The Port of Mombasa welcomed its fifth cruise vessel of the year, the World Odyssey, the world’s largest floating university, carrying 609 students and 183 crew members from Kochi, India.

• The vessel, flying the Bahamas flag, will stay in Mombasa for six days before sailing to Cape Town, South Africa.
• The World Odyssey runs the ‘Semester at Sea’ programme, administered by the Institute of Shipboard Education in partnership with Colorado State University.
• Jasmine Janet, a fourth-year Law student from the University of Nairobi, Mombasa Campus, served as an InterPort Lecturer (IPL), teaching about Kenya’s culture.
• Stella Mbugua is the only Kenyan student currently on the Semester at Sea programme, having started her journey in Thailand and pursuing Public Policy and Administration at Kenyatta University.