The Halls department is the largest department within the Students Welfare Services with a workforce of approximately 250 members of staff and running a total of 78 individual hall units, 11 Strategic Management Units with a total bed capacity of 11, 539 spread over the eleven faculties of the University of Nairobi.

To ensure a transparent, fair and accountable room allocation process the department has adopted an on-line Halls Management Information System–HAMIS and is working closely with the offices of the Special Students Advisor (SSA) and the Dean of Students.

SWS has a total of eleven (11) Strategic Management Units (SMUs). Each SMU has a finance section which is managed by an accountant, under the leadership of the Deputy Finance Officer and two senior accountants.

The SWS Finance Department has created structures and Systems that are able to take care of the needs of the large number of students. The department is ready to continue offering efficient and effective financial support services to its growing number of customer.

The structures are as below:

The SWS Finance Office

Office of the Director

The Director is the administrative head of SWA and is responsible for all aspects of strategic planning and operations, including the quality of students’ residential life, food services, custodial services and coordination of support functions.

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