The Charter for Maasai Mara University
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Charter, unless the context requires otherwise—"Academic Staff" means a member of staff of the University, who is a Professor, an Associate Professor, a Senior Lecturer, a Lecturer, an Assistant Lecturer and such other persons in the employment of the University engaged in teaching or research therein as Council, acting in accordance with the recommendation of Senate, may from time to time grant the status of members of the university;"Act” Means the Universities Act (Cap. 210);"Administrative Staff" means a member of staff of the University, who is appointed for general purposes of performing duties related to general management and administration of the University as shall be specified in the Statutes;"Alumni" means a person who is a former student of the University, or The Narok University College who completed an approved programme of study and qualified for the award of a Degree, Diploma or Certificate;"Alumni Association" means the organization of all graduates and former students of the University; as defined in clause 25 of the Charter;“Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for University education;“Campus” means a place of education, learning or research which is so designated by Council;"Centre" means a research department which from administrative purposes has been designated by the Council as being constituted within a particular faculty, institute or school;"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of Council of the University appointed under section 13 of the charter;"Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University as appointed under section 12 of the charter;"College" means a College established within the University pursuant to an Order made under Section 7; but does not include a Constituent College;"Constituent College" means a Constituent College of the University established under clause 8 of this Charter;"Commission" means the Commission for University Education, established under the Act;"Convocation" means the convocation of the University established under Section 22;"Council" means the Council of the University established under Section 18;"Deputy Vice Chancellor" means the Deputy Vice Chancellor appointed by the Council of the University under Section 15;"Director” means the person appointed by the Council to be designated as a director in the University;"Faculty" means a faculty of the University established under the Statutes;"Fiscal Year" means the financial year of the University as provided for in Section 27;"Graduate" means a person upon whom a degree of the University has been conferred or to whom a qualification of the University has been awarded as determined by the Senate;"Institute" means an institute of the University established by the Statutes;"Lecturer" means a member of the staff of the University who is, in terms of appointment as, a professor, an associate professor, senior lecturer, lecturer, assistant lecturer, teaching assistant, or a person who holds any other teaching or research post which the Council has recognized as a post having academic status in the University;"Librarian" means the person appointed to be the librarian of' the university;"Professor" means a professor of the University;"Registrar” means a registrar of the University appointed by the Council;"Regulations" means regulations made by the senate pursuant to this charter and the Statutes;"School" means a school of the University established under the Statutes;“Senate” means the Senate of the University established under Section 20;“Statutes” means Statutes of the University made by the Council under this Charter;“Student” means a person registered by the University for the purposes of receiving instructions in a particular area of study with a view to obtaining a qualification of the University or any other person who is determined by the Senate to be a student;“Student Association” means an association of the students recognized by the Council as being an organization representative of the students of the University and as provided by Section 24 of the Charter;“Student Association” means an association of the students recognized by the Council as being an organization representative of the students of the University and as provided by section 24 of the Charter;“Support Staff” means a member of staff of the University who is appointed for purposes of providing support services for the general management and administration of the University as shall be specified in the Statutes;“Teaching Staff” means a member of staff of the University who is in terms of appointment as, a lecturer of the University;“Technical Staff” means a member of staff of the University who is appointed to conduct general clerical, laboratory and field courses, and assist in the conduct of lectures, examinations and research of the University;“University” means The Maasai Mara University established under Section 3;“University Management Board” means the University Management Board of the University provided by Section 21 of the Charter;“Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University appointed under Section 14 of the Charter.Source: Kenya Law