Vice Chancellor Prof Isaac Kibwage honors Global Alumni Diamond Kassam (Diploma in Dairy and food technology class 1969) for establishing Diamond Kassam scholarship for supporting Egerton University needy students. The fellowship will be sponsoring one needy student per year for next 10yrs, starting from the next Academic year September 2024.
Vice Chancellor Prof Isaac Kibwage honors Global Alumni Diamond Kassam (Diploma in Dairy and food technology class 1969) for establishing Diamond Kassam scholarship for supporting Egerton University needy students. The fellowship will be sponsoring one needy student per year for next 10yrs, starting from the next Academic year September 2024.This was news communicated to the Vice Chancellor through Global Alumni Chairman Prof Sadru Nazarali who was classmate of Diamond Kassam, both based in Vancouver Canada. Kassam was one of the 15 students during his years after College starting with 3 students in 1939 by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatoon, UK the Founder of Egerton University as a Teaching farm for only male students. This was after his lovely girlfriend refused to marry him because the house was too small, although its 38 rooms. This is the current Lord Egerton Castle, located at Ngata, which was part of Lord Egerton farm, which has been converted into tourists and cultural center.
