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NewsletterNational Defence College - Kenya VOLUME I COURSE 23 - 2020/21 THE DRIVERS OF CHANGE CONTENTS 113 35 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS6 ............................2 THE79 NEW NORMAL POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC ....64 FROM THE COMMANDANT’S DESK ............................3 PICTORIAL....................................................................66 MESSAGE FROM THE SPONSOR ................................4 THE POWER OF INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT ...........................................................68 PUBLISHER: COMMITTEE ...................................................................5 RUNNING ON THE WORLD STAGE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF KENYA’S ATHLETICS NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE THE DESIRE FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY: A BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND PRIVATE LIFE FOR SOCIAL BRAND ..........................................................................69 P. O. Box 24381- 00502, SECURITY .......................................................................6 THE ROAD SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN NAIROBI, KENYA GENDER ASPECT IN BURUNDI NATIONAL DEFENCE ZAMBIA: A REVIEW OF FINANCING MODELS ..........71 FORCE ............................................................................9 Tel: +254 (020) 3883549, STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN AFRICA: GETTING ONE STOP BORDER POST AND REGIONAL THE BALANCE RIGHT FOR KENYA’S NATIONAL +254 (020) 2606230 INTEGRATION: MIRAGE OR A REALITY .....................11 SECURITY .....................................................................74 Fax: +254 (020) 3883552 ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN SHAPING PUBLIC THE YOUTH BULGE IN AFRICA: A TIME BOMB OR OPINION ......................................................................13 OPPORTUNITY ............................................................77 Email: [email protected] CHIEF MKWAWA OF THE WAHEHE AND THE WHEN THE UNEXPECTED BECOMES THE NORM .. 79 Website: www.ndc.go.ke POLITICS OF INDIRECT RULE IN TANGANYIKA .......15 THE ROAD TO NEW YORK: KENYA’S BID FOR BAMBOO GROWING FOR FOREST CONSERVATION THE NON-PERMANENT SEAT OF THE UNITED DESIGNED & PRINTED BY: IN KENYA ......................................................................17 NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL FOR THE PERIOD DIPLOMACY: THE AFRICAN WAY ...............................20 2021-2022 ....................................................................82 Ustawi Kenya Ltd CYBER WARFARE: REAL FACT OR JUST FICTION? .. 23 VIRTUAL TEAMS: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES OF Cell: +254 (0) 722 287 297, DYNAMICS AND EFFECTIVENESS .............................85 THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 TO +254 (0) 732 835 151 THE TOURISM NDUSTRY IN MALAWI .......................25 BRAVING THE RAVAGING FLOODS OF BUDALANG’I ................................................................87 Email: [email protected] NATIONAL COHESION AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN AFRICA ..........................................................................26 BRIDGES TO OPPORTUNITIES FROM KENYA’S BRAIN DRAIN ...............................................................90 BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: MINISTRY OF ICT, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: INNOVATION AND YOUTH AGENDA .........................28 CHALLENGES FACING SMALL SCALE MINING IN TANZANIA ....................................................................93 Col. Peter Githinji (Chairman), Col. KNOWING HOW TO LEARN IN THE INFORMATION AGE ...............................................................................31 BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE THROUGH Gilbert Oduor, Col. S. M. Kasura, NYUMBA KUMI SECURITY INITIATIVE IN KENYA .....94 LEADERSHIP COUNTS IN CRISIS, ROLE OF Col. Joytendra Mahat, Col. Kizito B. LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS ..............................................34 REVISITING THE IN-LAWS: WHY AFRICA MUST RENEGOTIATE .............................................................96 Mswaga, Brig. Gen Richard Tobias, DIASPORA AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA..........................................36 HARNESSING SPORTS FOR DIPLOMACY AND Opening ceremony of NDC Course Number 23/2020-2021 Opening ceremony Brig. Gen. James Kinalwa, Mr. Longinus COMMUNITY STABILITY .............................................99 Mulondo, Mr. John K. Sambu, Ms. ROLE OF FORENSIC ANALYSIS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS .................39 IS COVID-19 REALLY AN EQUALIZER OF ALL? .......101 Lenah M. Nyambu, Ms. Josephine HEALTH BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING A KENYA’S CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL MIGRATION POLICY FRAMEWORKS .............................................103 Manyasi RECOMMENDED BODY MASS INDEX DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ..................................................42 MY BODA BODA FRIEND AND THE LOCK-DOWN .107 SOCIO-CULTURAL CHALLENGES FIGHTING COVID LUANDA MAGERE - THE LUO LEGEND ...................109 COPYRIGHT © 2020 19 IN LUANDA VIHIGA COUNTY ................................44 KENYA DEFENCE FORCES MISSION READINESS IN No part of this publication may be POLICING; DISCRETIONARY POWERS AS A BREACH THE FACE OF COVID-19 AND BEYOND ...................111 reproduced in any form or by means OF TRUST.....................................................................46 MY STAY IN CHALBI DISTRICT .................................115 UNLIMITED BY THE SKIES .........................................48 without written permission of the SYOKIMAU: YESTERYEARS KAMBA HEROINE OF THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN TAX KENYA .........................................................................117 publisher. ADMINISTRATION .......................................................50 YOUTH ENGAGED VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND SOFT NETWORKING: PATHWAY TO UNENDING POWER INITIATIVES IN EAST AFRICA .....................118 HORIZON .....................................................................52 THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DISCLAIMER CHALLENGES IN CRIME MANAGEMENT: A CASE OF COVID 19 ....................................................................120 The views and articles contained in UGANDA .......................................................................54 THE EFFECT OF SECULAR MUSIC AND MEDIA ON this newsletter are solely those of the RESPONDING TO ORGANIZED CRIME IN AFRICA: YOUTH DELINQUENCY ............................................123 THE KENYAN EXPERIENCE ........................................56 UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITY OF participants concerned. They do not in KENYA’S WANGA KINGDOM AN OFFSHOOT OF ORGANIZED CRIME...................................................125 any way reflect the official position of BUGANDA KINGDOM ..................................................58 THE STORY OF Mt. KENYA AND ABERDARE MILITARY DIPLOMACY IN FOREIGN POLICY ECOSYSTEMS: THE HEARTBEAT OF KENYA ..........128 the Ministry of Defence or that of the IMPLEMENTATION ......................................................60 PICTORIAL..................................................................131 National Defence College. PROTECTION OF REFUGEES: THE AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE ..............................................................62 NDC NEWSLETTER I COURSE 23 - 2020/21 1 EDITORIAL FROM THE COMMITTEE COMMANDANT’S MEMBERS DESK n behalf of the National Defence College (NDC) fraternity, I wish to welcome all readers to this issue of Newsletter Volume 1 for Course 23-2020/21. Though the course started when the world was grappling with the challenges Oof COVID-19 pandemic, they have adapted well to the situation and have released their first NDC Newsletter. The Newsletter is a platform for the course participants to express their personal views on a wide range of issues including valuable personal experiences. It expands Participants reach and forms an integral college overall network to extended audience which includes potential partners and prospective Participants. To our readers, the NDC is a premier institution established to provide Participants with the intellectual tools aimed at preparing selected Senior Military Officers and equivalent-ranking Senior Civil Servants of the Republic of Kenya and their counterparts from selected friendly countries for higher responsibilities in the strategic direction and management of security and other related LT GEN A K MULATA, areas of public policy. CBS, OGW, ‘ndc’ (K) ‘psc’ (UK) COMMANDANT NDC Excellence is the symbol of the institution and as a college, we are proud to be associated with the sterling performance of past Participants who have achieved greater heights and such is expected of the Participants of this course. I therefore encourage Course 23-2020/21 Participants to also feel inspired and raise the bar of excellence a rank higher. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Col. Peter Githinji (Chairman), Brig. Gen. James Kinalwa, Ms. Lenah M. Nyambu, Brig. Gen Richard Chagonapanja As the Commandant of the NDC, I wish to congratulate the course Tobias, Ms. Josephine Manyasi, Col. S. M. Kasura, Col. S. Melanyi, Mr. Longinus Mulondo, Mr. John K. Sambu. participants and the editorial committee for their contributions, compilation and timely production of this Newsletter. I am certain that this Newsletter is but only the beginning of the creative journey and will serve to inculcate the culture of creativity as well as scientific writing. 2 NDC NEWSLETTER I COURSE 23 - 2020/21 NDC NEWSLETTER I COURSE 23 - 2020/21 3 MESSAGE FROM THE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPONSOR EDITORIAL COMMITTEE he editorial Board of the National Defence College t gives me great pleasure and satisfaction that the Drivers is pleased to launch the first edition of the of Change, Course 23-2020/21 has