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WELCOME TO COASTUNIVERSITY PROJECT

Omar Ahmed Ali

President Mwai Kibaki ought to be given credit for makingthis life long dream for many Coastal natives a reality

Coastweek - - I join my fellow coastal compatriots to be overjoyed because finally at long last our Coast province will soon benefit for having an institute of higher learning, thanks in part to the Royal government of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the Governor of Riyadh has agreed to contribute to the U.S. $ 10 million towards the establishment of what is poised to be the newest fully-fledged university in the country.
I am ecstatic for the news that, Coast will soon have a university.
During his official state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after attending one of the most historic and the 19th Arab league summit, President Mwai Kibaki was able to secure development assistance to the tune of more than K.Shs. six billion for the country.
Upon arrival from his Middle East visit, the head of state said in part:
"Foremost is the establishment of a fully-fledged university at the Coast province and construction of the Garissa- Modagashe road."

The State House based Presidential Press Service in it press release notes in part:
"With regard to the establishment of a fully-fledged Coast University, President Kibaki said the Saudi Fund will contribute 10 million Dollars towards the co-financing of the university, adding that the Kenya Government and other development partners are also expected to contribute to the Coast University project".

This must have been the greatest news to the native Coast people if not the entire country as the university although to be base at Pwani is open to every Kenyan.
President Mwai Kibaki ought to be given credit for making this life long dream for many Coastal natives a reality.
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta had fifteen years and his predecessor Daniel arap Moi almost a quarter of a century and they did nothing when it came to improving the education standard in our region and ensuring that the province had a public university.

In less than five years, Kibaki has made it possible and it will soon become a reality.
And as the Muslims would say, Insha'Allah very soon the region would benefit with the presence of a university with our neck of our woods.
The topic of having a university located at my native region is very dear to me.
I treasure it because the only reason why more than forty years after independence Coast doesn't have a fully fledged university or even a satellite campus of one of the public universities is not only painful by disheartening.

I live in the greater Philadelphia region where it has the more universities and colleges than any other region in the entire United States.
The county I live in which is small located at outskirts of Philadelphia, has more universities and colleges than the whole of Kenya.
It is painful to me and other Coastarians (Wapwani) because I know the only reason the province lacked a university for all these years is because of the education marginalization (amongst other marginalizations) of the region by the two governments of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi.

The new university should either be called Coast/ Pwani University, or alternatively Ronald Ngala University (RNU) as a respect to the region's illustrious son, and one of the country's founding fathers.
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SOURCE: Coastweek newspaper

Omar Ahmed Ali,

Philadelphia, USA.
omarahamedlai@gmail.com

Coast university a welcome initiative

The planned coast university is a good tiding after years of clamouring by coastal people.
However, the Muslim population is apprehensive of marginalisation and feel preliminary preparations and comparative study of regional education standards is necessary in order to redress the current imbalance.

The poor education standards at the coast need to be recognised and rectified. This calls for participation by the highest cream of coast and Muslim educationists as well as creation of a quota system. Otherwise it will only be an extension of present situation where the university intake of coastal people, and Muslims in particular, is negligible.


Seif Mohamed Seif,
Mombasa.
Kenya Times, Letters
http://www.timesnews.co.ke/30april07/letters/letters3.html

Everything is in a name when it comes to varsity

from DISPATCH FROM WASHINGTON column

By Dr. Abdillahi Alawy, Ph.D

LAMU West MP Twaha Fahim, thought it critical to name the up-coming Coast university after Mwai Kibaki. May be the president’s is a name that should be considered given that he was instrumental in attracting the initials funds for this new institution. There were two presidents before Kibaki and none of them took any serious initiatives that came this close.

With due respect, however, I am relieved that this university will not be called Mwai Kibaki. Because despite his current popularity, we still don’t know how Kibaki will fair when the final history of his presidency is written down. We are all human and before we die, many things can happen that can make us heroes or villains. For this reason, we should not set-up ourselves for failure until we know the finality of Kibaki’s legacy. I have long experience in the educational funding profession and my recommendation at this time is that we collectively name this university with care.

Public universities the world over continuously depend on funds from many sources private and public. A good smart and neutral name can be a magnet for future funding and a bad name can as easily hurt any institution. Imagine the reaction of funders who don’t believe that Moi was a good president for Kenya when asked to extend grant monies for Moi University?
Not many people will fail to separate the name and the university in this case. But believe me; names carry a lot of influence in these matters because the same funders receive proposals to support rehabilitation for Nyayo House torture victims.

Have you imagined the reasons why Makerere did not change its name to Iddi Amin Dada University? Whatever makes us believe that our living leaders, current and/or former won’t end up with histories as cold as that ascribed to the butchers of yesteryears?
There is no Siad Barre University or Julius Nyerere campus. We have not heard of Milton Obote College but we know of Patrice Lumumba University not in the Democratic Republic of Congo but located in the good old Russia, thousands of miles from where Lumumba was sacrificed. The point is if a certain leadership is great, then its name will forever live with us locally and globally.
And, Kibaki’s name will forever be remembered amongst us. Especially if all the allegations associated with the Artur brothers, Standard Newspapers attacks, Anglo Leasing, and an openly tribalist government are downgraded to mere fabricated talk by the opposition. Therefore, we don’t need MPs whose voice is only heard when they come out to “worship” the president.
Without argument it is best for a university to be called by the name of the town/region in which it resides. Apparently the initial plans aim at decentralizing the university’s campuses in the ten Coastal districts. Therefore, Pwani as a temporary name for the institution is excellent. But we should not stop there since Mwambao, and other names are also been associated with the region. Remember also that a university will need a lot of names afterwards for its buildings and facilities. So if you wanted a Chonyi campus, or Kaya Hall, please be patient.

More importantly the preferred name for the new university should come from the people themselves. Areas MPs, and a few highly educated individuals cannot do justice in this matter and involvement of other Coastals should be prioritized immediately. Whether through focus group interviews or in-depth research processes a method can be designed to incorporate involvement of many in naming this university.

Area MPs will not always be unbiased when it comes to such matters. Therefore, let’s start this on the right footing by inviting all stakeholders of this region. If research and interviews is confusing, it could be productive to sponsor a national or regional competition for naming this university.

Lastly, I am very pleased that Egerton’s Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak is chairing the 18-member team. He is an outstanding energetic Coastal academician who will provide excellent leadership in founding this new institution. I strongly believe that he has already started to steer the project in the right direction. In the coming months we are looking at quick progress that will seek input from not only amongst the 18 members but from all us who believe in this project.

Both Prof. Abdulrazak and I are students of the legendary Professor Juma Lugogo whose only absence in the above team is due to the fact that he is no longer with us any more. Coast and Kenya sadly lost Dr. Juma Lugogo in October of 2005, but the very best homage for this distinguished teacher and leader will be to do this thing in the right way for the people of the Coast Province.
aalawy@gmail.com
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Kenya Times,
Friday, April 20, 2007
http://www.timesnews.co.ke/20april07/editorials/comm1.html

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Team calls for law on Coast university

The Government has been asked to speed up enactment of a law on establishment of a university at the Coast.

The task force formed to plan for the proposed university also requires money for its operations. The team was set up this week in a meeting of Members of Parliament and scholars from the region to explore its location and curriculum to be offered in the institution.
Egerton University’s deputy vice-chancellor Prof Shaukat Abdulrazak who chairs the 18-member team, said yesterday that the law will enable them complete their task on schedule.
Universities are set up by an Act of Parliament.
“Now that the Government has indicated its intention to build a university at the Coast, Parliament has to come up with an act establishing it. Once we have the legal framework, it will be easier for our committee to propose the structure and courses to be offered,” he said.

Courses and location

Prof Abdulrazak said they had divided the team into several sub-committees that would deal with courses, infrastructure and location.

During the meeting attended by seven MPs at the Coast provincial commissioner’s boardroom, it was suggested that the new university has campuses in each of the region’s 10 districts.
In addition, it was proposed that the institution be named Pwani university. A suggestion by Lamu West MP Fahim Twaha that it be called Kibaki University was overruled by scholars who said the country should end the culture of naming institutions after leaders.
Prof Abdulrazak said Sh1 billion set aside was not enough for construction of the institution.
“Sh1 billion can’t take us somewhere unless the university is built on existing infrastructure. Then we can start with courses requiring minimum input as we focus on the next course of action,” he said.

The leaders had suggested that the first intake be in September this year, but Prof Abdulrazak said, that will only be possible if the relevant law is enacted.

Form the senate

He said the committee would come up with courses once there was a university council and senate. “The senate can decide on courses to be studied or we adopt those approved in other universities,” he said.
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Daily Nation
Story by JUMA NAMLOLA
Publication Date: 4/18/2007

Coast varsity team set up

A 17-member team was yesterday appointed to spearhead establishment of a university at the Coast.

The task force comprising scholars from the region, has been given a fortnight to come up with proposals on location of the university, infrastructure and curriculum.
MPs from the region will be ex-officio members.
Named Pwani varsity

During a stakeholders meeting chaired by Coast provincial commissioner Ernest Munyi, it was agreed that the new institution be named Pwani University.
Earlier, Lamu West MP Fahim Twaha had suggested that they name it Kibaki University in recognition of the President’s efforts to seek funds for the institution.
However, the other leaders and academicians overruled him saying Kenyans must stop the trend of naming institutions after leaders.
Some MPs had proposed that the university be situated at Kilifi Institute of Agriculture.

Members of the team include the Egerton University deputy vice-chancellor, Prof Shaukat Abdulrazak, and Moi University lecturer Prof Justin Irina.
Others are: Dr Athman Lali, Dr Mtana Lewa, Dr Juma Makopa, Dr Rita Lugogo, Dr Johnstone Kazungu, Dr Gabriel Katana and Dr Nesbert Mangale.
Ten districts

Supkem Mombasa branch chairman Sheikh Juma Ngao and Mombasa Catholic Diocese Education Secretary Fr Wilybard Lagho, are also members of the task force.
The leaders proposed that the new university should have campuses in each of the 10 districts in the province.

The MPs were: Chirau Ali Mwakwere (Matuga), Najib Balala (Mvita), Ramadhan Kajembe (Changamwe) and Suleiman Shakombo (Likoni).
Others were: Joseph Kingi (Ganze), Anania Mwaboza (Kisauni) and Mr Twaha (Lamu West). Provincial Administration assistant minister Joseph Kingi challenged the stakeholders to improve existing secondary schools in order to prepare students for the university.
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Daily Nation
Story by JUMA NAMLOLA
Publication Date: 4/17/2007

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Baraza la waswahili

Education decline in Lamu most worrying

When students, teachers and parents from well managed institutions countrywide, be it secondary schools or primary schools celebrated their good results in last year's examinations, we Lamu people were mourning.

Our own schools had performed dismally. For the parents, this was a bitter herb to swallow. A practical example is the Kiunga Primary School in the Amu zone of the Lamu East Constituency which did not yield any student to secondary school in last year’s examinations. It is worth mentioning that the main stakeholders in the education sector are so casual in matters to do with education as if they are waiting for a miracle to happen.

We all must understand that success only comes after hard work. But frankly speaking, the local District Education Officer does not seem to understand his duties. Lamu is like an academic Babel because not even the teachers understand their duties. For instance, the head teacher of Kiunga Primary School has now resorted to petty issues leaving educational development at stake.

This head teacher is becoming expert in abusing the local parents as ignorant and is constantly sending the pupils home to buy uniforms. His penchant for pettiness is killing the morale of the teachers to the detriment of the pupils' welfare. It is high time this teacher stopped harassing pupils over petty issues as uniforms because this is wasting valuable learning time.

Shee Kupi Shee,
Lamu.

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