FROM EIR DAILY ALERT
Kenya Needs a National Atomic Energy Commission, Says Education Cabinet Secretary
June 27, 2018 (EIRNS)—“It is highly regrettable that we have not effectively harnessed nuclear technology for the benefit of our people,” said Education Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Amina Mohamed, opening the meeting of Vice Chancellors and Representatives of regional institutions involved in human resources development in nuclear science in Africa yesterday. She has called for the creation of a central government nuclear commission, to put under one umbrella all of the country’s nuclear activities.
“We in Kenya realize that we must establish a National Atomic Energy Commission for our country to coordinate all the work we are doing in different institutions and offices,”
she said.
“The application of nuclear science and technology avails enormous benefits,” she said, “including mitigating climate change, enhancing generation of energy, improving human and animal health, and increasing food production.”
Secretary Mohamed is a passionate supporter of science and technology for Kenya and for Africa. On June 16 she praised China’s role in supporting science in Africa, through a new joint center in Kenya. Her commitment is reminiscent to that of Naledi Pandor, Science and Technology Minister of South Africa, also a woman who is an outspoken promoter of science and education for Africa.
