The Dean, Prof. Winifred Kamau officially opened the workshop on Enhancing National Inter-agency Capacity & Collaboration for Combating Maritime Security Offences: National Interagency Workshop on Implementation of the FAO PSMA

The workshop was held”, on 9th - 13th May 2022 by Nelson Mandela University in Collaboration with the University of Nairobi’s Maritime Centre- FishFORCE Academy East Africa (UoN-Maritime Centre). The UoN-Maritime Centre is hosted at the UoN Faculty of Law.

The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (“Vis Moot”) is the largest moot court competition on international commercial arbitration and the second-largest international moot competition in the world. It has been held annually since 1994 in Vienna, Austria. It attracts over 350 teams from all over the world and has about 20 pre-moots across the world, organized to prepare participants to argue the Vis Moot itself.

A total of 275 students were awarded various prizes from donors during the 3rd Prize Presentation Ceremony held on Friday, May 6, 2022

a total of 474 awards that ranged from gold medals, cash prizes and trophies from over 100 donors and partners were awarded to the students from 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic years.

Giving a keynote speech during the online webinar, Ms. Faith Odhiambo,  a Tutorial Fellow,  Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi and Vice -President, Law Society of Kenya on the topic Contemporary Legal Issues: Emerging Trends in Banking and Payment Platforms stated that technology has made payments easier, quicker and cheaper.