More often than not, the election processes and the overall outcome of an election in Kenya is disputed for one reason or the other.During electioneering period of September 9^th 2022, there were a number of issues that occur with Bomas being the Epicentre of tallying the votes.

There were also travelling from the far flung remote areas of the country up to the Capital City, where National leaders are announced and confirmed.

Tegemeo Institute is advancing local leadership and innovation networks (ALL-IN) Soil. This emerged during the; Evidence to Action Conference 2022, Makerere University in Kampala Uganda. 26th to 30th September 2022.

The Institute’s researchers Dr John Olwande and Mr. John Mburu represented Egerton University in the conference organized by the International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED) and its partners.

This conferences’ theme was; “Adapting Innovative Evaluation Practices for Evidence-Based Decision Making During and Beyond Covid-19 Pandemic”. It was premised on reimagining evaluation, evidence generation, synthesis and utilization and making it more functional amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

 Dr John Olwande presented in the side event organized by ICED for all the 12 ALL-IN projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) is an Alliance of six agri-focused organizations whose operations are coordinated by the World Food Programme (WFP). In Kenya, FtMA’s operations began in July 2017, and currently covers thirteen (13) counties. The key value chains the program focuses on are Maize, Sorghum, Rice, and Irish potatoes, other smaller value chains of interest are Soya and Finger millet FtMA Kenya’s key objectives are to: Increase the productivity and income of smallholder farmers, develop self-sustaining Farmer Service Centres (FSCs), increase private investment and involvement in the smallholder food sector and develop evidence based documents on the FtMA model. The institute was contracted by WFP to undertake the evaluation of the FtMA project. The lead consultant is Dr Jackson Langat, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Officer. Training of data collection staff was undertaken at Agricultural Training Centre in Nakuru and thereafter the teams were dispatched to the field. Data collection is completed and the data management and analysis is ongoing and the evaluation report is due for submission by the 3^rd week of December 2022.

                  The Egerton University Environmental Association invites you to its Youth Environmental Summit on November 18th 2022.  

A leading Public University seeks to recruit a qualified and competent individual to fill the position of Managing Director for its Egerton University Investment Company (EUICO) with varying interest in the areas of Agriculture, Hospitality and General trading.

A radio programme on agriculture that runs on the university’s radio, Egerton Radio (101. 7 FM) every Saturday continues to impact on the lives of farmers in Nakuru county.

Egerton University is working with various stakeholders to strengthen access to justice by various parties in Nakuru county before, after and during the electioneering period.

Egerton University Vice-chancellor Professor Isaac Kibwagesaid during the just ended General Elections, many stakeholders including the electorate and aspirants benefitted from the civic education and sensitization done by the University’s Faculty of Law and various partners and stakeholders in order to grow the democratic space in the country.

He said the University's Faculty of Law and Legal Aid Project (FOLLAP) has been working with various stakeholders to help the community to access justice and claim their rights by providing legal aid to them.

The remarks were contained in a speech read on his behalf by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor  in charge of Administration, Planning and Development, Prof. Richard Mulwa during the opening of the third conference on access to justice which began in Naivasha on Tuesday.

The theme of this year`s conference is; Access to justice during the electioneering period in Africa during the 21st Century.

Kibwage said Elections like the last August 9 General Elections give the people an opportunity to exercise their sovereign power and elect leaders of their choice and hence uphold a people`s sovereignty, rights and democratic principles.

“Without democracy, there can be no justice and without justice, there can be no democracy,” Kibwage said.

To this end, Kibwage urged the participants of the three-day event to come up with strategies to strengthen democracy and access to justice during the electioneering period in Kenya based on lessons learnt from the past elections.

Nakuru High Court Judge Justice Hilary Kiplagat Chemitei who spoke at the event said the judiciary was working round the clock to ensure all the election petitions filed after the August General Elections were heard and finalized in the stipulated period of six months after the conclusion of the elections.

He also revealed that Nakuru Law Courts now had a fully-fledged mediation courts or system that has facilitated a quicker access to justice by various parties and those cases that need to be referred to the alternative dispute resolution identified and referred to that mechanism.

Source:Kenya News

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The Faculty of Law was established in 2015 following recommendations of expert studies on the state of legal education in the region. Our undergraduate degree program was duly accredited in February 2016. We recognize that we are operators in an increasingly crowded field of service providers. Therefore, we have determined from the outset that our mission must contribute to redefining quality standards in legal education in Eastern Africa. Our commitment to quality is evident in our program content, inputs, selection of learners and overall institutional positioning. Our curriculum is unique, progressive and clearly distinguishable from the alternatives. Our emphasis on research and writing skills throughout the program has been informed by needs assessment studies, extensive surveys and engagements with external stakeholders. Moreover, our program is delivered by a team of highly skilled and experienced academics with world class credentials, who serve on full-time basis. Learners admitted to study with us normally have above-average capability.

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A bioethics cafe is being organized by the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at Egerton University in collaboration with the Bioethics Society of Kenya on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. The theme is "Decolonizing Bioethics in Africa".

 

Rationale

The Bioethics Society of Kenya (BSK) in Partnership with the UNESCO Regional Chair in Bioethics and Documentation Centre based at Egerton University and the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa based in Nairobi is organizing a bioethics Café on 23^rdNovember, 2022. A bioethics café is a forum where individuals from diverse academic and scholarly backgrounds come together to discuss on a selected topic relevant to bioethics. BSK organizes regular cafés in various institutions in Kenya as part of fulfilment of its core mandate to promote ethics in research, medicine and health care. The UNESCO Regional Chair in Bioethics and Documentation Centre at Egerton University established in 1998 within the UNESCO/UNITWIN programme has among other mandates, the role of initiating and contributing to public debate on bioethical issues.

The theme for the November 2022 Bioethics Café is: Decolonizing Bioethics in Africa. Bioethics as a field that deals with ethical, social, and legal issues that occur in biomedicine and biomedical research often makes reference to ethical principles and frameworks that are determined by Western epistemologies. Application of the Western bioethics systems in the context of Africa which often presents unique realities sometimes proves futile.  For that matter, there is rising concern among scholars and commentators on the need to ‘decolonize’ bioethics in Africa. Various proposals have been suggested including

1. Re-affirming real African foundations and systems of knowledge in bioethics

2. Putting forward the African indigenous worldviews, cultures and belief systems in the development of ethical principles and values

3. Establishing partnerships that involve African interests at the same level as others

4. Prioritizing research on ‘neglected’ tropical diseases affecting most of the regions in Africa

This is a discourse that is at the core of bioethics programmes and fora in the continent of Africa. Therefore, the forthcoming BSK and UNESCO Regional Bioethics Chair for Eastern Africa seeks to address the issue under the concept of decolonizing bioethics in Africa.

As a theme that is relevant to ideas in African philosophy, the forum will incorporate a section on the contribution of African philosophy to bioethics, also as part of the commemoration of UNESCO World Philosophy Day which is marked on 30^th November every year.

The audience willbe drawn from various backgrounds including the University management, members of the Institutional Scientific and Ethics Review Committees, members of faculty and researchers, and students.

Webinar: Behavioral Economics: Concepts to Consider in Interventions at Egerton University on 28th November 2022  

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Exploring Africa's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

African countries are experiencing exponential growth in the youth population. However, economies are not creating new wage-earning jobs fast enough to absorb the growing workforce.

Dr. Mendioindo is collaborating with Dr. Miriam Karwitha Charimbu and Dr. Charles Kihia in the Project Exploring The Potential of Togotia as a Future African Leafy Vegetable for Nutritional Security In Kenya (RIS 13171324 / RIS 9901661)  funded by Innovate UK KTN Award 2022

Biodegradable Hyacinth plastic, an Innovation by Egerton University Student in the faculty of Engineering wins during the Kenya Innovation Week, Nairobi. 

Egerton University received guests from the University Funding Board who visited with a view of seeking ways it can support raising resources.