Why Kenya’s visa openness plan poses puzzle to its security, economy and foreign diplomacy

Why Kenya’s visa openness plan poses puzzle to its security, economy and foreign diplomacy

Principal Secretary for Interior Raymond Omollo explained that top on the list of bolstering legislation and policy is protection of economic, security and political interest of the country as the East African nation adjusts to the unstinted cross-border movement of people, goods and services that are likely to have an adverse impact on Kenya’s economy, security and sovereignty.

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Regional and knowledge integration: Why integration of science is key to functional political, economic institutions

Regional and knowledge integration: Why integration of science is key to functional political, economic institutions

No integration scheme, such as East African Community or Nile Basin Initiative will succeed until we embrace,  institutionalise and implement the new sciences as the cornerstones of education in the 21st century and beyond.

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30 killed, hundreds displaced in Somalia as worst floods in decades ravage East Africa

30 killed, hundreds displaced in Somalia as worst floods in decades ravage East Africa

Floods in neighbouring Kenya have killed at least 20 people and submerged a bridge in Uganda, cutting off a road linking Kampala to oilfields in the northwest, the Kenya Red Cross and Uganda’s road authority said.

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Haiti imbroglio: Today, we’ve a country that doesn’t exist, living in Port-au-Prince is like living in prison

Haiti imbroglio: Today, we’ve a country that doesn’t exist, living in Port-au-Prince is like living in prison

More than 200,000 people have been displaced by recent violence, 44 per cent of the population faces acute food insecurity, more than 2,400 people were killed by gang violence between January and mid-August alone, while countless women have been raped amid the growing impunity.

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Zimbabwe syndrome: How Africa’s centres of learning became knowledge pockets that churn out hopeless academics

Zimbabwe syndrome: How Africa’s centres of learning became knowledge pockets that churn out hopeless academics

Unfortunately, in Africa in general and Uganda in particular, overpoliticisation of education and society in the 21st century is the rule rather than the exception. This is combining with the academic interests of control and influence of the slow professors in our greatly disciplined universities to resist the new and different knowledge production cultures/systems of interdisciplinary science, crossdisciplinary science, transdisciplinary science and extradisciplinary science, which are internet age loving.

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As ATMIS exits Somalia, UN Mine Action Service is training police improvised explosive devices

As ATMIS exits Somalia, UN Mine Action Service is training police improvised explosive devices

With withdrawal work well underway in Somalia, other work continues to ensure that civilian safety and security is maintained. This saw an intensive, five-day training course on improvised explosive devices (IEDs) facilitated by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) for 13 ATMIS (African Union Transition Mission in Somalia) police...

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Largest ever demobilisation of 372,000 ex-rebels in limbo as Ethiopia can’t raise $849m needed

Largest ever demobilisation of 372,000 ex-rebels in limbo as Ethiopia can’t raise $849m needed

The Ethiopian government plans to meet around 15 per cent of the cost, with donors expected to pick up the rest of the bill, according to a copy of the demobilisation framework seen by The New Humanitarian. But so far, not a single dollar has been received.

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Women’s marathon record will belong to Kenya again, Kosgei predicts ahead of New York City run

Women’s marathon record will belong to Kenya again, Kosgei predicts ahead of New York City run

Brigid Kosgei will compete on Sunday alongside some formidable Kenyans, including Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir, Boston Marathon winner Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi, who triumphed in Central Park last year.

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While Uganda holds fast onto traditional knowledge silos, interdisciplinarity is taking root in higher education in the world

While Uganda holds fast onto traditional knowledge silos, interdisciplinarity is taking root in higher education in the world

Structural knowledge is a concept introduced by one of the world’s interdisciplinary education experts, Dr Allen Repko in 2009. It refers to the level of knowledge students need to get to a point of forming their own ideas and solutions to a given problem.

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Kenya’s grim economic outlook forces Uganda to give exclusive petroleum supply deal to Vitol

Kenya’s grim economic outlook forces Uganda to give exclusive petroleum supply deal to Vitol

Using Kenyan importers had “exposed Uganda to occasional supply vulnerabilities where the Ugandan retail companies were considered secondary whenever there were supply disruptions,” which affected retail prices, Nankabirwa said.

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