Kirinyaga University recognizes that open exchange of ideas plays a vital role in the academic endeavor.
The use of the software is not intended to be punitive, but rather to provide faculty members, students and staff with the opportunity to identify portions of their work that can be deemed as plagiarized so they can effect the necessary corrections. It is intended to facilitate the process of ensuring academic integrity, which includes duly acknowledging the work or ideas of others. Its use will allow academic staff, students and other members of the University community to gain confidence that the work which they submit as original meets the criterion of having a high level of originality.