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Mount Kenya University Newsletter, June 2017 Issue
(Mount Kenya University, 2017-06) Mount Kenya University
Mount Kenya Universi- ty (MKU) has given the drive for peace in Africa a major fillip. This is after hosting an International Conference on Peace, Security and Social Enterprise, which established a think tank named African Consortium for Peace (AC4P). The university donated Ksh5 million towards the consortium’s establishment. AC4P is a platform to deliberate and promote a peaceful future for Africa. MKU sponsored the conference to the tune of Ksh10 million, and teamed up with several partners to make it a huge success. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Govern- ment, Major Gen. (Rtd.) Joseph Nkai- ssery, the chief guest at the May confer- ence, termed the conference as important and timely, owing to the fact that it came just ahead of Kenya’s 2017 General Election, to be held in August. He added that the meeting was also “timely because the idea of engaging in dialogue on peaceful interventions for sustainable development in the contem- porary society and especially in Kenya today cannot be gainsaid”. The CS emphasised that because peace and security were central requirements