SG HIGHLIGHTS KEY ACHIEVEMENTS MADE DURING 2012

In just a few hours, the year 2012 will end, and 2013 will be with us.I wish to congratulate all of you for yet another exciting and productive year, and wish you and all your loved ones a very prosperous 2013.

“I know a number of you had health challenges in 2012, I wish you a very healthy 2013. To those of you who lost their loved ones, all my condolences. There is nothing I can say except to remind that light is best appreciated after darkness, that the tree that brings blessings is often fertilized by pain. So, a very blessed 2013.

SG BLOGS ON VALUE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY

From 24-26 October, the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and the private sector in the region under their regional umbrella organization, the East African Business Council (EABC) held the East African Higher Education Forum and Exhibition in Arusha, the first of its kind in our Community.

SG BLOGS ON THE LATE DAVID NALO'S COMMITMENT TO EAST AFRICA

Allow me on behalf of the East African Community and on my own behalf, to convey my heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, relatives and colleagues of PS David Obonyo Nalo.  We as a Community share with the Government and people of Kenya, the sense of grievous loss in this moment of deep sorrow.

First I would like to state how greatly honored I felt that I had been asked to preside over such a momentous occasion as Chief Guest. This day was perhaps the most significant milestone to date for the vast majority of those gathered there, brilliant young minds that have had the privilege of a university education at a great institution. I took the opportunity to congratulate the Daystar University Graduands warmly on their enormous accomplishment. This was Daystar University's 34^th Graduation Ceremony.