I should have written ‘University of East Africa’. The University of East Africa had campuses in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Whatever good the British did, their record on education in the Colonies was terrible. (They were better than the Spanish and Portugese though). The University of East Africa was only established in the early sixties.
It would be hard for Americans to understand how 3 different nations (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) shared one small university immediately after independence.
Well, yes perhaps by comparison. But I think it's well understood that Africa has had a difficult history in the last few hundred years!
But back to the original topic of this thread. I was intrigued by your comment that Obama exerted influence in the "truce" between Odinga and Kubaki after the December 2007 election. I find no other reference to this, only a mention that Obama had "campaigned" for Odinga in 2006.
Also, in what context would the MOU between Odinga and NAMLEF (the National Muslim Leaders Forum) be irrelevant? Wikipedia reports the religious make-up of Kenya as: "Protestant and Quaker 45%, Roman Catholic 25%, Islam 10%, Traditional Religions 10%."
If the MOU were carried out, it appears that Muslim regions would obtain full automony and implement Sharia law within those regions and permit them to exercise "an oversight role to monitor activites of ALL other religions" and "disband the imperialist Anti-Terrorist Police Unit that was set up for the sole purpose of terrorizing, harassing, intimidating and deporting innocent Kenyan Muslims to Guantanamo Bay."
What's that all about?