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Daystar is a Christian liberal arts university in Nairobi, Kenya.

Daystar's original campus is close to Nairobi city centre, but here is no room to expand at that location. Therefore, in the last decade a new campus has been built at Athi River, some 40 km to the south-east of the city, on the Mombasa Road. This development has been largely as a result of the hard work of the former Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Talitwala. The current acting Vice Chancellor is Rev. Prof. James Kombo.

The university continues to produce graduates who are serving in various capacities in Africa.

The University was founded in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, by S.E Motsoko-Pheko, a political refugee from South Africa and Dr. Donald Smith & Mrs. Faye Smith, an American missionary couple.

The name ‘Daystar’ is derived from the Bible (2nd Peter 1:19) which is used to describe Jesus Christ. With this in mind, every member of Daystar University is encouraged to emulate Jesus Christ in behaviour, lifestyle and speech.

Aaron Gitonga Ringera is a Kenyan lawyer who served as a judge and as the former director of the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC).

Ringera has masters and bachelors of law degrees from the University of Nairobi. He also holds a Diploma in International and Comparative Law of Human Rights from Strasbourg. France and studied for a Diploma in Law and Practice at the Kenya School of Law. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Nairobi, a High Court of Kenya judge and a judge of the Court of Appeal. He has also been the Solicitor-General of Kenya.

He became the director of Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority (KACA) in March 1999, succeeding the first director John Harun Mwau. The High Court ruled on December 22, 2000 that KACA was unconstitutional. As a result, the head of Civil Service Richard Leakey asked Ringera to resign, which he did in January 2001. KACA was succeeded by the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission, which was established in 2003. Ringera was appointed as the director of KACC in August 2004, despite opposition from the Liberal Democratic Party, which was part of the NARC coalition government. The director of KACC had the highest salary for a civil servant in Kenya, and enjoyed better salary than the President.