The study seeks to investigate how and in what ways gender roles impact food security in the Kaabong West sub-county, Kaabong district. She will use the Intersectionality theory in her study.

The IDS team engaged potential partner organizations, enthusiastic students, and the general public on what IDS and the AMID program have to offer.

The presenter was Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University, and the discussant was Seble Samuel, Head of Africa Campaigns and Advocacy at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. The session was moderated by Dr. Radha Upadhyaya, from IDS.

Douglas will be driving the panel discussion on Climate Change and Agriculture: Agribusiness as the Backbone of East African Community, and using evidence from data collected by Afrobarometer and from researchers at the Institute for Development Studies-UON.

The presentation highlighted that as of 2024 Kenya hosted 770,255 refugees and asylum seekers. 285,238 of them were in Kakuma and Kalobeyei settlements. Only 1,124 of those are resettled or repatriated.

 

The theme of the lecture was “60 Years of Bilateral Relations: Norway & Kenya, Multilateralists and Partners for Peace and Security in a Divided World”

Present were H.E. Mr Espen Barth Eide, Norway's Foreign Minister, Prof Patrick Verkooijen​ The Chancellor UoN, Prof Stephen Kiama Vice Chancellor UoN, Ambassador Monica Juma EGH National Security Advisor, Republic of Kenya, Prof Karuti Kanyinga, Director Institute for Development Studies-UoN, heads of departments and students.