A Short History of Tangaza University College
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Date
2014
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Tangaza University College
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In 1985, in agreement with all the member congregations, The consolata Fathers undertook
responsibility for building the facility on a site owned by them on Langata South Road. Simultaneousry, a
committee drawn from the various member congregations began planning the curriculum. Teaching
began on 25th August 1986, before the building programme was finished, with twenty students enrolling
for the first year theology. These students were drawn from seven countries and comprised the
following: consolata Fathers (8), Holy Ghost Fathers (6), salesians of Don Bosco (6). The studies
commenced in two specially prepared rooms. One of these rooms was used as a classroom while the
other served as an office for administrative purposes as well as the beginnings of the library organization
and temporary library for the students. Despite the very real constraints of space and the disturbance
from the noise of the on-going construction, the study year was successfully completed in May 19g7 in a
spirit ofgreat cooperation and patience on behalfofall, teachers and students alike.
On 30'" October 1987, in the presence of the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio, His Excellency Archbishop Clemente
Faccani, the College was formally inaugurated by his Eminence Maurice Cardinal Otunga, Archbishop of
Nairobi, who blessed the facility prior to presiding at a Thanksgiving Mass.
By 1" september 1987, with construction of the physical plant by and large completed, and all the
necessary procedural requirements and governing structures established, the second year began on a
firmer foundation and with a clearer vision. Moreover, in addition to the students from the memoer
congregations, the College was pleased to welcome four Rosminians, one Capuchin and two semrnarrans
from the Meru diocese, bringing the total enrolment to 58, 24 in the second year and 34 in the first.
From the beginning, the college was intended to be a non-residential centre. Therefore memoer
congregations constructed residential halls, mostly in the vicinity of the College in Langata and Karen.
However, later on also residential halls were situated further away from the College in other parts of
Nairobi.
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History, Tangaza