In 1986, in response to a request by the Trustees, the government of Kenya donated of land on Ole Sangale Road, Madaraka Estate. The European Union (EU) and the Italian government agreed to back the Madaraka Campus project. The donors wanted to support a co-educational college that would offer courses in Management and Accountancy, Kianda College, an undertaking of Kianda Foundation, which was planning new developments at the time. Derrick Mureithi agreed to run their professional courses in the new Madaraka campus.