as new Vice Chancellor of CUEA
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) on May 26, witnessed the installation of Prof. Justus Mbae as the 7th, the First Lay person and the First Kenyan Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University.
Other Vice Chancellors during the 32 years of CUEA existence came from Tanzania (3), Uganda (2), and Sudan (1).
The installation of Prof Mbae took place at the Langata main Campus, in Nairobi, as part of the graduation Holy Mass.
The ceremony was presided over by the Chairman of the University Council Rt. Rev. Maurice Muhatia Makumba, who represented the Chancellor of the University, H.E Berhaneyesus D. Cardinal Souraphiel, AMECEA Chairman and the Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Prof Mbae recited the Creed as a sign of his commitment to the Catholic church and what it stands for.
Rt. Rev. Muhatia, who is the Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya congratulated Prof Mbae and promised him the support of the University council as he takes this new assignment.
Meanwhile, Bishop Muhatia thanked the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Msgr. Pius Rutechura on behalf of the Chancellor for the services he rendered to the University during his five years’ tenure at the university.
“I wish you success and God’s blessings in your new responsibilities back in your diocese,” he said.
Speaking during the event, Prof Mbae expressed gratitude to the AMECEA members of the Executive Board for the big trust they put on him. He was also grateful to the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Msgr. Rutechura for the wonderful work during his tenure as a Vice Chancellor. “Fr Pius has been a friend, and a mentor,” he said.
right after being Installed
Vice Chancellor of CUEA
On his part Msgr. Rutechura said that with the installation of the new Vice Chancellor his service at CUEA has come to an end.
“I am going back to my diocese after 22 years of service outside,” he said.
Monsignor Rutechura asked the CUEA community to support the new Vice Chancellor, “I have no doubt of his abilities to lead the university,” he said.
By AMECEA Online News Correspondent, Nairobi, Kenya