Kabarak University reached a historic milestone by hosting the inaugural Bonaya Godana Distinguished Lecture at our Main Campus. Organized through the Kabarak University School of Law and the Kabarak University Press, the event served as a powerful tribute to the late Dr. Bonaya Adhi Godana, a towering figure in Kenyan statesmanship and a pioneer in international law.

The second Agora session of the year convened on 10 February 2026 and was facilitated by Youngreen Peter Mudeyi and Lewis Ndichu. The evening involved a critical engagement with African leadership through two texts: An Evening with Tom Mboya published by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, and The Gentlemen of the Jungle by Jomo Kenyatta. The texts formed a dialogue between hope and betrayal, vision, dispossession, leadership, and power.

The Avid Readers’ session of 10 March featured a reflective and imaginative piece authored by a member of the Forum, Billheart Braxtone, titled ‘The Day Christianity Was Banned in Africa.’ The reading emerged as a response to earlier discussions within the Forum that had largely critiqued the historical and contemporary impact of Christianity on the African continent. In contrast, the author sought to present a more introspective and ultimately affirmative perspective on the place and resilience of Christianity in Africa.

From: A Child of the Republic You Almost Built

Ndugu zetu, o foolish and gifted yet dangerously misguided founders. We write to you from a country you built. A country shaped by your hands, your speeches, your signatures and by the blood of those who believed in you without reservation. A people who sang for you, named their children after you and even stood in the rain for you. Independence is not your greatest victory but your first test and you are already failing it in ways that will echo for generations.