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Prize for President Kibaki

25 January, 2012 05:13:00
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TABJ – Jan 25 - Makerere University, the oldest in Uganda at 82 years, has awarded Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki an honorary doctorate degree for his steady leadership in the region and his pan-African service. 

Kibaki graduated with a first-class degree in 1995 and said: “I sincerely thank Makerere University for the honour bestowed upon me today. I wish to accept with great humility the Doctor of Laws Degree (Honoris Causa) of Makerere University.”

“This event is truly memorable to me. It triggers a deep sense of nostalgia of the many wonderful days I studied and lectured at this institution. Makerere is where my academic and intellectual foundations were laid.

“Fifty two years after my departure from Makerere, I reflect with gratitude on my long career, starting here as an academic, continued into politics and public service in Kenya, and culminated in my election by the people of Kenya as their President,” he concluded. 

The University Council described Kibaki as a distinguished visionary statesman who has tirelessly promoted social welfare and freedom in Kenya and the region.

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