VISION

To be a leading Department in the provision of quality education, training and research in the various areas of Botany for sustainable national and global development.

MISSION

To discover, harness, apply, disseminate and preserve knowledge through collaborative research with local and foreign institutions in the fields of Botany and to nurture an intellectual culture that integrates theory with practice.

CORE VALUES 

• Students focus
• Excellence in learning, scholarship and Research
• Team work and inclusiveness of ideas
• Professionalism and ethics
• Supporting our community

QUALITY OBJECTIVES

To train botanists that will contribute to the national development in research and technology by

Producing at least fifteen (15) graduates each academic year

Reviewing the botany programmes /curriculum after every four academic years

Organizing at least 6 field trips / industrial attachments for our students each academic year

To pursue academic excellence through high quality research by ensuring that the department produces at least two (2) publications in each academic year

To equip at least 300 students from other schools with basic and professional skills in botany by offering practical oriented and service courses each academic year

To produce quality human power that can steer Kenya towards the achievement of vision 2030 and beyond by ensuring at least all students admitted in botany programmes gain practical skills through industrial attachment and laboratory lessons each academic year

To initiate collaborative research with local and foreign institutions in the fields of Botany and to develop multi-disciplinary approaches to address societal problems by developing collaborative research proposals for funding and attending international exhibition and conferences.