The chief guest during the celebrations at the main campus grounds was Br Joe McKee from Rome, Italy.

Udeajah said the MIC would soon launch a new strategic plan to move the college forward.

MIC was affiliated to the Pontifical Urban University (PUU) Rome in March 1990, which awarded the college’s successful students an ecclesiastical degree in Bachelor of Religious Studies with Education.

In a collaborative spirit of the college was officially recognised as an affiliate college of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in 2002.

Even with its autonomous administrative structure, MIC remains faithfully an integral part of CUEA.

After 25 years of a dignified march into a successful and established institution of higher learning, MIC now boasts of over 1,000 students taking various degree, diploma and certificate courses. It initially served the Marist Brothers only but it is now opened its doors to lay students.