By: Shemsedin Mohammed /Public & International Relation

Haramaya University community celebrated the 8^th National Flag with the motto “Ethiopia: A Country that has been working hard to raise its Renaissance through the participation of its People”, on Monday, October 19, 2015.

Higher officials of the university, administrative and academic staffs, students, HU campus, Federal & Oromiya State police members and Model school students attended the program.

Prof. Chemeda Fininissa, Acting President of Haramaya University, made a speech to the gathering.  He focused on the contribution of our fathers and fore fathers for the sovereignty of our country. He also reminded to the youth that such spirit should continue in the same way for years to come.

The gathering culminated in the oath to the Flag and the Constitution, and the ceremony ended in the flag raising ceremony of Ethiopia.

Haramaya University conducted a research review workshop which focused on improving the livelihood of pastoralists from October 05-08, 2015 at Negele and Yabelo towns in Borana and Guji zones, in Oromia Regional State.

In his opening speech, Mulugeta Getu, project manager of PRIME, said governmental and non-governmental stakeholders who were present during the meeting have to take their parts in contributing inputs in the research presentations and thereby making sure that the solutions suggested in the research findings would be put in practice.

The project manager also indicated that 9 completed research findings under PRIME Project would be presented in the review workshop. The participants of the research projects were drawn from staff members of Haramaya University drawn from four different colleges namely College of Law, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Business and Economics, and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

According to Mulugeta, the project will also arrange similar events in the future to create awareness for stakeholders about its research findings. He also indicated that PRIME Project will duplicate and distribute it for stakeholders.

Dr. HailuZeru: Regulatory Information Development and Delivery Senior Expert, said that previously it was very difficult for research findings to be implemented on the ground and the initiative taken by PRIME Project in gathering all stakeholders for the effective implementation of the research findings should be appreciated.

Dr RahelMulat, a representativefrom Guji Zone, on her part said previously such kinds of research projects were not implemented in the area. These types of research finds which focused on the existing problems and suggested workable solutions would be vital to tackle the challenges surrounding pastoralists and would be a significant input for those who are working to assist the pastoralists, she added.

Abdulkadir Beyan, director of Research and Publication at BuleHora University, said the steps that Haramaya University has taken to assist pluralists in this area shows the University’s commitment and it should be appreciated in this aspect. BuleHora University would also follow the footsteps of Haramaya University in this regard, Abdulkadir added.

Several representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations took part in the consultative workshop. Previously, a similar event was held in Afar and Somali regional states.

Currently, PRIME at Haramaya University has got 18 individuals who carry out various researches. The team, which is composed of the University’s staff members, is derived from four colleges: Other implementing partners of PRIME are also involved in the research activities.

PRIME is a five year project that is funded by the USAID. It aims at improving the life condition of pastoralists in Afar, Southern Oromia and Ethiopia Somali. It implemented by a consortium of different governmental and non-governmental organizations.

ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሆስፒታሉ በሚሰጠው የህክምና አገልግሎት ውስጥ ግልጽና ተጠያቂነት የሰፍነበት የፈርማሲ አገልግሎት ለመስጠት እንዲይሰችል የዘረጋወ አዲስ አሰራር ጥቅምት 4/2008 ዓ/ም ጥሪ የተደረገላቸው እንግዶች በተገኙበት በይፋ ተመርቆ ስራ ጀምሯል ፡፡

አዲሱ አሰራር እንደሌሎቹ የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ፕሮግራሞች ሀገር በቀል የሆነና በሐገር ደረጃ በስፋት በመተግበር ላይ የሚገኝ አሰራር እንደሆነና ተግባራዊ በሆነባቸው ሆስፒታሎች ውስጥም ተጨባጭ ለውጥ እያመጣ የሚገኝ አሰራር እንደሆነ ተገልጾል ፡፡

አገልግሎቱን በህይወት ፋና ስፔሻላይዝድ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሆስፒታልለመጀመር እንዲቻል የፌደራል ጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስትር ለአስራ ሁለት ቀናት ሀምሳ ስድስት ለሚሆኑ የሆስፒታሉ ሰራተኞች ስልጠና ሰጥቶል፡፡

በምረቃ ስነስርአቱ ላይ ንግግር ያደረጉት የሆስፒታሉ የአስተዳደርና ልማት ዳይሬክተር የሆኑት አቶ አብዱል ባሲጥ ሙሳ እንደተናገሩት ሆስፒታሉ ለህሙማን እየሰጠ ያለውን አገልግሎት ለማሻሻልና በምስራቁ የሐገራችን ክፍል ተመራጭ ሆስፒታል ለማድረግ የሆስፒታሉ ቦርድ ፣ ሰራተኞችና ዩኒቨርሲቲው በመንግስት አቅታጫ መሰረት ጠንክረው እየሰሩ ይገኛሉ ብለዋል ፡፡

በተለይም ሆስፒታሉን ጽዱና ምቹ በማድረግ የመድሀኒት አቅርቦትን በማሻሻል የህሙማንን እርካታ ለመጨመር እየተሰራ እንደሆነ ገልጸው በዕለቱም ተመርቆ አገልግሎት መስጠት የጀመረው አዲስ የፋርማሲ አገልግሎት አሰጣጥ የዚሁ ማሳያ እንደሆነ ተናግረዋል ፡፡

የፌደራል ጤና ጥበቃ ሚንሰተር የህከምና አገልግሎት ዳይሬክተር የሆኑት ዶ/ር አብረሀም እንዳሻው  በምርቃት ስነስርአቱ ላይ ተገኝተው እንደተናገሩት መንግስት ሆስፒታሎች ላይ ተገልጋዩ ህብረተሰብ የሚያቀርበውን ቅሬታ በመቀበል የሆስፒታሎችን አገልግሎት አሰጣጥ መሰረታዊ በሆነ መልኩ ለማሻሻል ካለፈው አምስት አመት ጀምሮ ሀገር አቀፍ የሆስፒታሎች መመሪያ በማውጣት በመስራት ላይ እንደሚገኝ አስታወሰው በዚህ መሰረትም ሂወት ፋና ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሆስፒታል የጀመረው አዲስ አሰራር ሆስፒታሉ የሚሰጠውን የአግልግሎት ጥራት አንድ እርምጃ ወደፊት ሊያሸጋግረው የሚችል እንደሆነ ተናግረዋል፡፡

የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተጠባባቂ ፕ/ት ፕ/ፌ ጨመዳ ፊኔንሳ በበኩላቸው የህይወት ፋና ስፔሻላይዝድ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሆስፒታል በምስራቁ የሀገራችን ክፍል የሚገኝ ብቸኛው የዩኒቨርሲቲ ሆስፒታል መሆኑን ገልጽወ ዩኒቨርሲቲውም ሆስፒታሉን ከተረከበበት ጊዜ አንስቶ የተለያዩ ማሻሻያዎችን በማድረግ እየሰራ እንደሆነ ተናግረዋል ፡፡

በተለይም ደግሞ የፋርማሲ አገልግሎትን ለማሻሻል ከተደረጉ ጥረቶች መካከል አዲስ የፈርማሲ እስቶርና የፋርማሲ ዲስፔንሰሪ ማስገንባት  ፣ BPRን ተግባራዊ ማድረግና የሰራተኛ ቁጥርን በሚፈለገውና ገበያው በፈቀደው መሰረት መጨመር የሚጠቀሱ እንደሆኑ ገልጸው አዲሱ የፈርማሲ አገልግሎት አሰጣጥ ስርዓት በሚገባ ተግባራዊ ሆና የተገልጋዩን እርካታ ለመጨመር እንዲያስችል መላው የሆስፒታሉ ሰራተኛ ያላለሰለሰ ጥረት ማድረግ እንደሚገባው አመልክተዋል ፡፡

አዲሱ አሰራር መተግበሩ ተገልጋዮች የታዘዘላቸውን መድሀኒት ለመግዛት ሂሳብ ለመክፈልና መድሀኒቱን ለመውሰድ የተለያዩ ክፍሎች እዲሄዱ የሚስገድደውን አሰራር ያስቀረና ክፍያና መድሀኒት እንዲሁም የመድሀኒት አጠቃቀምን በተመለከተ በአንድ ቦታ በተለያዩ ባለሞያዎች በተቀላጠፈ መለኩ አገልግሎቱ እንዲሰጥ ማስቻሉ ተነግሯል ፡፡ በተጨማሪም አዲሱ አሰራር ከዚህ ቀደም በፋርማሲዎችና  በስቶሮች መካከል በነበረ አለመናበብ ይፈጠሩ የነበሩ የመድሀኒት እጥረቶችን በማስወገድ ግልጽነትና ተጠያቂነት ያለበትን አሰራር ያሰፈነ እንደሆነም ነው የተገለጸው ፡፡

በዕለቱ ከጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስተር የተገኙ እንግዶች ፣ የሆስፒታሉ ቦርድ አባላትና  የዩኒቨርሲቲው ሀላፊዎች  አዲሱን የፋርማሲ አገልግሎት ለመስጠት የተገነባወን ህንጻ መርቀው በመክፈት የአገልገሎቱን አሰጣጥ ተዘዋውረው ጎብኝተዋል ፡፡                       

ይህ ዝግጅት በየዓመቱ የህግ ኮሌጁን የሚቀላቀሉ አዲስ ተማሪዎችን ለመቀበልና የልምድ ልውውጥ ለማድርግ እንዲረዳ ኮሌጁ ከህግ ተማሪዎች ማህበር ጋረ በመተባበር የሚያዘጋጀው  ነው ፡፡

በዝግጅቱ ላይ የኮሌጁ አዲስና ነባር ተማሪዎች እንዲሁም መምህራንና  ሰራተኞች የተገኙ ሲሆን በዕለቱም አጠቅላይ አካዳሚክ ኦረንቴሽን ተስቷል፡፡

የህግ ኮሌጁ ዲን ዶ/ር ሪቻርድ ዌንዝል ለአዲስ ገቢ ተማሪዎቹ  የእንኳ ደህና መጣችሁ ንግግር ያደረጉ ሲሆን በንግግራቸውም ተማሪዎቹ የህግ ትምህርታቸውን ተግተው እንዲከታተሉና ከነሱ በፊት ያሉ የህግ ተማሪዎችን ፈር በመከተል በሀገር አቀፍና በአለም አቀፍ የህግ ተማሪዎች ውድድር ላይ በመሳተፍ የዩኒቨርሲቲያቸውን ስም እንዲያስጠሩ መልእክታቸውን አስተላልፈዋል ፡፡

የህግ ተማሪዎች ማህበር አላማና ተግባርን በተመለከተም በዝግጅቱ ላይ ማብራሪያ ቀርቦ ውይይት ተደርጎበታል ፡፡ መሀበሩ ለህግ ተማሪዎች  የተቋቋመ በመሆኑም ተማሪዎቹ አባል በመሆን በመሀበሩ እንቅስቃሴ ውስጥ እንዲሳተፉ ጥሪ ቀርቦል ፡፡

የኮሌጁ መምህራንና ነባር ተማሪዎችም በዝግጅቱ ላይ ተገኝተው ልምዳቸውን ለአዲስ ገቢ ተማሪዎቹ ያካፍሉ ሲሆን የተለያዩ አዝናኝና አስተማሪ ዝግጅቶችም ቀርበዋል ፡፡

በዝግጁቱ ላይ የተካፈሉ አዲስ ገቢ ተማሪዎች እንደገለጹት መድረኩ አስተማሪና በዩኒቨርስቲ ቆይታቸው ስኬታማ በመሆን ጥሩ ጊዜ ማሳለፍ ይችሉ ዘንድ ትልቅ ልምድ ያገኙበት እንደነበር ገልጸው ለተደረገላቸው አቀባበልም ለህግ ኮሌጁና  ለህግ ተማሪዎች ማህበር ምስጋናቸውን አቅርበዋል ፡፡

26 October, 2015

Building Ethiopian’s Research Capacity in Economics and Agribusiness (BERCEA)is one of the research capacity building programs at Haramaya University supported by the Global Development Network (GDN) under the grant scheme named ‘Building Research Capacity in Least Developed Countries’. The program is starting its second year of operation in the University. The general objective of BERCEA program is to contribute for producing outstanding researchers in economics/agricultural economics (at least 25% female). The Program is specifically designed to improve the quality of MSc/MA theses and PhD dissertations; enhance skills of students in problem-solving research; improve mentoring skill of academic staff; improve research skills and expertise of staff; and improve networking and collaborations nationally and internationally.

 BERCEA includes three research capacity building interventions: small research grants, training workshops, and staff exchange programs for mentoring skills. Under its small research grant component, it intends to partially alleviate the research budget constraints of graduate students in undertaking quality thesis and dissertation research. The Program grants each MSc/MA student a maximum of $2000 based on applicants’ research proposals related to one or more of the pre-identified research thematic areas of the program. The extra money above what the University allows will be spent for follow up, organizational, and other student costs that are meant for improving the quality of the thesis. Grant awardees will also participate in training workshops to be organized on selected analytical and applied courses.

Under this second-round call, seven MSc/MA research proposals will be selected. The expected research proposals should lie under one or more of the pre-identified research thematic areas deemed to be related to agricultural economics/economics/ agribusiness. The thematic focus will include, but not limited to, the following list:

• Multidimensional poverty and inequality;
• Food and nutrition security;
• Efficiency and productivity analysis;
• Agricultural technology adoption and dissemination;
• Empirical demand analysis and revealed preferences;
• Economic valuation and stated preferences;
• Supply response and smallholder commercialization;
• Market and price dynamics;
• Impact evaluation of policy and program interventions;
• Sectoral growth linkages and policy options;
• Dynamics of structural transformation;
• Gender and employment dynamics;
• Food and agricultural value chains; and
• Economics of climate change and adaption strategies.

Eligibility:

1. Year of registration: MSc/MA students registered in Haramaya University since 2013/14 academic year.
2. Study program:

• Agricultural economics,
• Agribusiness and value chain management,
• Applied and Agricultural Economics,
• Economics,
• Econometrics and related disciplines.

3. New and original research proposals:Research proposals shall be new and original. Research proposals similar to previous studies in terms of thematic area, commodity, and/or study area will not be acceptable.
4. Gender: Female applicants are encouraged to apply for the grant.This is in line with the University’s policy to encourage involvement of female members in all academic exercises.
5. Eligibility of expenses: applicants can include expenses for human resources, travels, purchase of supplies, printing and duplication, etc. Purchase of equipment is not allowed.

Selection Criteria:

Applicants will be selected by a set of objective criteria including the following:

1. Quality of the research proposal (60%):

The quality of research proposals will be evaluated based on the following:

• Introduction (15%)
• Relevance and depth of treatment of the literature review (15%)
• Research methodology (20%)
• Work plan and budget (5%)
• Relevance and accuracy of citation and reference list (5%)

2. Previous qualification (20%)

• Direct related disciples (20%): These disciplines include Agricultural economics, Agribusiness and value chain management, Applied and Agricultural Economics, Econometrics, and Economics.
• More related disciples (17%): These disciplines include Resource economics, Environmental economics, Applied and Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, and fields related to these.
• Less related disciples (14%): These disciplines include Accounting, Management, Business administration, and fields related to these.
• Other disciplines (11%).

3. Cumulative GPA in previous degree (20%)

The cumulative GPA (CGPA) of applicants shall be evaluated as follows:

• CGPA above 3.7 (20%)
• 3.4< CGPA < 3.7 (18%)
• 3.1 < CGPA < 3.39 (16%)
• 2.8 < CGPA < 3.09 (14%)
• 2.5 < CGPA < 2.79 (12%)
• CGPA below 2.5 (10%).

4. Gender (5%): Female applicants will have 5 percentage points.

 Template of Research Proposals:

Students shall strictly follow the following major chapters of the proposals with adequate treatment of the subtopics as depicted in the latest guidelines of proposal write-up of Haramaya University:

1. Introduction (maximum 1500 words)
2. Review of Literature (maximum 7000 words)
3. Research Methodology (maximum 5000 words)
4. Work Plan and Budget (maximum 400 words)
5. References.

 Applicants should submit the following documents:

• Full thesis research proposal  (prepared according to the latest proposal and thesis write-up guidelines of Haramaya University)
• Latest CV
• Copy of student ID, and
• Previous academic records (degree and student copy).

 All application documents shall be submitted to the following addresses:

• Dr. Mengistu Ketema, email: mengistuket@gmail.com (Tel: 0911793180);
• Dr. Degye Goshu, email: degyeabgos@yahoo.com (Tel: 0911057147).

Deadline of Application:

The deadline for applications is 31 December, 2015. Grant awardees will be announced within 20 days after the deadline of application.

 Note: In order to apply for this call, applicants should not have other additional research funds to undertake the same research. They are also expected to finish and submit their final and approved thesis research reports to the BERCEA program the latest by October 2016.

By: Shemsedin Mohammed/Public & International Relation Directorate

Haramaya University conducted annual farmers’, researchers’, and development stakeholders’ field days from 15 to 17 October 2015 in Babile, Gurawa, and Fedis districts in eastern Hararghe Zone.

Five sites were visited during the field days: crop and animal research station located on the main campus of the university (Raree), newly acquired crop research station of the university in Gurawa district, crop research station of the university in Fedis district, a demonstration site in a Farmers’ Training Centre (FTC) called Umar Kulle in Fedis district, and oil crops research station of the university in Babile district.

Farmers, officials from district administration and bureaus of agriculture, development agents, and researchers from Haramaya University as well as representatives of the Student Council of the university participated in the field days.

The field day was kicked off on the main campus of the university on 15 October 2015. Professor Dr. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-President for Research Affairs, welcomed the field day participants. He then briefed them on the overall objectives of the three-day visits. He noted that the objective of the field days were to assess the performances of the university’s research and extension activities conducted during the past cropping season and to provide a platform for farmers, researchers, and other development stakeholders as well as to discuss on participatory research and technology transfer activities. He also remarked that the field day events were additionally aimed at creating public awareness on the achievements and future directions of research and technology exchange activities of the university

During the visit made to the university’s research site on the main campus on 15 October 2015, goat, poultry, and beef farms as well as crop research fields were observed and assessed. Sorghum, maize, common bean, potato, wheat, sesame, highland pulses (faba bean and field pea) were among the crops visited. The crop research activities underway were described by respective researchers/research team leaders.

Farmers raised different questions and showed keen interests in getting seeds of improved varieties adapted to their localities. Relevant answers were given by Professor Nigussie Dechassa and respective team leaders and researchers. It was noted during the discussion that the university would supply basic seeds to farmers who would want to start seed production and multiplication so that quality seeds could become locally available to as many farmers as possible for increasing crop yields and household income.

After the visit, a joint discussion was held and farmers raised critical issues related to shortage of seeds of improved crop varieties and animal breeds, widespread problem of spider mite on potato, diseases and insect pests of crops, marketing problems, and others related issues. In this connection, concerned researchers and office holders gave pertinent answers to the issues raised. It was stressed that farmers, the university’s researchers, bureaus of agriculture, agricultural research centers, zonal and district administrators, development agents, and other stakeholders should establish close working relationships to tackle existing as well as emerging agricultural problems through participatory research and technology exchange.

The day of 16 October 2015 was devoted to visiting the crop research activities of the university in Gurawa district at a recently acquired research station near the town of Gurawa, which is located at a distance of about 60 km from the main campus of the university in a south-westerly direction.
Mr. Teklemariam Keneni, a member of the technical and research staff member of the university’s Research and Extension Directorate, briefed the visitors on the type of research and demonstration activities underway at the station. The crops visited included potato (Bubu and Gudanie varieties), maize (BH 661 and Melkasa varieties), sorghum (Muyra variety), and wheat (seven wheat varieties, including Danda’a, Digalu, Hidassie, etc), field pea (Meti variety), faba bean (Gahanna variety), and others.

The Bubu potato variety was observed to be high yielding and resistant to the late blight disease, which invariably devastates local varieties of the crop. The maize maize BH 661 and Melkasa varieties were performing very well; the performance of the sorghum variety Muyra was also observed to be high, which was additionally appreciated by farmers for the sheer height (stature) of its stalk for meeting competing ends other than grain such as animal feed, construction of houses, source of energy as firewood, etc. The wheat variety Danda’a was described by farmers to be resistant to yellow rust. The performances of the pulses were evaluated to be good. The participants also observed a diffused-light potato store house being constructed by the university to serve as a model for farmers to preserve seed potato tubers in the future for enhancing availability of quality seed tubers in the area at planting.

Professor Nigussie Dechassa explained that the purpose of establishing that research sub-station in consultation with the Gurawa town administration was to test adaptability of improved crop and animal technologies to the agro-ecology of the area before disseminating them to farmers for production, since framers often believe what they see more than what they hear about. He also noted that the sub-station started work by testing and demonstrating improved crop varieties for participatory selection with farmers to adopt technologies and multiply quality seeds. Then farmers opined on the performances of the crops in comparison to that their local varieties. The farmers appreciated both improved potato varieties introduced by the university for agreeable taste, tuber size, shape, colour, earliness in maturity, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and high tuber yields. However, one farmer bemoaned that a 100 kg potato fetches merely Birr 300-400, on top of which middlemen compel them to pack additional mass of potato weighing about 50 kg with another sack sewn on the main sack, which they call ‘Gonfa”. Thus, he revealed that the amount of potato tubers farmers are compelled to sell for just 300-400 Birr as a 100 kg load is in reality 150 kg. They described this situation as extremely exploitative. Therefore, they suggested introduction of potato processing technologies that would add value to the tubers for fair and lucrative market for farmers, such as chip making; flour making, etc. In this connection, the farmers appreciated the efforts being made by the university to construct a model diffuse-light-store for preserving seed potatoes at the site for preservation until next rainy season.

Besides, the farmers urged the university to consider research and adaption trials on horticultural crops, like onion, cabbage, tomato, garlic, and similar others since they have variable agro- ecologies. After the field visit, there was a joint discussion among farmers and researchers on pertinent and burning issues related to sustainable crop and animal production.

A lady farmer requested the university to provide her and other farmers in the mid-lowland of the district with seeds of the improved sorghum as well as the other crop varieties demonstrated at the site. She added that the potato variety Bubu is a high yielder, producing about 36 tubers per hill and witnessed that the local variety they cultivate is very susceptible to late blight and succumbs to the devastating disease when cultivated in the rainy season. She said she was totally convinced that the improved potato variety is a very good option for the farmers to produce the crop.

A development agent stressed the severity of Striga problem on sorghum and maize and competition posed by the aggressive weed Parthenium against other vegetation. In this connection, he suggested research should be conducted on those weeds to seek appropriate methods of eliminating them from the area. Similarly, he raised the marketing problem of agricultural produces. He also gave plaudits to the University for accepting swiftly the request of pioneer inset growing farmers in the area for training them on how to process the plant for food. He indicated that the farmers that had cultivated enset for the first time in the history of the district were preparing food from the plant and consuming it at home.

Mr. Ibsa Mohammed, head of Gurawa Hospital, witnessed that Haramaya University did a lot to support the agriculture of the district as a whole and gave plaudits to the university for the multi-faceted supports it provided for the hospital. He revealed to the participants that the hospital raised its status of performance from 23rd ranked to 3rd ranked in the Zone because of the support. He suggested that the university should also do research in the area of public health similar to what it is doing in Qarsa district at its demographic centre.

Another commentator opined that farming communities should contribute to the mitigation efforts being exerted against the adverse effect of climate change through planting trees. In this connection, he also requested the university to do research on forestry and introduce adaptable multi-purpose tree species in the area to reforest the hills and mountains.

The team has then moved to Fedis site on 17 October 2015. The same day before lunch, the team has visited the 3^rd and 4^th research sites .The crops visited in districts included groundnut, common bean, mung bean, cow pea, maize and sorghum. Respective researchers and/or team leaders made the required explanations on the demonstrated crops.

Similarly, the participants visited an FTC demonstration site of Umar Kulle and observed maize, sorghum, wheat, groundnut, and sesame trials. Farmers liked the performance of the sorghum varieties as far as the high yield is concerned.

In a general discussion that followed the visits made to the Babile and Fedis research stations, a woman participant asked why the university does not do research on forage crops. Another person asked why the university does not consider using irrigation water for continuous crop and forage crop research year-round. Another person wanted to know whether fertilizer application is required at all for groundnut production. If the answer is “Yes”, he also wanted to know the type and rate of the specific fertilizer(s). The need for sewing machine for maize seed bagging and labeling was also raised by farmers.

Professor Nigussie Dechassa admitted that research hitherto done by the university on forage crops is scant, and suggested that should take home this assignment for the future.

Answering the question raised on the use of fertilizers for groundnut production, Professor Nigussie Dechassa, highlighted to the farmers that there would be burning effect if fertilizer is applied under the unfortunate condition of erratic rainfall and moisture stress; but when there is enough soil moisture/rainfall, he noted that the use of fertilizer (urea and DAP) is recommended for groundnut production Babile area given that the fertility of the soil is low. Further, he suggested the integrated use of mineral fertilizers (urea and DAP) with organic fertilizer such as manure would be best for enhancing productivity of the crop in the area.

Professor Chemeda Fininsa, acting president of Haramaya University, remarked that all issues raised and discussed were interesting. He added that farmers have to use improved technologies to enhance food production, such joint discussions should continue as a culture for the future to design and do fruitful research in a participatory approach. Finally, he thanked all of the field day participants and wished them safe journey back home. The three-day visit was wrapped up at 3:00 pm local time on 17 October 2015 at Babile research station.

Haramaya University College of Law participated in the 24^th African Human Rights Moot Court competition which took place from October 05- 10, 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia.

Mooters from Haramaya University College of Law, namely Girma Gadisa and Mekdes Sebhat (fifth year students), have participated in the competition, representing Haramaya University. According to Bacha Daba, coach and college representative in the competition, with the 77 average points, the HU team’s memorial ranked 14^th out of 61 universities which participated in the competition.

Opening ceremony- HU representative with cultural cloth

In the competition, participants or mooters were required to prepare and submit memorials for the applicant and respondent, each 4ooo words and to make oral arguments at least for four times, twice as applicant and twice as respondent. Accordingly, our representative have submitted their memorials and also made oral arguments, four times against the opponent teams, and got very impressive scores, according to the information obtained from the representative.

For the memorials, out of 100 maximum points, they scored 80 for the applicant memorial and 74 for the respondent memorial, the average being 77. The average score for the oral argument is 72 out of 100. The best memorial in this competition scored 84, Bacha indicated.

HU COL representative- as a judge- Bacha Daba

“Our student’s memorial work, having 77 average score, was praised by the organizers and was among the best memorials in the competition. On oral submissions, our team were ranked 18th out of 51 universities participated under Anglophone group, a highly competitive group in the competition compared to Francophone and Lusophone groups,” Bacha said.

Bacha added that the studentswere appreciated by the organizers for the depth of their substantive knowledge and advocacy skills.

“I believe that this result is inspiring for our students and also contributed a lot in building the reputation of the College in particular and the University in general,” he said.

Bacha thanked Haramaya University administration and colleagues from the College of Law for the assistances and advices he and his team received during the preparation and in the due course of the competition.

“Your contribution was vital for the results achieved. I am confident that, with this trend, we can produce highly competent students both at national and international level. The best is yet to come,” added.

Apart from the moot court competition, the team has also participated in a one day conference conducted in Lusaka as part of the event under the topic “Child, Not Wife”. Several researchers have presented their research works on child marriage and its negative impacts in the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and freedoms on children. Participants also visited several historical places in and around Lusaka including the residence of the first President of Zambia, President Kenneth Kaunda, and were briefed about the works done by Kaunda in liberating Zambia from British colonial rule. President Kaunda, though he is now quite old, has managed to come to the forum and met all the participants in person on the final day of the competition.

By: Shemsedin Mohammed/Public & International Relation Directorate

The ISSD (Integrated Seed Sector Development) Ethiopia Programme, Oromia East Unit, organized a one-day consultative regional workshop on 27 October 2015 on the main campus of Haramaya University. The objective of the workshop was to deliberate on hitherto achievements (2009-2015), to gauge the contributions the project made to develop the seed system strategy of the region, and find means to tackle challenges faced in the efforts being made to develop a vibrant and pluralistic seed system in the region.

Over 70 persons participated in the workshop. Participants included representatives of farmers’ seed producers’ cooperatives, farmers’ cooperative unions, zonal and district Bureaus of Agriculture, agricultural experts and development agents from a number of districts in East and West Hararghe Zones, representatives from Wageningen University, Centre for Development and Innovation as well as Programme Management Unit of ISSD Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, employees of the project, and seed experts and researchers of the university.

Opening the workshop, Prof. Nigusse Dechassa, Vice-President of Research Affairs of the university and coordinator of the project at the university, highlighted the activities of the project underway in the region and the importance that the work bore on developing a vibrant and pluralistic the seed sector in the region. He indicated that over 42 Farmers’ Seed Producers’ Cooperatives were established through the support and mentorship given by the project, and considerable achievements registered. He also pointed out that more than a dozen private seed producers were actively working in seed production in the region, including seeds of staple crops, root and tuber crops, vegetable crops, and forage crops. In this connection, he stressed the need to align and pool efforts of all stakeholders engaged in the seed sector development with the national seed strategy of the government and the Growth and Transformation Plan II of the country.

He also reminded the audience that the ISSD Ethiopia Programme had been organizing regional and national workshops in the previous years too for the purpose of enabling stakeholders to share knowledge and experiences to synergize their efforts to develop the seed sector of the country.

The workshop was kicked off with a presentation on the hitherto achievements of the ISSD Ethiopia programme in general and the Oromia East Unit of the project in particular. A presentation was also made on the challenges faced in the seed sector development of the country as identified by the Ministry of Agriculture. A representative from East Hararghe Zonal Bureau of Agriculture made a presentation on the seed strategy of the region and the county at large in line with the GTP II plan of the country. Representatives of farmers’ seed producers cooperatives also gave anecdotes related to seed production and highlighted their success stories and challenges. In this connection, deliberations were made on the following issues: hitherto achievements of ISSD in addressing seed sector challenges of the region, the main challenges in developing the national seed sector strategy, the regional GTP II targets with respect to seed provision and how the two should be linked to the national seed strategy.  Ideas were also exchanged on how ISSD could support regional governments in achieving their policy objectives related to the seed sector development. Ways to strengthen the position of ISSD in influencing the seed policy agenda were also discussed. The stakeholders that participated in the workshop also exchanged ideas on how own and engage in the next phase of ISSD. The presentations were followed by group and general discussions.

The outstanding challenges identified during the workshop included shortage of basic seed, low rate of generation of improved crop varieties, low levels of knowledge and skill on ensuring seed quality starting from planting up to harvesting and storage, poor system of seed quality control and maintenance, ravages of pests (e.g spider mite on potato)  and disease in connection with dissemination of seed from region to region within the country, ill-timing of the distribution to users, weak linkage among seed producers, research centres and regional Bureaus of Agriculture, poor system of demand-based seed multiplication, low adherence of some seed producing farmers to  ethics and rules and rules of pertinent to seed production.

Solutions were also suggested to tackle the challenges. These included making efforts to encourage the development of seed enterprises that produce basic seed, supplying seed based on demand and supply scenarios through encouraging and supporting the development of seed unions, supporting primary cooperatives and direct seed marketing agents, strengthening the linkage  between seed value chain actors, conducting regional real seed demand assessment from farmers by bureaus of agriculture, providing training on seed quality maintenance from field up to storage, raising awareness of seed producers on seed production ethics and rules, making regular inspections of seed fields and seed storage, improving access of farmers to seed cleaning machines and seed storage (rent, out grower), capacitating primary seed producers’ cooperatives  by creating linkage with potential donors, increasing linkage among universities, research institutions, seed producers’ cooperatives, private seed producers, and Bureaus of Agriculture.

Finally, Professor Nigussie Dechassa made a closing remark and thanked the technical and financial supports given by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture for implementing the project in Ethiopia through the facilitation provided by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa.

Professor Chemeda Fininsa Gurmessa becomes the 6^th President of Haramaya University.

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Education appointed Professor Chemeda Fininsa for HU Presidency with a letter issued on the date of October 30, 2015 with a reference number 1/m27/662/08.

Since the former president of HU, Dr Girma Amente’s resignation Professor Chemeda was working as an acting president of the university.

Chemeda Fininsa Gurmessa is professor of Plant Pathology in the School of Plant Sciences at Haramaya University since July 2008. He earned BSc in Biology from Asmara University (1985), MPhil in Plant Pathology from the University of Wales, Bangor, the UK (1990), and PhD in Plant Pathology from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden (2002).

He attained various certificates including on Agricultural Research for Development from International Center for Agricultural Research for Development (ICRA), the Netherlands in 1996, Leadership, and Higher Education Management from Kassel University, Germany in 2008.

Professor Chemeda has served for 30 years from Graduate Assistant to Professor academic rank in higher learning institutions 24 years at Haramaya University and the rest six years at Asmara University. At Haramaya University he has served as Acting President from 3 August 2015 to 30 October 2015 and Vice President for Academic Affairs from 19 May 2012 until 30 October 2015. He was Dean of School of Graduate Studies (2003-2009), Head, Department of Plant Sciences (2002), Coordinator, Pulses Improvement Research Program (2002-2007), Coordinator, Sida/SAREC supported projects (2003-2009), and Head, Crop Protection Section ( 1991-1996) at Haramaya University; and Member, National Variety Release Technical Committee (2003-2004).

Professor Chemeda researched on plant disease epidemiology, host-pathogen interaction, disease management and cropping system; and developed five common bean varieties in cooperation with pulse research team.

He lectures on Plant Disease Epidemiology, Plant Bacteriology, and Plant Disease Management postgraduate level. He also has authored and co-authored more than 65 research articles in peer-reviewed, international and local journals and more than 10 as book chapters.

He is Experienced Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, alumnus, International Center for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture and German Academic Exchange; member, Ethiopian Plant Protection Society, Associate-Editor-in-Chief, East African Journal of Sciences (2007 to 2013); member, Advisory Board, Ethiopian Journal of Applied Sciences.

He has guided and supervised nine PhD and 20 M.Sc. students to successful completion. A research grant that Professor Chemeda has developed has benefited 14 PhD students and 25 Female postgraduate students.

By Ebrahim Seid/ Public and International Relations Directorate

The 13^th INDEPTH ISC/AGM international conference has successfully conducted from November 11^th -13^th 2015 in Ghion Hotel Addis Ababa Ethiopia under the theme of “Health and Demographic Research to Inform the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. International Network for the Demographic Evolution of Population and Their Health (INDEPTH) is a network of Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) all over the world. INDEPTH continue to organize International Scientific Conference (ISC) and Annual General Meeting (AGM). ISC focuses on scientific findings of research activities in member centers and AGM deals with administrative and policy issues of member centers and the network.

ISC-2015 has been hosted by Haramaya, Addis Ababa, Gondar, Jimma and Mekele Universities in collaboration with INDEPTH, WHO and the FDRE Ministry of Health.The conference was officially opened by the honorable guest H.E Dr. Amir Aman the State Minister of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. During his opening remark Dr. Amir emphasizes reliable, timely and accurate data are basic for better health policy formulation.

The Executive Director of INDEPTH, Prof. Osman Sankoh, and INDEPTH Board Chair Prof. Marcel Tanner were also among the many renowned and distinguished scholars who attended and gave a speech during the conference.

The prime objective of the conference was to create an opportunity for its members and partners to share their experiences and key research findings and proposed research using primarily data from Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs).

Haramaya University has boldly participated in the conference through exhibiting and circulating scientific journals, promotional items and other information brochures to participants of the event. In the event Prof. Chemeda Fininsa, President of Haramaya University, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-president of Research affairs and Mr. Desalegn Admasuu Dean of College of Health and Medical Sciences were in attendance. Prof. Chemeda Fininisa, also gave a key note address during the conference.

In the three day conference held at the Ghion Hotel various scientific papers have been presented and fruitful discussions were held both on plenary and parallel sessions. Dr. Nega Assefa(PhD) Site lead of Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS) has presented a scientific paper on Neonatal and Infant mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and demographic Surveillance System in the period from 2008-2013 at Tana hall-1. In addition, Mr. Wondimye Ashenafi, Mr. Desalew Zelalem, Dr. Yadeta Dessie and Mr. Abere Shiferaw all from Haramaya University have presented their papers in the forum. Mr. Abere Shiferahu was participant of young scientist forum among the 9 researchers selected from all over the world. Editors of the Lancet have presented how to write a publishable article to the young scientists.

The conference has brought together 350 participants from HDSS in the world from 22 countries, 38 HDSS leaders, INDEPTH board Members, INDEPTH Scientific Committee including Prof. Peter Byas a prominent scientist, editors of the Lancet, editors of Global Public health, chair-person of the African Public Health Association, 14 University president or vice-presidents which do not have HDSS, six University Presidents and or Vice Presidents where the six HDSS in Ethiopia located, Representatives of Embassies, Save the Children, WHO, and key researchers from Stanford University have also been among the participants.

In a dinner reception held at the Ghion Hotel, HE Dr. Kesatebirhan Admasse, Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, has been acknowledged the INDEPTH for having the chance given Ethiopia to host the conference and appreciated the participants for the fruitful deliberation they have had during their stay in Ethiopia. He also pledged that his ministry will strengthen relations with all stakeholders to ensure that it gets the necessary information needed for informed decision making.

The ISC INDEPTH Scientific Conference was completed by electing four INDEPTH board members replacing those finishing their tenure. Prof. Alemayehu Worku of Addis Ababa University is among the four scientists selected for INDEPTH board member. At the conclusion of the program, Uganda and Thailand were given the chance to host the AGM in 2016 and ISC in 2017, respectively.

INDEPTH is a pioneer in health and population research, providing robust answers to some of the most important questions in development. Through its global network of health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) field sites in Africa, Asia and Oceania, it is capable of producing reliable longitudinal data not only about the lives of people in low- and middle-income countries, but also about the impact on those lives of development policies and programs.

Haramaya University College of Law staffs participated in advanced courses organized by Pretoria University, Center for Human Rights in South Africa in May 2015.

The center hosts advanced course on human rights with different titles every month between February and November.

One of the participants from Haramaya University was Eshetu Yadeta, second year masters student and guest lecturer for undergraduate students at the College. He participated in the advanced course on judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights. Mr. Eshetu, who is a judge by profession and has been working in Eastern Showa Zone First Instance Court for over two years, joined Haramaya University Master of Law program in 2014.

The advanced course, Mr Eshetu said, was a great exposure to learn techniques on judicial application of socio economic rights. He also conducted a presentation on socio-economic rights in Ethiopia.

Controversial issues of enforceability of socio-economic rights were dealt with extensive discussions. Participants agreed that socio-economic rights are enforceable by raising particular examples on how courts in South Africa and India managed to enforce socio-economic rights by calling and imposing obligation on finance ministers.

The challenge to African context, however, is that governments claim financial constraints. Nevertheless, courts should cross check on the validity of budget allocation. Extravagant expenditures shall be challenged by courts. Participants firmly opined that socio-economic rights are enforceable before court and took responsibility to enforce the rights in courts.

Gebreala Abraham, another MA student and Assistant Lecturer of law at the College, participated on the advanced course at the center on the right to development in Africa held in August, 2015. There were multidisciplinary issues raised at this training ranging from the socio economic rights to financial regulation, gender as a development agenda and democracy and development. PhD candidates, officials, and experts from different organizations were invited to present their papers and lectures during the course.

Most of the participants in the training were human rights experts working on different public offices. Instructors from universities and experts from other fields also participated. Comprehensive and diverse issues were raised and discussed in the training. Participants were able to share African values with fellow Africans and discuss development hurdles with particular national perspectives.

One of the most important issues discussed was lack of sufficient legal scheme at regional level on the right to development. Participants were required to draft regional convention on the right to development in group in a group work. The conventions were presented to scholars from center for human rights and comments were forward to the group members.

በኢብሒም ሰዒድ(ህዝብና አለማቀፍ ግንኙነት ዳይሬክቶሬት)

በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች  የጠፋውን የሐረማያ ሐይቅ ወደ ቀድሞው ይዞታ ለመመለስ ከፍተኛ አስተዋጽኦ እያደረገ የሚገኘው ግብረሀይል በዩኒቨርሲቲው ቅጥር ግቢ ባካሄደው የግማሽ ቀን ውይይት እስካሁን ያከናወናቸውን ተግባራትና ወደፊት መሰራት ባለባቸው ጉዳዮች ዙሪያ ከባለድርሻ አካላት ጋር ውይይት አድርጓል፡፡

በውይይቱ ላይ የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ፕሬዚዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ጨመዳ ፊኒንሳን ጨምሮ ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንቶች የኮሌጅ ዲኖች፣ጉዳዩ የሚመለከታቸው ትምህርት ክፍል ኃላፊዎች እንዲሁም ከሐረማያ ከተማ፣ ከሐረማያ ወረዳና ከምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን የተውጣጡ የስራ ኃላፊዎችና አርሶ አደሮች ተሳትፈዋል፡፡

ፕሮግራሙ የተጀመረው ገንደሙዴ አካባቢ ያለውንና የደረቀውን የሐይቁን ክፍል በመጎብኘት ሲሆን በእለቱ ተገኝተው ንግግር ያደረጉት የማሀበረሰብ አቀፍና ኢንተርፕራይዝ ልማት ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ከበደ ወ/ጻዲቅ ምንም እንኳን የተፋሰስ ልማት ፕሮጀክቱ ከተጀመረ 3ኛ አመቱን ቢይዝም ከወረዳው እና ከዞኑ የሚመለከታቸው አካላት የሚደረገው ድጋፍ አናሳ በመሆኑ ባሰበነው ፍጥነት ለመራመድ አልቻልንም ብለዋል፡፡

ይህ ፕሮጀክት ያለህዝቡና የመንግስት አካላት ቁርጠኛ ተሳትፎ ግቡን እንደማይመታ ከወዲሁ በማመን በጋራ ካልተሰራ አይደለም ሐይቁን ማሰመለስ ለመጠጥ የምናውለው የከርሰ-ምድር ውሀ ባጭር ጊዜ ውስጥ ሊደርቅ እንደሚችል አሳስበዋል፡፡

በገንደሙዴ የተደረገው የመስክ ጉብኝት እንደተጠናቀቀ በዩኒቨርሲቲው የስልጠና ማዕከል የሐረማያ ሐይቅ የተቀናጀ ተፋሰስ ልማት ጽ/ቤት የ2007 የስራ አፈጻጸም ሪፖርት በአቶ ተፈሪ ታደሰ ቀርቧል፡፡ ጽ/ቤቱ ሐይቁን ከማሰመለስ ባሻገር በሰባት ዋና ዋና ዘርፎች ላይ ትኩረት ሰጥቶ ህዝቡንና ገበሬውን ተጠቃሚ የሚያደርጉ ተግባራትን ማከናወኑን ከተደረገው ገለጻ ለመገንዘብ ተችሏል፡፡ ከነዚህም መካካል በአፈርና ውሃ እቀባ፣ በንብ ማነብ፣ ምርትና ምርታማነትን በማሳደግ፣ ስነ-ተዋልዶ ጤናን ለአብነት መጥቀስ ይቻላል፡፡ በነዚህም ዘርፎች ላይ ትርጉም ያለው ስራ ቢሰራም በተከሰተው የቅንጅት እና የትኩረት ማነስ ምክንያት ያስገኙት ውጤት ሲመዘን አንደተጠበቀው አይደለም ተብሏል፡፡

የፕሮጀክቱ ኃላፊ ዶ/ር አብዱለጢፍ አህመድ በበኩላቸው በፎቶግራፍ የተደገፈ ገለጻ ያደረጉ ሲሆን ሐይቁ ይመለስበታል ተብሎ እየተሰራበት ያለው የተንጣለለ ሜዳ ገበሬዎቹ ለሰብል ምርት እየጠቀሙበትና እያረሱት በመሆኑ ስራቸው ላይ እንቅፋት እንደፈጠረባቸው አስረድተዋል፡፡

ሁለቱ ምሁራኖች ባቀረቡት ገለጻ እንዲሁም በተቀናጀ የተፋሰስ ልማቱ እጣፋንታ ዙሪያ በዩኒቨርሲቲው ፕሬዚዳንት በፕሮፌሰር ጨመዳ ፊኒንሳና ከሐረማያ ወረዳና ከምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን በሙጡ እንግዶች መሪነት ሰፋ ያለ ውይይት ተደርጓል፡፡ ፕ/ር ጨመዳ በውይይቱ ወቅት እንደገለጹት ይህ ፕሮጀክት በዋነኝነት ባለቤትነቱ የህዝቡ መሆኑን በመግለጽ በየደረጃው ያሉ የስቲሪንግ ኮሚቴ እና የመንግስት መዋቅሮች ለተፈጻሚነቱ በቁርጠኝነት መንቀሳቀስ ይገባል ብለዋል፡፡

ከሐረማያ ወረዳና ከምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን የመጡ ተወካዮችም የቅንጅትና መዋቅር ችግር መኖሩን ያመኑ ሲሆን ወደፊት ተናቦና ተቀራርቦ ለመስራት ቃል ገብተዋል፡፡ በእለቱ ተወያዮችም ለተፋሰስ ልማቱ ውጤታማነት ይጠቅማሉ ያሏቸውን ሃሳቦች አቅርበዋል፡፡ በመጨረሻም አጋጠሙ የተባሉት ችግሮች ላይ ለመምከርና መፍትሔ ለመስጠት  የተፋሰሱ ስቲሪንግ ኮሚቴ ባጭር ጊዜ ውስጥ ስብሰባ እንዲያደርግ የውሳኔ ሀሳብ ተላልፈዋል፡፡ ለግማሽ ቀን የተካሄደው ውይይት የተቋጨው ለሐረማያ ሐይቅ የተፋሰስ ልማት ፕሮጀክት በመቅረጽና በልዩልዩ ዘርፎች አስተዋጽኦ ላደረጉ ግለሰቦች የምስጋና ምስክር ወረቀት በመስጠት ነበር፡፡

በሸምሸዲን መሐመድ/ከህዝብና ዓለም አቀፍ ግንኙነት ዳይሬክቶሬት

ለእድገት መሠረት እንጥላለን በሚል መሪ ቃል ላለፉት ስድስት አስርት አመታት በመማር ማስተማር፤ በምርምርና ስርፀት እንዲሁም በማህበረሰብ አገልግሎት ዘርፎች ከማህበረሰቡና ከተለያዩ አጋርና ባለድርሻ አካላቶች ጋር በመሆን ለአገራችን እድገት የበኩሉን ድርሻ በመወጣት ላያ ያለው የሐረማያ ዪኒቨርሲቲ እንደማንኛዉም የአገሪቱ የከፍተኛ ት/ት ተቋም ማህበረሰቡን ያሳተፈ አገልግሎት የመስጠት ኃላፊነቱን እየተወጣ ይገኛል፡፡

ፕ/ር ከበደ ወ/ፃዲቅ የሐረማያ ዪኒቨርሲቲ የማህበረሰብ ተሳትፎ ልማትና ኢንተርፕራይዝ ም/ፕሬዝዳንት ዩኒቨርሲቲው ከመማ ርማስተማር ስራው ጎን ለጎን የአካባቢውን ማህበረሰብ ተጠቃሚ የሚያደርጉ በርካታ ስራዎች እየሰራ መሆኑንና  በፍትህ ዘርፍም በዩኒቨርሲቲው ህግ ኮሌጅ እየተሰጠ ያለው ነጻ የህግ ድጋፍ አገልግሎት ለፍትህ ተደራሽነት ከፍተኛ አስተዋጾ እያደረገ መሆኑን ሰሞኑንከተለያዩየሚዲያተቋማትለተውጣጡጋዜጠኞችበጽ/ቤታቸውበሰጡትጋዜጣዊመግለጫገልፀዋል።

ዩኒቨርሲቲው በሚሰጠው ነጻ የህግ ድጋፍ አገልግሎት ሴቶችና ህጻናት፣አቅመ ደካማና አካል ጉዳተኞች፣ የህግታራሚዎች፣ ከቫይረሱ ጋር የሚኖሩ ዜጎችና ሌሎች የአገልግሎቱ ተጠቃሚ መሆናቸውን ገልጸዋል።

የዩኒቨርሲቲው የህግ ኮሌጅ የማህበራዊ ፍትህ ሃላፊ አቶ ሱልጣን ቃሲም በበኩላቸው እንደገለጹትዩኒቨርሲውከሐምሌ 1 ቀን 2005 ዓ.ም እስከ መስከረም 30 ቀን 2008 ዓ.ም ብቻ በቃል ምክር አገልግሎት፣ ክስና ይግባኝ በመጻፍ አገልግሎት ፣ በውክልና ፍ/ቤት በመቆም እንዲሁም የታራሚዎች ጉዳይ በመከታተል አገልግሎትና የህግ ግንዛቤ ትምህርት በመስጠት በአጠቃላይ ለ336,314 ዜጎችነጻየህግድጋፍአገልግሎትመሰጠቱንና ይህም አገልግሎት በትንሹ  በአማካይ በገበያ ዋጋ ሲተመን 80,660,150ብር እንደሆነ ገልፀው በአሁኑ ወቅትም አገልግሎቱ በ43 የህግ ድጋፍ መስጫ ማዕከላት እየተሰጠ መሆኑንአስረድተዋል።

አቶሱልጣንቃሲም አክለውም ነጻየህግድጋፍካገኙትመካከልም 80 በመቶውያህሉየፍትህአገልግሎትተጠቃሚማድረግመቻሉንገልጸዋል።

የጋዜጠኞች ቡድኑ ስለአገልግሎቱ አሰጣጥና ተደራሽነት ለአንድ ሣምንት በሐረሪ ክልል፣በኦሮሚያ ክልል በምስራቅና ምዕራብ ሐረርጌ ዞኖችና ወረዳ ፍ/ቤቶች ባደረገው ምልከታ የሐረማያወረዳአዴሌ ወልተሃ ቀበሌገበሬማህበርነዋሪ የሆኑትአቶዑመር ኢብሮ በርከሌ፣ የኮምቦልቻ ወረዳ የቀቀሊ ቀበሌገበሬማህበርነዋሪ ወ/ሮ ዘቢዳ ኢብራሂም፣ በሐረሪ ክልል የሐረር ከተማ ቀላድ አምባ ነዋሪ የሆኑት ተማሪ አላዛር ገነትና አቶ ደረስ አይቼህዩኒቨርሲቲውበአካባቢያቸውወንጀልእንዳይስፋፋና መልካምአስተዳደርእንዲሰፍን በሚያደርገው የነጻየህግድጋፍአገልግሎት ተጠዋሚ መሆናቸውን ገልጠው በተሰጣቸው  አገልግሎት ተገቢውን ፍትህ ማግኘታቸውን ለቡድኑ አስረድተዋል ፡፡

ዩኒቨርሲቲው የህግ ተደራሽነትን ቀልጣፋና ምቹ በማድረግ ለታራሚዎች የነፃ የህግ አገልግሎት በመስጠት ላይ መሆኑን የተመለከተው የጋዜጠኞች ቡድን በምዕራብ ሐረርጌ በሀብሮ ወረዳ ማረሚያ ቤት በመገኘት ባደረገው ምልከታ ዩኒቨረሲቲው በ2007 ዓ.ም በማረሚያ ቤቱ ውስጥ ነፃ የህግ አገልግሎት ማዕከል በመክፈት ለታራሚዎቹ በቂ የህግ ግንዛቤ ከማስጨበጥ በተጨማሪ በሀሰት ምስክር ምክኒያት በደረሰባቸው እንግልት ይግባኝ ለመጠየቅ ባለመቻላቸው፣በገንዘብ እጦትና በሌሎች ምክኒያቶች ሊደርስባቸው የሚችለውን ውጣ ውረድ ማስቀረት መቻሉንና በአሁኑ ሰዓትም በየወሩ ከአስር በላይ የሆኑ ታራሚዎች የጥብቅና አገልግሎት፣ከ20 እስከ 25 ለሚሆኑ ታራሚዎች ደግሞ የፁሁፍ አገልግሎት በመስጠት ላይ መሆኑንና በህገ መንግስቱና በወንጀል ህጉ የተቀመጡትን የታራሚዎችን መብት በማስጠበቅ በተለይም ጠበቃ ማቆም ያልቻሉ አገልግሎት እንዲያገኙ በማድረግ እስከአሁን ከአስር በላይ ለሚሆኑ በሀሰት ምስክር ለተመሰከረባቸው የህግ ታራሚዎች ዩኒቨርሲቲው የጥብቅና አገልግሎት በነፃ በመስጠቱ በነፃ  መለቀቃቸውን አረጋግጧል፡፡

አቶ መሀመድ ሣኒ የሚባል በሀብሮ ወረዳ ገለምሶ ከተማ 01 ቀበሌ ነዋሪ የሆነ ሰው ድብደቦ አካል ጉዳት አድርሷል በሚል በፍታብሔር ተከሶ 465ሺህ ብር እንዲከፍል ተፈርዶበት የነበረ ሲሁን ዩኒቨርሲቲው ባደረገው ክትትል ታራሚው አድርሶታል የተባለው የአካል ጉዳት ትክክል አለመሆኑንና ቀድሞም ግለሰቡ አካል ጉዳተኛ መሆኑን ለይግባኝ ሰሚ ፍ/ቤት በማስረዳት ወደ 2700ብር ዝቅ እንዲደረግለትና በወንጀልም ከ6ዓመት ወደ 2ዓመት ከ6ወር ዝቅ እንዲልለት ስለተደረገለት በየኒቨርሲቲው የነፃ የህግ አገልግሎት በጣም መደሰቱን አስረድተዋል፡፡

በማረሚያ ቤቱ ያሉ ታራሚዎቹም ለጋዘጠኞቹ በሰጡት አስተያየት የተሰጣቸው የህግ ግንዛቤ በእጅጉ እንደጠቀማቸው ጠቅሰው ወደ ህብረተሰቡ ሲወጡ ማህበረሰባቸውን በቅንነትና በታማኝነት ለማገልገል ቃል ገብተው ዩኒቨርሲቲው የሚሰጠው የነፃ የህግ አገልግሎት ቀጣይነት እንዲኖረው የሚመለከታቸው አካላት ርብርብ እንዲያደርጉ ጠይቀዋል፡፡

የሐረሪ ክልል ጠ/ፍ/ቤት ፕሬዚዳንት የሆኑት አቶ ኢሊያስ ያህያ፣የምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን ከ/ፍ/ቤት ፕሬዚዳንት አቶ ሙሉጌታ ፈቃዱ፣የምዕራብ ሐረርጌ ዞን ከ/ፍ/ቤት ፕሬዚዳንት አቶ አፍሬም ኃይሌ  እንዲሁም አቶ መንገሻ ነጋሽ የሐረማያ ወረዳ ፍ/ቤት ፕሬዚዳንት እያንዳንዳቸው በሰጡት አስተያየት የሐረማያዩኒቨርሲቲእየሰጠ ያለው ነጻየህግድጋፍአገልግሎትየአካባቢውን የማህበረሰብ ጥያቄ ከመመለስ ባሻገር እየሰጡ ያሉትን  የፍርድ ህደት ቀልጣፋ እያደረገላቸው መሆኑን  ገልፀው  የነፃ ህግ አገልግሎቱ አሰጣጥ ስኬታምና ውጤታማ መሆኑንና ዩኒቨረሲቲው ቀጥሮ እያሰራ ያሉት የህግ ጠበቆች በግል በገንዘብ ተቀጥረው ከሚሰሩት ጠበቆች በተሸለ ጥራት እየሰሩ በመሆኑ የፍ/ቤቱን ሥራ እንዲቃለል ማስቻሉን አስረድተዋል፡፡

ወ/ሮ አለምነሽ ከበደ የምስራቅ ሐረርጌ የሴቶችና ህፃናት ጉዳይ ጽ/ቤትና ወ/ሮ ነኢማ አብዱረህማን የሐረማያ ወረዳ የሴቶችና ህፃናት ጽ/ቤት ተወካይ ስለ ሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የነፃ የህግ ድጋፍ አሰጣጥ አስመልክተው በሰጡት አስተያየት ቀደም ሲል የአካባቢውነዋሪበተለይምሴቶች፣አቅመደካሞችናአካልጉዳተኞችችግራቸውን ለመፍታት ከፍተኛ ችግር መኖሩን ጠቅሰው በተለይ ከሁለት ዓመት ወዲህ የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ እየሰጠ ባለው የነፃ የህግ ድጋፍ አገልግሎት በብዙ ሺህ የሚቆጠሩ አቀመ ደካማ ሴቶች ተገቢውን ፍትህ ማግኘታቸውን አስረድተው አገልግሎቱ ይበልጥ ተደራሽነት እንዲኖረው የበኩላቸውን ድርሻ እንደሚያበረክቱ ገልፀዋል፡፡

የጋዜጠኞች ቡድኑ ከተለያዩ ተቋማት ማለትም ከአዲስ ዘመን፣ከአዲስ አድማሰ፣ ከአዲስ ስታንዳርድ፣ ከሄራልድ፣ከሪፖርት፣ከበሪሳ  ከኦሮሚያ ቲቪ፣ከሬዲዮ ፋና 94.8 ኤፍ ኤም፣ ከኢዜአ፣ከሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ማበረሰብ ሬዲያ ኤፍ ኤም 91.5 የህግ አገልግሎት ክፍል እና ከሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የህዝብ ግንኙነት ዳይሬክቶሬት የተወጣጡ ናቸው፡፡

The College of Education and Behavioral Sciences (CEBS) conducted training for first year undergraduate student’s undergraduate students on the themes of cooperative learning, modularization, and continuous assessment and study skills on Friday, November 27, 2015.

The college has been providing training on these four themes for the last three years. During the training, the concept, importance and how to make use of Cooperative Learning, Modularization, Continuous Assessment, and Study Skills are discussed. Since students are expected to use these four learning tools in their three years of stay at the university, the training is expected to minimize any possible challenges they may face while using the tools. It is also expected to avoid any prejudices they have for using the tools.

During the conclusion of the training, the College Dean, Dr. Getnet Demissie reminded the students that they should be inquisitive, open-minded and hardworking so that they can develop the required knowledge, skills and attitude necessary for life.

In addition, Dr. Getnet advised the students to use their time wisely and focus on their education to improve the quality of our education and thereby change the life of our citizens. The College of Education and Behavioral Sciences (CEBS) awarded certificate and prize for one male and one female student in each batch of the four departments who excelled in their academic performance during their stay at the College.

A total of 17 students were provided the award in front of their colleagues on November 27, 2015. During the ceremony, the Dean of the College, Dr. Getnet Demissie, indicated that the award is intended to motivate the recipients and other students to focus on their learning and improve their academic performance. Dr. Getnet also reminded the students to work cooperatively while trying to excel in their academic performance.

በሸምሸዲን መሐመድ/የህዝብና ዓለም አቀፍ ግንኙነት ዳይሬክቶሬት

መንግስት በሁለተኛው የእድገትና የትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ ሊሰራቸው ካቀዳቸው አስራ አንድ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች ውስጥ አንዱ የሆነውና በኦሮሚያ ክልል በምዕራብ ሐረርጌ ዞን በጭሮ ከተማ ለሚገነባው የኦዳ ቡልቱም ዩኒቨርሲቲ የኦሮሚያ ክልል ርዕሰ መስተዳድር አቶ ሙክታር ከድርና የትምህርት ሚኒስትሩ አቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ ህዳር 15 ቀን 2008 ዓ.ም የመሰረት ድንጋይ አስቀምጡ።

በሥነ ስርአቱ ላይ አቶ ሙክታር ከዲር እንዳሉት አገሪቷ ለያዘችው የእድገትና ትራንፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ ውጤማነት ለማረጋገጥ ምርምርና ስልጠና ላይ ትኩረት ማድረግ ያስፈልጋል፡፡ የኦዳ ቡልቱም ዩኒቨርሲቲ መገንባትም በተለይ የአካባቢውን እምቅ የግብርና ሀብት ለመጠቀም በምርምር የታገዘ የግብርና ሥራዎችን ለማከናወን ያለው ጠቀሜታ ከፍተኛ መሆኑን ርእሰ መስተዳድሩ ተናግረዋል፡፡

የዩኒቨርሲቲው መገንባት ለአካባቢው ማህበረሰብ ብሎም ለጭሮ ከተማ እድገት የጎላ መሆኑንም አቶ ሙክታር ገልፀዋል፡፡

የትምህርት ሚኒስትሩ አቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ እንደተናገሩት መንግስት በሁለተኛው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎችን በማስፋፋት ብቁና ተወዳዳሪ የሆነ የሰው ኃይል በማፍራት የትምህርት ጥራት ላይ ትኩረት አድርጎ ይሰራል ብለዋል፡፡

በጭሮ ከተማ የሚገነባው የኦዳ ቡልቱም ዩኒቨርሲቲም በመማር ማስተማር እና በምርምር ስርፀት ዘርፍ ያሉ ችግሮችን ለማስወገድ የሚያግዝ ባለሙያ በስፋትና በጥራት ለማፍራት የበኩሉን ድርሻ እንደሚያበረክትና በአካባቢው እየተከናወነ የሚገኘውን የተፈጥሮ ሀብት ወደ ተሻለ እድገት ለማሸጋገር የሚያግዝ መሆኑን አቶ ሽፈራው አመልክተዋል።

የምዕራብ ሐረርጌ ዞን ዋና አስተዳዳሪ አቶ አህመድ አሊይ የሚገነባው ዩኒቨርሲቲ ለማስተማርና ለምርምር ስራ በእውቀት፣በክህሎትና በስነ ምግባር የታነጸ ባለሙያ ለማፍራት ካለው ፋይዳ በተጨማሪ ለከተማዋ እድገት ብሎም ለአካባቢው ህብረተሰብ የተለየ ፋይዳ እንዳለው አስታውቀዋል።

የሀገር ሽማግሌዎች የኦዳ ቡልቱም ዩኒቨርሲቲ እንዲቋቋም የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ያቀረቡትን ጥያቄ መንግስት ተቀብሎ ተግባራዊ ማድረጉ እንዳስደሰታቸው በመግለፅ በዩኒቨርሲቲው ግንባታ ወቀትም አስፈላጊውን ድጋፍና ትብብር ለማድረግ ዝግጁ መሆናቸውን አስታውቀዋል፡፡

የሀረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ምክትል ሬጅስትራር የነበሩት ዶ/ር ሙክታር አህመድ ዩኒቨርሲቲውን በፕሬዝዳንትነት እንዲመሩ አቶ አሰድ ዚያድ ደግሞ የስራ አመራር ቦርድ ሰብሳቢ ሆነው እንዲሰሩ መመደባቸው ይፋ ተደርጓል፡፡

በስነ ስርአቱ ላይ ክቡር አቶ አዲሱ ለገሠና ሌሎችም ከፍተኛ የመንግስት ባለ ስልጣናትና ጥሪ የተደረገላቸ እንግዶች ተገኝተዋል፡፡የኦዳ ቡልቱም ዩኒቨርሲቲ ከድሬደዋና ጅግጅጋ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች በመቀጠል ከሀረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የወጣ ሦስተኛው ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሆኗል፡፡

Haramaya University College of Law (CoL) has become amongst only twelve universities selected from throughout Africa- and the only university selected from Ethiopia- to participate in the final oral rounds of the inaugural African Court of Human and People’s Rights African Governance Architecture (AGA) Moot Court Competition which will be held from November 30– December 3, 2015 in Arusha, Tanzania.

Participating universities were first selected and short-listed based on their written memorials, which showcases their legal research, writing and analysis skills. The COL team is composed, for the first time, of SGS students from the first LL.M (International Economic and Business Law) batch- Mr. Eshetu Yadeta, Ms. Gabreala Abraham- and coached by COL academic staff member, and LL.M student, Mr. Fassil Wondwossen. Unfortunately, Ms. Gabreala Abraham was, at the same time, selected to be part of the highly competitive Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), a US-funded leadership training program, which is taking place during the same time period in Nairobi, Kenya. Consequently, LL.M student, Ms. Zebiba Mussema, will be taking her place at the final oral rounds in Tanzania. It is with absolute confidence that the College team will make Haramaya University proud, according the statement made by CoL.

The program begins on the first day with welcoming remarks by Dr. Robert Eno, registrar of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, followed by a conference on two themes: the African Human Rights System- Challenges and Opportunities; and accelerating Good Governance in Africa. The following two days will consist of multiple rounds of arguments between the participating universities. The arguments will be presented to experienced and respected judges consisting of representatives from the African Court of Human and People’s Rights, the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and the African Governance Architecture Secretariat. The moot court will be conducted in English and French and simultaneous interpretation of both languages will be provided.

The African Court is covering all travel and other related costs for the selected participants of the moot court competition, which is truly a wonderful opportunity.

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) is a continental court established by Member States of the African Union to ensure the protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa. The Court was   established by virtue of Article 1 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Protocol). In fact, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which is the fact the main African human rights instrument that sets out the rights and duties relating to human and peoples’ rights in Africa, provides a framework within which the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights was created.

The mandate of the Court is to complement and reinforce the functions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission – often referred to as the Banjul Commission), which is a quasi-judicial body charged with monitoring the implementation of the Charter.

The Protocol establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights was adopted on 9 June 1998 in Burkina Faso and came into force on 25 January 2004 after it was ratified by more than 15 countries. The Court has its permanent seat in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania.[1]

The universities selected and invited to take place in the final oral rounds of the competition are:

Statement from the College says,” It is with great hope and confidences that we wish our HU College of Law moot court team the greatest success.”

“The College of Law continues to showcase its strong academic talents by consistently dominating both national and international moot court competitions. We are sure they will make us proud and bring home another trophy for our ever-expanding moot court collection,” the statement added.

[1] Information taken from the ACHPR website: http://en.african-court.org/index.php/about-us/establishment