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🎓 Honoring a Legacy: Prof. Aggrey Simiyu Bids Farewell to MMUST After Decades of Service Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) has marked the retirement of a remarkable academic leader—Professor Aggrey Mukasa Simiyu, a distinguished scholar in Instructional Technology and the founding Dean of the former Faculty of Education and Social Sciences (FESS). His retirement signals the end of an era, but his contributions to the institution and the broader educational landscape in Kenya will endure. 🌟 Foundational Role in MMUST’s Growth Prof. Simiyu’s journey with MMUST dates back to its early days as a constituent college of Moi University, previously known as the Western College of Arts and Applied Sciences (WECO). When then-President Daniel Arap Moi elevated WECO to university status, Prof. Simiyu was selected—alongside one other pioneer—to lay the groundwork for establishing faculties. His mission: to create a Faculty of Education at the new Western University Colle...

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, brother die in car crash - Spanish Civil Guard Diogo Jota made 182 appearances for Liverpool in five years at the club. Marc Atkins/Getty Images Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, were killed in a car crash near Zamora, Spain, police said Thursday. Liverpool FC, the Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro and Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) also confirmed the incident. The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brother were found dead after their car went off a road on an isolated stretch of highway about an hour west of Zamora. Authorities said the car -- a Lamborghini, according to police -- was in flames. Firefighters were called in as the fire spread to nearby vegetation, authorities said. Police were investigating the causes of the crash, which happened past midnight local time. They said there were no other vehicles involved. The bodies were undergoing forensic analysis. It ...