Kisii University is a public university located in Kisii. It was founded in 1965 as a primary teachers’ training college on a 61-acre land that was donated by the County Council of Gusii. The college continued up to 1983 when it was upgraded to a secondary teachers’ college to offer Diploma programmes.
A University of the 21st century devoted towards production of a dedicated, productive and professional human resource force for our country and beyond. Kisii University has been implementing a ten-year Strategic Plan, whose implementation elapsed in June 2019, hence the need to prepare a new and more focused five-year plan, 2019-2024. This is in line with the national and international development pronunciations such as the Vision 2030 Medium Term III, the “Big Four Agenda”, and the Sustainable Development Goals.