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The
first graduation ceremony of Aga Khan University (AKU) in Kenya was held
on Monday 6 December at the Aga Khan Pavilion in Nairobi. Forty one (41) candidates received
the Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing (KRCHN) Diploma, whilst
five (5) candidates were awarded the Specialist Diploma in Accident,
Emergency and Disaster Management.
Dr. David Taylor,
Acting Provost and Chief Academic Officer of AKU presided at the
ceremony. Dr Yasmin Amarsi, Dean of AKUSON was also present. The
certificates were awarded to the candidates by Dr Taylor who was
assisted by Prof Laetitia King, Associate Dean, Nursing. The Chief
Guest, Prof. George Saitoti: Minister for Education, Science and
Technology, at the last moment was unable to attend due to unforeseen
commitments. Prof. George Godia, the Secretary for Education represented
the Minister and read the address prepared by the Minister. In the
address, the Minister praised AKU for introducing the ANS programmes
in Kenya and acknowledged the valuable
contribution made by AKU towards strengthening the health system
of the country.
The ceremony,
which was attended by approximately 420 people, has been hailed
as a great success and received extensive coverage both on the television
news (twice) as well as in various newspapers.
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| Graduands
with Dr. Yasmin Amarsi, Dean, AKU-SON (last row, 7th from left);
Dr. David Taylor, Acting Provost, AKU (last row, 8th from left)
and Dr. Laetitia King, Associate Dean Nursing, AKU ((last row,
9th from left) at the graduation ceremony in Uganda. |
The second graduation ceremony
of AKU in Uganda
was held in Kampala in the Aga Khan School Hall on Wednesday 8 December 2004. The ceremony
which was attended by approximately three hundred people received
extensive media coverage. Twenty candidates received the Diploma
in General Nursing (Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse Conversion
Programme) and the first seven (7) nurses to complete the BScN degree
offered by AKU in East Africa received their degree certificates. This was indeed a proud moment, and as in Kenya,
the presiding officer of AKU was Dr David Taylor. The invited Chief
Guest, Professor Edward Makhubuya, at the last moment, was unable
to attend. He was represented by the State Minister for Primary
Education, Hon Namirembe Bitamazire. The Minister the importance
of providing opportunities to enable nurses to develop professionally,
and expressed the appreciation of the Government for the sterling
work being done by AKU in this regard.
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