KENYA: AMECEA Congratulates CUEA on Accreditation of its Faculty of Law
Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo Makaka, Secretary General of AMECEA
By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News
The Secretary General of AMECEA Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo, on behalf of the CUEA Council and on behalf of the AMECEA Bishops has congratulated the Catholic University of Eastern Africa on the accreditation of its Faculty of Law and pledged support and solidarity through prayers to the Faculty. “I share the joy and the gratitude of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa for the accreditation of the faculty of law in this university,” he said
He was speaking on Thursday October 6 at the celebrations of grant of Licence to CUEA Faculty of Law by the Council for Legal Education. The celebrations which took place at CUEA Lang’ata Campus was attended by among other guests Former Dean of Faculty of Law at the university Dr. Emilio Nderitu, Representatives from Law Society of Kenya, Kenya School of Law as well as Ministry of Education.
Rev. Fr. Lugonzo laid emphasis on the importance of good and credible Lawyers in a society. He said that, it was the inspiration that made the CUEA Council, which is representing the Bishops of AMECEA in the university to think of the value of the Faculty of law.
Secretary General of AMECEA
He acknowledged that the last two years have been challenging to the University, given the situation of the license requirement by the Council of Legal Education. This was a situation that concerned the Council as well as the Bishops of AMECEA. “For us as AMECEA, looking at the value of law in the society, looking at the value of the faculty of Law in this university, when we received the requirements from the Council, we felt it is our in our interest to comply. This was because we acknowledge that the AMECEA region needs good law practitioners who would help the region to be where it should be. This license should be a good starting point for the CUEA and the faculty of Law to bring God in the exercise of law.”
Fr. Lugonzo also said that CUEA in the spirit of the Bishops who founded it would make a distinction by bringing into the market not only good but very good lawyers who have the values that come from God, rooted in the law of God and this is the vision of the Bishops of AMECEA.
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