About The Library
Dr. Robert Ouko had a lifelong passion for reading and knowledge enhancement which he passed on to his family. We in turn would like to introduce and promote this culture of reading and information literacy within the local community. We are therefore embarking on a project to introduce a community library to this area. In the interest of long term sustainability, the project will be carried out in partnership with the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) Board.
About Dr. Ouko
Dr. Robert Ouko was born on 31st March, 1932 at Nyahera in East Kisumu Location, Kisumu District. He was educated at Ogada School in Kisumu District, Nyang'ori School in Kakamega District, Cambridge School, and University of Addis Ababa. He attained a postgraduate diploma at Makerere and was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Laws by the Pacific Lutheran University in 1971.
The Vision
To establish a high quality library and ICT resource centre for the local community that will contribute towards an empowered and informed citizenry. The library will be inspired and guided by Dr. Robert Ouko’s values of excellence, continuous learning and self determination, and will preserve his memory by providing access to records of his life’s works and achievements.
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Kindle E-reader donation received
June 24th, 2011 - The library recently received a generous donation of 46 Kindles (Electronic book readers) from the Gordon family and their friends. E-readers allow users to download and read electronic books, newspapers, magazines and other digital media.
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KNLS Visit - Koru
May 24th, 2011 - The Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) paid a visit to the library site. They were here with their mobile library to do a preliminary survey of schools in the area with the purpose of creating awareness of their services and the Robert Ouko Library project.
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The library recently received a generous donation of 46 Kindles (Electronic book readers) from the Gordon family and their friends. E-readers allow users to download and read electronic books, news...
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KNLS was in Koru doing surveys of schools in the area, and they came with their mobile library, which I've never seen. Here's a picture of it with students at Karuri Secondary School....
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