- Three years running, KU was on top at the Kenya Schools and Colleges National Drama Festival held in Nakuru in April 2015. Most significantly, two years in a row, KU won the coveted best play award.
- Angles of My Face, a film made by students of our department, written by Alice Kombani and directed by Emmanuel Maina Lang’at won "Best East African Short Film this year's Zanzibar International Film Festival.