Last year, in 2020, the University of Nairobi attained 50 years since becoming a national University in 1970. This ushered in the ongoing, year-long celebrations that we have branded as UoN@50. But the history of the University of Nairobi dates back to the 1950s: In 1956 the institution became the “Royal Technical College”. In 1961 the institution was placed under the University of London and renamed the “Royal College of Nairobi”. In 1964 she became a constituent college of the newly formed University of East Africa and was subsequently renamed “the University College of Nairobi”.