Listen
What does our community need us to understand?
Our next meeting:
A commitment to keep:
Original prompts from Ssali’s editors.THE VOICES OF SSALI / Kenya / MEMOIR
Dr. Rukia Atikiya
Leadership & business
Project Cycle Management
A practical guide to the project cycle, from identification and design through planning, implementation, evaluation, and adaptation.
Memoir
Veiled Strength
A personal story of education, determination, and women finding strength while opening doors for others.
THE LEARNER WHO RETURNS / DR RUKIA ATIKIYA
What knowledge makes possible.
Who we bring with us.
A public career can be measured in appointments. It can also be understood through the learners encouraged along the way.
2009 → 2011 → 2015Three graduations.
LEARNING INTO PRACTICE
Three graduations.
A continuing commitment.
In her 2026 JKUAT address, Dr Rukia recalled the three degrees she earned there, and the responsibility that came with each return.
Hear her tell it, through JKUATLEARNING INTO PRACTICE
Former KSG Mombasa Director. NITA Director General from May 2026. Her books invite another kind of encounter with the person behind those roles.
Begin with her booksTRY THIS WITH YOUR READING CIRCLE
One passage. One conversation. One small action.
Read a passage together. Let each person name a question it raises. Choose one useful thing to carry into the week—and put a date beside it.
Write your reflection at our deskAn invitation from Ssali’s editors, inspired by community learning.THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION
Veiled Strength.
For the learning day.
A practical book-branded case, an undated calendar and a journal. For the lecture, the reading circle and the next thing you put into practice.
A book. A learning circle. Something to put into practice.
For the student on the way to class, the public servant planning a project, and the friend who starts a reading group. Dr Rukia’s collection makes room for the learning we do together.
Explore the pieces belowWORDS TO TAKE INTO THE WEEK
A little structure.
A shared next step.
FROM HER 2026 JKUAT ADDRESS
“Lead with integrity, serve with humility, innovate with courage, and pursue excellence with discipline.”Dr Rukia AtikiyaPublished by JKUAT
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM WHAT I LEARN?
AN UNDATED CALENDAR / A COMMUNITY RHYTHM
Make a plan.
Leave room for people.
Discussion dates, study milestones and one useful action. Start in any month; build a rhythm that fits your group.
Veiled Strength, a book-branded plum pencil case, stone journal, undated desk calendar and black refillable pen. The optional co-authored Project Cycle Management is a separate book.
VEILED STRENGTH / THE LEARNING COLLECTION
What we learn, we carry forward.
The next class. The next reading-circle meeting. A note you want to return to. The Veiled Strength collection pairs Dr Rukia’s book with practical writing pieces in plum and stone: useful on a student desk, at work or in a shared study session.
Book & community learning set
- Included
- Veiled Strength
- Included
- Learning journal and undated community-study calendar
- Included
- Plum fabric pencil case and refillable pen
- Optional addition
- Project Cycle Management, co-authored with Dr Abduba Mollu Ido
One Veiled Strength pencil case. A pen is included only if you select the pen edition. Book, calendar and journal are separate.
VEILED STRENGTH / THE EVERYDAY WRITING CASE
Veiled Strength. Ready for the next class.
Plum canvas, a graphite zip and the book’s name on a small woven label. A straightforward pencil case for the pens and pencils that travel from lecture to meeting to home.
Single case · optional pen edition
- Included
- One Veiled Strength plum canvas pencil case
- Optional addition
- Refillable pen
- Optional addition
- Book, journal and calendar
One undated Veiled Strength desk calendar with practical planning fields. Other books and stationery are not included.
VEILED STRENGTH / THE LEARNING CALENDAR
Veiled Strength. A month to make something of.
A clear monthly grid, a place for your reading circle and room to set the next step. Start in any month and use it for deadlines, study plans and the things your group decides to do together.
Single desk calendar
- Included
- One undated flip desk calendar with monthly planning grids
- Optional addition
- Book, writing pouch, journal and pen