Varsity staff challenged on constitutionalism

Abstract

In a sensitization forum for staff on the contents of the Constitution, the University of Nairobi retiring staff and other officers were challenged to take up an active role in the implementation of the Constitution by various speakers. In a presentation by a representative from the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution, Mr. James Wagalla, it merged that there are provisions in the constitution that individuals can easily implement. The constitution has given Kenyan citizen sovereign powers to ensure that the future generations enjoy the country’s resources and that it has given Kenyans the responsibility of nurturing that which is important to the nation’s development. Citizens have been put at the centre of governance in service delivery and as the leaders of today, each individual has the power to make the nation better. The University has embarked on sensitizing its community on the contents of the Constitution. The University’s Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) on the Implementation of the Constitution and public service integrity initiative targets staff, students and alumni. The initiative is expected to entrench the Constitution in the lives of the University community and the wider society. The key presentations touched on some of the issues pertaining to serving the University in line with some of the provisions made by the Constitution. Matters of leadership and public service, constitution and nation building and devolution and public finance were looked into. The highlight of the forum was the presentation on personal financial planning by Genesis Financial Manager, Ms. Zein Fahima. Others who spoke during the forum include Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Production and Extension also representing the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Lucy Irungu and Rapid Results Leader also the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration and Finance, Prof. Peter Mbithi. Key presentations were made by Prof. Wanjiku Kabira, Director, African Women's Studies Centre, Justice Nancy Barasa, Prof. Ben Sihanya, Dr. Adams Oloo, Dr. Winifred Kamau, Dr. Attiya Waris, and Dr. Robert Kibugi, among others.