Currently, he is working at Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute aboard Kenya’s only marine research vessel christened RV Mtafiti. As a matter of fact, I first heard of oceanography while undertaking my BSc Geology at The University of Nairobi where I graduated in 2008. At the university, oceanography was offered as a unit in Geology and it sounded very interesting because of the environment where one works and the instruments used, such as the ship and buoys. Just as there are many specialties within other fields like medicine, there are many disciplines within oceanography such as physical, chemical, biological and geological oceanography. Geology major while the Technical University of Mombasa offers a Marine Sciences course with oceanography as a unit.

Source: Daily Nation May 31, 2018 16:52 UTC