Dear Esteemed partners National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation wishes to notify the general public that the Designation for NACOSTI CEO has changed from secretary to Director General through a miscellaneous Amendment Act 2014 of 24th November 2014(special Issue). Hence forth the CEO will be reffered to as the Director General. In the same gazette notice, amendments were made as to who should apply for the research permit.... This is what was in the ACT LI CENSING OF RESEARCH 12. (1) Subject to the provisions of any other law, a person shall not undertake scientific research in Kenya without obtaining a licence under this Act (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person conducting scientific research under a university or a research institution programme. ....The word "under" has been deleted and substituted with 'Within" ..Universirty while the "a" before research insituition has been deleted and substituted ...