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Kenya move to shutter refugee camps puts Somalis at risk


“I had nothing when I arrived at the camp,” he said in a recent interview. “But I have built my life from scratch. I have been able to enroll my children in school using the profits from my business. There’s no way I can accept my children dropping out of school and going back to Somalia.”
Kenyan officials, citing long-standing security concerns, announced plans a month ago to shutter the Dadaab and Kakuma camps for good. The government said it had intelligence reports showing that the two camps had become havens for terrorists and for smugglers and profiteers whose revenue helps bankroll the terrorists. ....

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Presbyterian Mission Agency Presbyterian University of East Africa gains charter in Kenya


by Robyn Davis Sekula | Special to Presbyterian News Service
Presbyterian Church of East Africa Moderator the Rt. Rev. Dr. Julius Mwamba, center left, speaks to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the charter ceremony in December. Mwamba was inducted as the Chancellor of the University during the ceremony. (Contributed photo)
JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana — Things have changed dramatically for the Presbyterian University of East Africa in the past three years — despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Enrollment is up, construction debt is settled and the university now has a charter signed in December by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“We thank God,” says the Rev. Robert Waihenya Ngugi, Secretary General Designate for the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. He also teaches at the university, which is in Nairobi, Kenya. “We were able to work with our friends, with our enemies, and secure the charter. It was one protracted battle.” ....

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