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Kenya’s Constitution: Origins, Objectives and Impact – Sat 19 Nov 2016

Kenya’s Constitution: Origins, Objectives and Impact
By Professor Yash Pal Ghai
Saturday 19 November 2016, 4pm
Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum

Yash Ghai will discuss why Kenya needed a new Constitution and briefly describe the process, including the hurdles that faced it. He will describe what the new Constitution tries to achieve, taking issues like national unity, respect for diversity, integrity, popular participation and social justice. He will also give an interim progress report on these issues, and the resistance the Constitution faces, especially from government and politicians, as well as from continued corruption.

Yash Pal Ghai is Kenyan. He studied law at Oxford and Harvard and taught in Dar es Salaam, where many distinguished East African lawyers were his students. Later he taught at universities in Sweden, the UK and Hong Kong, and as visiting professor in many more. In Kenya he chaired the first phase of the constitution making process from 2000 to 2004. Much of the fruit of that stage of the process can be seen in the Constitution adopted in 2010. Yash Ghai has advised on constitution making in 20 or so other countries.

Refreshments for sale at 3:15pm – Talk at 4:00pm
Donation: Ksh 200 Student
Ksh 400 KMS member
Ksh 500 Guest
MPESA Paybill, Business no: 400800, Account no: 6571570019
Tickets: 0724 255299, 2339158 or info@kenyamuseumsociety.org

The Naivasha Owl Centre and Hell’s Gate National Park – Sat 10 December 2016

The Naivasha Owl Centre, started in 2003 with a little Barn Owl called Fulstop who was brought in with a badly damaged wing. This resulted in the owner, Sarah, building an owlery for Fulstop. From there injured or orphaned owls and then eagles and other raptors started to come in.
The centre has a small clinic and works with a veterinary surgeon and a falconer. The birds are treated for injuries and sicknesses or poisoning and are looked after until they fully recover. They are then released either back where they came from (provided it is deemed safe for them) or into the correct type of terrain for them, all under the watchful eye of the KWS.

The birds that are too badly injured or sick to be returned to the wild remain at the centre. In some cases they become teaching birds to help people, particularly children, to understand the importance of birds of prey and the vital role they play in this increasingly dangerous world. The other birds that can be released, but have a fellow injured partner are allowed to breed and their young are then released into the wild.

Bookings:0724 255 299 or info@kenyamuseumsociety.org

Amboseli – Elerai Conservancy – Saturday 10-12, December 2016

Elerai is a 5,000 acre private conservation area. It was identified as a critical wildlife corridor which links the Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve in Tanzania to Amboseli and beyond. The area has elephants as well as other game. The conservancy is nearer to Kilimanjaro than Amboseli park and offers amazing views of the saddle between the two peaks of Kilimanjaro.
We shall stay at Elerai Satao which is a small luxury eco lodge. It has an unspoilt unique setting. The tents are very spacious,there is a swimming pool and the food is excellent.

Programme
Friday Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive in Elerai. Sundowners and dinner.
Saturday Spend the day in Amboseli park. Return to lodge by 4.30pm. Tea. Swim or relax until dinner.
Sunday Depart for Nairobi after a leisurely breakfast.

Cost: 17,200ksh pp sharing.
Included FB for 48 hours
Not included Transport, Conservancy fee (1,700 per day) and park entry if you wish to go to Amboseli park.
Book and pay now. As it is a holiday weekend the lodge will not hold our booking for long.

Turkana Safari – 23 December- 2 January 2017

This will be an 11 day trip to the north. It is the most amazing part of Kenya; the landscape is awesome and the diverse tribes fascinating.

Transport – We shall travel in a truck.
Accommodation is in tents but you can find inexpensive rooms along the way.
Roads – Because of the construction of the Wind Project in Turkana area large sections of the road are in very good condition. Isiolo to Marsabit is almost all tarmac.

Cost – 78,000ksh This is an estimated cost and is based on 15 participants.
Included – transport, all camping equipment except a sleeping bag, all meals and the services of 2 armed guards
Not included – camping fees, park entry to Sibiloi National park (minimal fee)

Private cars can join in at a fee.

There will be a meeting mid-November to thrash out issues and answer questions.
Get ready. This will be the trip of a lifetime!!!
Bookings: 0724 255 299 or info@kenyamuseumsociety.org

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