Graduates Urged to Lead Anti-Graft War
Graduates from Church-run Universities have been urged to lead in the fight against corruption, ethnicity, exploitation and other ills in the society.
Leading this year’s graduation ceremony in Nairobi today, September 6, 2011), new Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, (CUEA), Rev Fr Pius Rutechura said, “Majority of you are commencing your professional careers at a time when the entire world and in particular the African countries are hit by recession and are crying for virtuous leaders in the public and business sectors.”
He added, “The current debate on what might have caused the current world economic crisis is increasingly beginning to advance the thesis that the crisis could have been avoided or its impact and severity drastically reduced if we observed ethnics, human virtues and good leadership.”
He warned the graduates that the world outside was cold and cynical.
CUEA is one of the leading private universities and is fully owned by the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA).
“Our programmes enjoy full accreditation from the Higher Education and we continue to emphasize not only academic excellence but moral excellence as well,” said the Vice Chancellor.
More than 2, 00 students graduated with various degrees and diplomas.
Director of United Nations University for Peace, Africa Programme, Dr Jean Bosco Butera who attended the function, urged the graduates to fully utilize the power of modern information technology.
“These tools are there for the taking; go forth and seize the day. Apply yourself to the possibilities out there and create better futures for yourself while vividly committing to the value of “Ubuntu”, he concluded.
Prior to the graduation ceremony there was a celebration of the Holy Eucharist presided over by Archbishop Tarcisius Ziyaye of the archdiocese of Blantyre, Malawi and the current Chancellor of the university.
By CISA News
