King Charles 111 will visit Kenya between 31st October and 03rd November 2023. Kenya will be the first Commonwealth country the King visits after his coronation and the visit has been seen as part of his efforts to strengthen ties with all Commonwealth countries from around the world.
The King’s visit coincides with Kenya’s 60th celebration of independence. The King has previously visited Kenya five times and this will be his first visit after he was crowned the King.
King Charles 111 and Queen Camilla will visit Nairobi and Mombasa and his programme will reflect on how Kenya and the UK have been working together. The King will meet President Ruto and the first Lady Rachael Ruto, attend an event to celebrate the work of the late Prof Wangari Maathai, later tour a new Museum dedicated to Kenya’s history and lay a wreath at the tomb of an unknown warrior at Uhuru gardens.
He will also visit the site of Kenya’s declaration of independence in 1963. King Charles was three years old when his mother Queen Elizabeth 11 became the Queen while she was in Kenya in 1952, staying at the Tree Top Hotel in Aberdare National Park.
IIT Madras is the first IIT in the country to set up an international campus. (Express File Photo)
The Zanzibar campus is expected to offer a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Data Science and AI, or a two-year Master of Technology degree in Data Science and AI
Having finalised the first cohort of 70 students, the first off-shore campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in Zanzibar will commence operations in early November, Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.
The two were speaking at the ceremony of the conferment of Honorary Doctorate upon H.E. Samia Suluhu, President of the United Republic of Tanzania at JNU. She was conferred an Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) by the Jawaharlal Nehru University for “her pivotal role in fostering stronger India-Tanzania relations.”
“This institute will prove to be a milestone in educational cooperation between two nations and continents by providing students from Tanzania and other African countries access to world-class engineering and technology education, which will help in nation building and drive economic growth, technology, development and research and innovation in Africa,” Pradhan said.
Speaking after Pradhan, Jaishankar said, that the first cohort of seventy students have been finalised “reminds me of my time in JNU as those years were also the years of inception of the University,” Jaishankar said.
“The institute has the potential to become a premiere educational institution for the entire African continent,” he added.
Earlier this year, Prof Preeti Aghalayam, who was working as a Professor in the Chemical Engineering department at IIT Madras, was appointed as the head of the Zanzibar campus.
The Zanzibar campus is expected to offer a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Data Science and AI, or a two-year Master of Technology degree in Data Science and AI. by Raunaq Saraswat, The Indian Express
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is the facilitator of the East African Community (EAC)-led Nairobi peace talks.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has condemned the escalation of tension, killings, and displacements in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Kenyatta, who is the facilitator of the East African Community (EAC)-led Nairobi peace talks in the restoration of peace and stability in eastern DRC has called for the immediate cessation of hostilities in the troubled region.
"The facilitator appeals to all parties engaged in such acts to immediately cease their armed offensives and hostilities, to allow continued unhindered and sustained humanitarian access and to give a chance to a return to peace and the pursuit of a non-military solution to the crisis in the region," Kenyatta said in a statement.
In May this year, the former President attended the 11th high-level summit for peace and security for the DRC and the entire East Africa region as well. The meeting was held in Bujumbura, Burundi.
During the summit, EAC Heads of State, government officials, and representatives of guarantor institutions urged armed groups in eastern DRC, Sudan, and other parts of the region to cease hostilities without conditions.
The leaders told the M23 rebels in DRC, warring forces in Sudan and other parts of the region to end the violence and engage in voluntary disarmament.
In August 2022, Kenyatta was appointed to the position of the facilitator of the peace talks during an announcement made at the 22nd Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State in Arusha, Tanzania.
At the time, he had just handed over the chairmanship of the EAC to Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye, whose role is to oversee the implementation of the Nairobi process aimed at restoring peace. By Mate Tongola, The Standard
Ogero testified that he was going about his business at Nambale on his motorcycle when without any form of provocation, officer Jibril Shabel hit him across the face with a baton.[iStockphoto]
A medical worker assaulted by two police officers during Covid-19 curfew restrictions has been awarded Sh1.5 million.
Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions have been fined the sum for breaching the dignity of the medical worker, James Atogo Ogero on March 28, 2020.
Justice William Musyoka ruled that the action of the officers sued alongside their immediate boss, then Nambale Police Station Chief Inspector Rolex Nyoka for beating Ogero senseless during arrest deserved a deterrent punishment.
“When Article 28 of the Constitution is applied to a situation where the police have to effect an arrest or enforce administrative regulations, like a curfew, the dignity of the person to be arrested has to be respected and protected. The Article is specific that human dignity is inherent. Inherent in all human beings, and any action contemplated against any human being, must be carried out with the background that he or she has inherent dignity,” he said.
“There was a violation of rights of Ogero, as enshrined in Articles 28 and 29, and he is entitled to reliefs under Article 22 of the Constitution, specifically that related to compensation. Taking everything into account, I order payment of compensation by the respondents, in the sum of Sh1.5 million. Cost of litigation to be paid by respondents," he ruled.
Ogero testified that he was going about his business at Nambale on his motorcycle when without any form of provocation, officer Jibril Shabel hit him across the face with a baton, causing him to lose control of the bike and land on the side of the road.
“Members of the public intervened to save me from the wrath of the police but were dispersed. When they (police) stopped the assault, I was assisted by wananchi to move to Nambale Health Centre, where I was examined and received first aid before being transferred to Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu,” said the medical worker in his testimony. BY Daniel Chege, The Standard
National Assembly minority leader and Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi during the National Dialogue Committee submissions on October 3, 2023. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]
A section of ODM lawmakers have dismissed President William Ruto's Nyanza visit saying that he can only win the support of the people through opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The leaders claimed that the President's four-day visit to the region was a campaign strategy disguised as a development tour.
Led by National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi, the leaders further alleged that the Head of State was launching county projects to be handled by governors and MCAs.
Wandayi said the president's visit is disguised as a development tour but in reality, is pegged on marketing the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in Nyanza.
The Minority Leader alleged that Ruto was frustrating projects started by former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"What has brought you here? The Kabonyo Kanyagwal fish project is a Hungary-funded project. There is no budget allocation in the budget from the national government. All this is pretense, and we cannot allow it to continue," he said.
Wandayi was speaking during the burial of John Ouko Tweya, the father of Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Elisha Oraro, in Nyahera, Kisumu, where several ODM leaders also dismissed the president's four-day trip to the region.
But even as ODM lawmakers dismissed Ruto's Nyanza tour, governors from the region attended the president's events.
Seme MP James Nyikal claimed that there is nothing new the president has brought to the region.
"The only new thing is the housing project. Those who moved to Kenya Kwanza should launch new projects and not existing ones. We know their plan to change the hearts of our people to embrace Kenya Kwanza, but it will not happen," said Dr Nyikal.
Suna West MP Peter Masara asked Nyanza residents to remain steadfast in ODM.
"Our party in this region must remain ODM. These ODM rebels are yet to even condole with Sondu families who lost their kin in clashes, yet they dare to run around in Nyanza, launching non-existent projects," said Masara.
"We are telling Ruto that the path he is following will not bear fruits because Nyanza region only recognizes Raila," he added.
Kisumu Woman Representative Ruth Odinga claimed that the President has been inspecting Handshake projects.
"Most of these projects were started after the Handshake between Uhuru and Raila. Most of the projects you are supposed to launch you have stopped instead," she said.
Kisumu West MP Rozah Buyu asked ODM to punish MCAs who are not loyal to the party.
"Some of these MCAs take money from ODM rebels who are visiting State House, yet in public, they swear allegiance to our leader Raila. We must be very categorical, on how we deal with those who are not walking with us," said Buyu. By Olivia Odhiambo, The Standard
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