Catering Department is another major department providing catering services to students of the University of Nairobi, through kitchens and Cafeterias, spread in all campuses managed by competent staff working under the Catering Manager
Resident students are automatically considered for the pay-as-you eat (PAYE) catering services programme, which provides 21 meals per week from Monday to Sunday. The dining halls are open for three meals per day. To supplement the regular dining hall services, there are outside catering points in most Units, which are open and offer services continuously.
The catering department has kitchens namely Mamlaka, K-one, Women’s hall kitchen, Chiromo, Parklands, Lower Kabete Kitchen, Tana Kitchen, Kenya Science Kitchen, Kikuyu Campus students’ kitchen, and KMSH
All meals are paid using the Pay As You Eat system. Payments are made through Mpesa
The Catering Department has Cafeterias namely Varsity, Chiromo café, Comcare, Dental, Mombasa and Kisumu
The kitchen serves the students and other customers as follows:
- Breakfast 6.00am to 9.00
- Lunch 12.00noon- 3.00pm
- Dinner 6.00pm-8.30pm
