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In Summary

  • Kingsley Moghalu, president and vice chancellor of the Kigali-based African School of Governance (ASG), urged Gen Zs and aspiring leaders to adopt homegrown solutions that reflect the continent’s unique challenges and strengths, rather than mimicking systems that don’t fit.
  • His comments as Kenya and other African nations face mounting frustrations over corruption, broken institutions and generational leadership disconnects.

African youth and Kenyan Gen Zs, must stop idolising Western leadership models and instead focus on cultivating ethical, authentic leadership rooted in African realities, a top continental governance expert has advised.

Kingsley Moghalu, president and vice chancellor of the Kigali-based African School of Governance (ASG), urged Gen Zs and aspiring leaders to adopt homegrown solutions that reflect the continent’s unique challenges and strengths, rather than mimicking systems that don’t fit.

“Over-fetishising Western leadership styles is an aberration,” Moghalu said.

“Africa’s problems won’t be solved by foreign blueprints — they’ll be solved by African minds applying African solutions grounded in our values, experience, and context.”

He was speaking on Friday in Nairobi during a high-level governance summit organised by ASG themed “Solving the Governance Conundrum in Africa: From Riddles to Roadmap.”

Moghalu, a former Nigerian presidential candidate, said the continent doesn’t just need leaders in suits — it needs ethical, transformational leaders with vision, courage and a strong moral compass. And that begins, he argued, with education.

“We are training a new generation of African leaders through our Master's in Public Administration (MPA), fellowships, and leadership programmes,” he said.

“We teach policy, yes — but also how to lead with purpose.”

His comments as Kenya and other African nations face mounting frustrations over corruption, broken institutions and generational leadership disconnects.

Moghalu acknowledged the widespread disillusionment, especially among young people, but said cynicism won’t bring change. Instead of simply attacking state institutions, he said, young people must advocate for their reform and renewal.

“Corruption exists everywhere — not just in Africa,” he said. “The difference is how it's handled. In places where leaders are held accountable — where the law bites — people think twice before abusing power.”

He urged youth to actively challenge corrupt systems and create social pressure that makes it uncomfortable for officials to plunder public resources.

 

“If young people rise up against corruption or failed leadership, there will be consequences. Not immediately, but over time, those ripples lead to waves,” Moghalu said.

“In China, for example, officials behave not because they’re better than Africans — but because they know they’ll be held accountable, even face jail or worse.”

Ethics, he stressed, must be the foundation of any form of leadership, from the classroom to Parliament.

“You cannot demand high-calibre ethics from others if your own actions undermine them,” he said.

Leadership is not about holding a title,” he said.

“It’s about purpose. You can lead in your church, your school, your friend group — anywhere. But transformative leadership lifts people to a higher level, it takes measured risks, it stays rooted in integrity.”

In the age of social media and digital influencers, Moghalu cautioned youth not to confuse popularity with leadership.

“Just because someone has followers doesn’t mean they should influence you,” he warned.

“Ask yourself: is their influence building you or distracting you?”

He said part of ASG’s mission is to equip young Africans with the critical thinking skills to sift substance from noise in the digital era — and to reimagine leadership in a way that is bold, ethical and unmistakably African. By GORDON OSEN, The Star

Kamil Idris, Sudan's new prime minister 

 

Kamil Idris was sworn in as Sudan's new prime minister on Saturday in the presence of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sovereignty Council.

On May 19, al-Burhan issued a constitutional decree, appointing Idris as prime minister.

According to Sudanese news agency SUNA, Idris took the oath of office in front of al-Burhan, accompanied by the Secretary-General of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Ghali Ali Youssef, and the head of the judiciary in the Red Sea State, who represented the Chief Justice.

Idris is a politician with a PhD in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. He was also a presidential candidate in the 2010 election.

Before Idris' appointment, Sudan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dafallah Al-Haj Youssef, held the positions of minister of Cabinet affairs and prime minister caretaker.

Burhan established a transitional government in April 2019, following a military coup that deposed President Omar al-Bashir. The Transitional Sovereignty Council succeeded the government in August of that year, and the Sovereign Council took over in November 2021.

Since April 15, 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has been battling army forces for control of Sudan, resulting in thousands of deaths and one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Over 20,000 people have been killed, with an additional 15 million displaced, a​​ccording to the UN and local authorities.

Research from US scholars, however, estimates the death toll at around 130,000.​​​​​​​ By Alioglu and Rania Abu Shamala, Anadolu  Agency 

 
(Image: KHNP)

Under the contract - signed in the Ugandan capital Entebbe on 27 May - as the main contractor KHNP will manage the entire project, with Dohwa Engineering and KEPCO Engineering & Construction also participating. The contract period is 26 months, from this month to July 2027. During this period, KHNP and its partners will evaluate the following factors in accordance with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards: climate of the site; natural disasters such as floods, geology, and earthquakes; cooling sources; events such as aircraft collisions; and movement and impact of radioactive materials. 

Along with the results of the site evaluation, KHNP said it plans to propose a site layout for four Korean-designed APR1400 reactors "to lay the foundation for nuclear power plant exports".

KHNP signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy in March 2023 in the presence of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

"This contract signing is a meaningful first step toward exporting Korean-type nuclear power plants to the African market, which has great growth potential," said KHNP President Hwang Joo-ho. "Based on our cooperation with Uganda, we will expand KHNP's presence in Africa."

Uganda's Atomic Energy Bill came into effect in 2008, to regulate the use of ionizing radiation and provide a framework to develop nuclear power generation. The government then signed an agreement with the IAEA to initiate moves in that direction. The Uganda Vision 2040 roadmap launched in April 2013 incorporates the development of significant nuclear capacity as part of the country's future energy mix. Under the roadmap, Uganda plans to build six pressurised water reactors with a capacity of 8400 MWe by 2040 in the Buyende region.

According to the Ugandan energy ministry, eight potential sites were identified in Buyende, Nakasongola, Kassanda, Kiruhura and Lamwo Districts. These were then ranked using ranking criteria to arrive at a candidate nuclear power plant site. The proposed site for the first nuclear power plant project is in Kasaato Village, Kidera Subcounty, Buyende District, with alternative sites in Nakasongola and Kiruhura Districts.

Uganda - which is currently reliant on hydro for about 80% of its electricity - has also signed nuclear cooperation agreements with China and Russia.

In August 2023, President Museveni announced that Russia and South Korea had been selected to build two nuclear power plants in Uganda with a combined capacity of 15 GWe. World Nuclear News

Former Chief Justice David Maraga

“There is nothing for the youth of Kenya to celebrate this Madaraka Day.”

In Summary


  • Maraga said Njeri's arrest represents a tragic irony on a day meant to celebrate internal self-rule and democratic freedoms.
  • Former Chief Justice lamented the deteriorating state of democratic freedoms, particularly for Kenya’s younger generation. 

Former Chief Justice David Maraga has criticised the government following the arrest of software developer and activist Rose Njeri, saying the move undermines the essence of Madaraka Day.

In a strongly worded statement released on Sunday, Maraga said Njeri's arrest represents a tragic irony on a day meant to celebrate internal self-rule and democratic freedoms.

“Ms. Rose Njeri is the latest to be abducted for allegedly innovating an accessible system for citizens to express their views on the Finance Bill 2025. This completely negates the spirit of Madaraka,” Maraga said.

Njeri was arrested on Friday afternoon in South B and taken to Pangani Police Station.

Her online platform, Civic Email, enabled citizens to easily send formal objections to MPs regarding controversial provisions in the proposed Finance Bill 2025.

Her detention—without charges or bail—has drawn fierce backlash from civil society, digital rights activists, and youth groups across the country.

 

In his statement, Maraga lamented the deteriorating state of democratic freedoms, particularly for Kenya’s younger generation.

“There is nothing for the youth of Kenya to celebrate this Madaraka Day,” he stated.

“Youth unemployment is still soaring, livelihood opportunities keep shrinking, while a minority of the political elite live in opulence, straddling the young majority into servitude.”

As Kenyans marked the 62nd Madaraka Day at Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay, Maraga urged a national reckoning with the values of justice and freedom.

“The country needs to rejuvenate the true spirit of Madaraka,” he said, calling for reflection and action during what he termed ‘Gen Z Revolution.’”

“Today, we begin a solemn month of reflection in memory of the lives of more than 60 young people killed in June 2024,” he continued.

“It is a month to stand in solidarity with those injured and abducted, and to comfort the families of those who lost their loved ones to police brutality.”  By Allan Kisia, The Star

Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.

 

The sharp jump from the previous death toll of 115 came as bodies were recovered nearly 10 kilometres (6 miles) away from the town of Mokwa, the epicentre of the floods, Ibrahim Audu Husseini, a spokesman for the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, told AFP.

As Husseini warned that the toll could still rise -- with bodies being swept away down the powerful Niger River -- President Bola Tinubu said that search-and-rescue operations were underway, with the disaster response being aided by security forces.

Tinubu, in an overnight post on social media, added that "relief materials and temporary shelter assistance are being deployed without delay" in Mokwa, which was hit by torrential rains late on Wednesday through to early on Thursday.

Buildings collapsed and roads were inundated in the town, which is located more than 350 kilometres (215 miles) by road from the capital Abuja, an AFP journalist in Mokwa observed on Friday.

Emergency services and residents searched through the rubble as floodwaters flowed alongside. 

"Some bodies were recovered from the debris of collapsed homes," Husseini said, adding that his teams would need excavators to retrieve corpses.

He said many were still missing, citing a family of 12 where only four members had been accounted for as of Friday.

Mohammed Tanko, 29, a civil servant, pointed to a house he grew up in, telling reporters: "We lost at least 15 from this house. The property (is) gone. We lost everything."

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that the Nigerian Red Cross, local volunteers, the military and police were all helping in the response.

According to the figures shared by Husseini, 151 people were killed, 3,018 were displaced, 265 houses were "completely destroyed" and two bridges were washed away in the busy, rural market town.

Nigeria's rainy season, which usually lasts six months, is just getting started for the year. Flooding, usually caused by heavy rains and poor infrastructure, wreaks havoc every year, killing hundreds of people across the west African country.

 

Scientists have also warned that climate change is fuelling more extreme weather patterns.

In Nigeria, the floods are exacerbated by inadequate drainage, the construction of homes on waterways and the dumping of waste in drains and water channels.

"This tragic incident serves as a timely reminder of the dangers associated with building on waterways and the critical importance of keeping drainage channels and river paths clear," NEMA said in a statement.

 

 

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency had warned of possible flash floods in 15 of Nigeria's 36 states, including Niger state, between Wednesday and Friday.

In 2024, more than 1,200 people were killed and 1.2 million displaced in at least 31 out of Nigeria's 36 states, making it one of the country's worst flood seasons in decades, according to NEMA.

Displaced children played in the flood waters on Friday, heightening the possibility of exposure to water-borne diseases, with at least two bodies lying nearby covered in banana leaves and printed ankara cloth.

Describing how she escaped the raging waters, Sabuwar Bala, a 50-year-old yam vendor, told reporters: "I was only wearing my underwear, someone loaned me all I'm wearing now. I couldn't even save my flip-flops."

"I can't locate where my home stood because of the destruction," she said. Daily News

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