BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Peer to Peer Series\n"Progressive Governance and Reform: a case study of Kenya” with EMPA\ncandidate\, William Tengecha Since Kenya got i ts independence in 1963\, its\nsocio-political and economic development ha s been slow due to poor leadership\nby successive regimes. The independenc e constitution favored autocratic style\nof government\, where a lot of po wer and authority was vested at the Presidency\nwithout strong institution s to hold it accountable. This led to bad governance\nand prompted Kenyans to endure a long and painful protest for change. A major\nstep towards th e goal was achieved last year (August 2010)\, when a\ncomprehensive new co nstitution was passed\, which is not only expected to\naddress bad leaders hip and governance issues but also guarantee people's\nfundamental rights and freedoms. Its successful implementation can be\nreplicated by other de veloping and transitioning countries. William Tengecha is\nan EMPA candida te who is interested in the study of human rights\, transparency\nand good governance while pursuing his degree at Maxwell. He is currently the\nPri ncipal Human Rights Officer for the Kenya National Commission on Human\nRi ghts in Nairobi. He’s held a variety of other positions dealing with human \nrights and capacity building. He has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology an d Business\nStudies from Kenyatta University in Kenya. When: Tuesday\, Nov ember 29th Where:\n204 Maxwell Hall Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Peer to peer is a series for\nExecutive Masters in Public Administration students to sh are issues\, problems\nor successes with their fellow students. Each stude nt guest speaker will speak\nfor about 20-30 minutes and then we will have a 20-30 minute discussion time.\nThis event is open to all students. Lunc h will be provided at the start of the\nevent. Please RSVP to Kristina Don zella\, kedonzel@maxwell.syr.edu by Friday\,\nNovember 25th. DTEND:20111129T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T233505Z DTSTART:20111129T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Peer to Peer UID:RFCALITEM639142113057570431 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Peer to Peer Series\n"Progressive Governance a nd Reform: a case study of Kenya” with EMPA\ncandidate\, William Tengecha Since Kenya got its independence in 1963\, its\nsocio-political and econom ic development has been slow due to poor leadership\nby successive regimes . The independence constitution favored autocratic style\nof government\, where a lot of power and authority was vested at the Presidency\nwithout s trong institutions to hold it accountable. This led to bad governance\nand prompted Kenyans to endure a long and painful protest for change. A major \nstep towards the goal was achieved last year (August 2010)\, when a\ncom prehensive new constitution was passed\, which is not only expected to\nad dress bad leadership and governance issues but also guarantee people's\nfu ndamental rights and freedoms. Its successful implementation can be\nrepli cated by other developing and transitioning countries. William Tengecha is \nan EMPA candidate who is interested in the study of human rights\, trans parency\nand good governance while pursuing his degree at Maxwell. He is c urrently the\nPrincipal Human Rights Officer for the Kenya National Commis sion on Human\nRights in Nairobi. He’s held a variety of other positions d ealing with human\nrights and capacity building. He has a bachelor’s degre e in Sociology and Business\nStudies from Kenyatta University in Kenya. Wh en: Tuesday\, November 29th Where:\n204 Maxwell Hall Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Peer to peer is a series for\nExecutive Masters in Public Administrati on students to share issues\, problems\nor successes with their fellow stu dents. Each student guest speaker will speak\nfor about 20-30 minutes and then we will have a 20-30 minute discussion time.\nThis event is open to a ll students. Lunch will be provided at the start of the\nevent. Please RSV P to Kristina Donzella\, kedonze l@maxwell.syr.edu by Friday\,\nNovember 25th. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR