Kwale County Governor Fatuma Achani (left)
Kwale County Governor Fatuma Achani has welcomed Jambo Jet into the Coastal county after the company announced the commencement of scheduled direct flights from Nairobi to the tourism resort city of Diani. The airline’s operation comes in the context of the ongoing KSh2.3 billion Diani Airport rehabilitation and expansion project, which aims to enhance competitiveness in airfares and offer travellers an expanded range of options.
Achani expressed delight that the airline’s operations would be a game changer, attracting more visitors and boosting county revenues.
Egerton University has won the inaugural East African Moot Court Competition in Arusha, Tanzania, where four law students, William Anthony Kanani, Evelyn Mogere, Said Salim, and Pauline Nduta, emerged as the best in the contest. The event, hosted by the High Court of Tanzania, brought together 16 law students from East African countries, including Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. The competition featured a rigorous debate on the laws and procedures of the East African Community (EAC) states and the East African Court of Justice (EACJ), said the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University, Dr. Ruth Aura. The competition, judged by the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) and organised by the East African Law Students Association, provided a platform for law students to discuss and deliberate on matters concerning local contemporary issues, such as human rights abuse, elections, and human-wildlife conflict.
Philanthropist Japheth Amollo has urged students applying for higher education funding to provide real information about their family background to help authorities gauge their needs. He advised students applying for higher education loans to always give real information that would help those doing the banding to get the real picture on the ground, adding that at times students do not give adequate information to help gauge the ability of their backgrounds.
The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) in Homa Bay County has called for the government to consolidate all bursaries for effective disbursement.
Abdul Masud, the council’s Secretary, argued that the multiple channels of bursary disbursement were a recipe for wastage of public funds. He suggested that integrating the bursaries would prevent wastage and boost the funds by consolidating allowances paid to committees. He also argued that consolidating the bursaries would curb cases where leaders play politics with bursaries and ensure deserving students receive financial support.
Parents also supported the suggestion, arguing that consolidating the funds would improve efficiency in managing funds.
Programme and Partner Support Manager Alfred Juma said that Ripple Effect works on people’s resources to build their capacity to mitigate against issues that surround climate change, hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and social challenges, which mostly afflict people left out of the mainstream development programmes. He said Ripple Effect was aimed at training, building strong social networks, and continuously supporting each other to multiply the impact.
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