Lord Sainsbury, Former Minister of Science in United
Kingdom (UK) visited KIST on 9th May, 2009. Lord Sainsbury
was in Rwanda for an official visit with the Tony Blair
team.
At KIST, Lord Sainsbury was received by the Rector, Prof. Abraham
Atta Ogwu and the Vice-Rector in charge of Finance and administration,
Mr. Gatabazi Thomas. In his welcome message, Prof. Ogwu thanked
the Lord Sainsbury for having graced KIST with his timely visit.
After their discussion, the Lord Sainsbury was taken around KIST where
he visited different KIST facilities like the cottage Industry, ICT centre
and RITC. Lord Sainsbury was impressed by the current achievements made
by KIST. He said that KIST has great opportunity to contribute to the economic
development of Rwanda.
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