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Its students are spread across schools of agriculture and bioscience, education and social science, natural resources and environmental studies, pure and applied sciences and nursing, plus 바카라사이트 business school which is located off-campus in Karatina.
The local tea production industry plays an important part. It was 바카라사이트 first university in East Africa to offer courses in tea farming and engineering through its Tea Institute Centre, formed in 2012 on a 20 acre plantation.
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