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the journal has come, the new team hasno alternative but to focus on the future.The core function of the journal has remainedlinkage between the students, lecturers andthe industrialists. The extent by which thishas been achieved is for you the readership todecide. It’s however with much pleasure thatI wish to inform that our efforts have wonus recognition as not only the best student journal in Eastern Africa but also among the
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