The Royal Society Of Chemistry (RSC), UK, with mission of advancing the chemical sciences, honored this year Kenya science congress, chemistry, top three winners with an opportunity to interact and share their innovations with researchers and scientist from across the world during the Pan Africa Chemistry Network conference.
Students need to realize that science is an agent of solving prevailing problems, says the RSC, CEO, Dr. Richard Pike. “We believe that chemistry can help answer many problems facing humanity.”
“Relying on what others have done has reduced us to mitumba (second-hand) technology adaptors and beggars,” says Kaburu M'rubu, VC Gretsa University, Thika. “Innovation can however make us technology donors. And though technology innovation requires resources, it actually begins in the mind.”
“Science makes everything possible,” says Churchill Agutu and Zahra Sheikh from Jalaram Academy, Kisumu, they scoped the first position from their water sterilizer, that was innovated from table salt, water and electricity, they are looking forward to pursue Biochemistry and Genetic Engineering.
“We like living in a clean and beautiful environment,” says John Mutua and Stella Mumo, thus they muscled their chemistry knowledge to reverse the prevailing trend by innovating a mean to recycle polythene wastes.
For Nyakora Daniel Singh of St. Anthony's Boys High School science is “real and interesting,” he is aspiring to pursue medicine; they innovated a Strongram Fuel from pine tree – this will go a long way of complementing the energy mix.
“We invited them here,” says Prof. Shem Wandiga, for other students to realize their creativity, innovations, and application of science in solving our daily problems is appreciated and recognized beyond Kenya.
RSC accorded them coverage in their August RSC News magazine, RSC's Visual Element Trumps, t-shirts and cash, 25,000, 20,000 and 15,000 respectively were a warded.
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