PEOPLE OF KENYA

Esther Passaris: A Politician, Founder of Adopt a Light and One in a Million

2016-08-17T23:17:00.001-07:00

Who is Esther Passaris?
Esther Muthoni Passaris(born 20 October 1964) is a Kenyansocial entrepreneur,philanthropistandpolitician. A member of theKenya National Congress, she has run for member of parliamentforEmbakasi Constituencyas well as for women's representative forNairobi County.[1]She is regarded as one of the most well-known female public figures in Kenyan business and politics

Early life
Passaris was born in the coastal city ofMombasato aGreekfather and aKenyanKikuyumother. She attended theAga Khan Academiesthroughout her primary and secondary education, before pursuing aBachelor of Lawsdegree at theUniversity of Nairobi.[4]

Esther Passaris Public and political career
Passasis is a known public figure in Kenya, who has sparked some controversy by her statements about other Kenyan politicians and businessman.[5]She has been a runner-up inMiss Kenyacontest and is actively campaigning for the rights of woman in Kenya.[6]Through her 'Adopt a Light' organization Passaris has signed a deal with Nairobi city authorities in order to:"Restore decrepit street lighting in exchange for advertising rights on the lamposts."[7]Passaris ran for the women's representative forNairobi Countyduring the2013 general election,[8]and was alsoa candidate for the post ofMayor of Nairobi. She is currently a member of Kenya National Congress, a Kenyan political party.She is also CEO and founder of 'One in a Million' campaign operating underDrivingKenya Foundation,[9]a non-profit charitable organization, aimed at fighting problems in Kenya, such as poverty and unemployment, and promoting urban and rural development.

Adopt a light achievements
Without government funding, she lit up Nairobi to the tune of 500m shillings. The improved night-time visibility saw trade and security grow substantially whilst a sharp reduction in crime and road carnage was recorded.Although my project was muffled by external forces, it ignited every one to the realization that street and slum lighting was necessary for the country to attain its developmental goals. Today, the biggest legacy of my initiative is how the government spends billions in installing new streetlights and highmasts.

Her Personal life
Passaris has two children with Kenyan businessman Pius Ngugi. In 2003, she filed a lawsuit against Ngugi for abreach of promiseto marry, demandingKsh.200,000and a car to take their children to and from school.[10]In August 2011, Passaris was sued by Ngugi, claiming she continued to demand more money despite agreeing to a truce in their previous case.[11]Passaris' daughter and eldest child, Makenna Ngugi, is a singer.[

Tom Cholmondeley | The life and death of Lord Delemeres 3rd Grandson

2016-08-17T22:17:00.001-07:00

Who is Tom Cholmondley
His full names are Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley.He was born in 19 June 1968 Nairobi, Kenya.
He was the great-grandson of theLord Delamere, one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya, and was heir to theDelameretitle at the time of his death.

Tom Cholmondley Scandals and Prison charges:
In April 2005, he shot and killed aKenya Wildlife Servicegame ranger on his ranch.He claimedself-defence, and the murder case was dropped before going to trial.[4]In May 2006, he shot and killed a poacher on his Soysambu estate nearLake Naivasha. He was acquitted of murder, but found guilty ofmanslaughter[5]and sentenced to serve eight months in prison. He was released on 23 October 2009.[6]

Tom Cholmondley Early life:
Cholmondeley was a great-grandson ofThe 3rd Baron Delamere(1870–1931), a pioneering settler in Kenya who was the effective "founder" of theWhite communityin that country. Cholmondeley was the only son and heir ofThe 5th Baron Delamere(b. 1934) and his wife Anne,néeRenison. His family is one of the large-scalelandownersin Kenya.[2]He is also a descendant ofSir Robert Walpole, the firstPrime Minister of Great Britain.[7]Afterprep schoolat Pembroke House, in the town ofGilgil, Kenya, andAshdown House School, in the village ofForest RowinEast Sussex, he was educated atEtonCollege. After school he worked on various farms for his "pupil year", including time working onKenneth Matiba's farm, Wangu Embori.

The career life of Tom Cholmoldeley
He attended theRoyal Agricultural College,Cirencester, 1987–1990, and then worked for theAgricultural Mortgage Corporationin Andover,Great Britain. Back in Kenya from 1991 he started working for his family farming business and was then involved in many developing projects.He established a game cropping enterprise onSoysambu Ranch, the vast family estate in Kenya, which ran from 1992–2003, and which employed 15 people as well as building a modernabattoirandcold storagefacilities.He is also responsible for the design and layout of the Soysambu Wildlife Sanctuary and the building of Delamere's Camp in 1993, a high-class tourist lodge with a 6,000-acre (24 km2) exclusive sanctuary covering the area aroundLake Elmenteita.In 1994 he was made a Director of Delamere Estates and in 1995 the chairman of Nakuru Wildlife Conservancy, a position he was elected to twice again.In 1996 he introduced the firstcentre pivot irrigationintoNaivashaand eventually the scheme covered over 600 acres (2.4 km2) and provided employment for approximately 500 people.In the same year he organised the reconstruction of the "Delamere Milk Shop" into a petrol station on the outskirts of Naivasha, the A104 highway. This is now a massive concern and Kenya's busiestfarm shop. Of note is the constructed wetland to cope with the sewage resulting from over 3000 customers per day.His energies turned to building the first straw bale building inGilgil, the location being on the edge of theOtutu forest. He created the leases and design criteria for two further tourist lodges, Mbweha Camp on the edge ofLake Nakuru National Park, andMawe Mbililodge. This is part of the greater plan for theSoysambu Conservancy, together with the establishment of two forestry partnerships covering 510 acres (2.1 km2).

Tom Cholmondeley Shooting saga
On 19 April 2005, Cholmondeley shotKenya Wildlife Servicegame ranger Samson ole Sisina on his ranch inGilgildivision,Nakuru District. He arrived at the slaughterhouse after his ranch employees had summoned his help during what seemed to be a robbery. He is alleged to have shot the KWS employee who was dressed in plain clothes, but insisted it was inself-defenseas the ranger had shot at him first without warning. However, a witness account says the victim was shot in the back. The Attorney GeneralAmos Wakodiscontinued the case by issuing anolle prosequi. This decision was widely criticised by Kenyan media and public, with many claiming he walked free due to the influence of class and position.[citation needed]On 10 May 2006, he was taken again into custody for the killing of astonemason, Robert Njoya Mbugua, who he had discovered on his land with three companions and a pack of dogs. Cholmondeley told police he had shot at the dogs, killing two of them, and that he had not intended to shoot Mr Njoya. He was held at theKamiti Maximum Security Prisonafter the incident and during the ongoing court proceedings. The trial began 25 September 2006.[8]An interlocutory appeal on a question of procedural law was decided on 13 June 2008. He won an appeal to uphold his right to a fair trial.[9]In March 2009, lay assessors in his trial found himnot guilty.[10]On 7 May 2009, Judge Muga Apondi, sitting as a single judge and not bound by the lay assessors' verdict, acquitted Cholmondeley of murder but found him guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter.[3]The verdict was largely based on the evidence by rally driverCarl Tundo, who had accompanied his friend Cholmondeley to the scene. On 14 May 2009 Cholmondeley was sentenced to serve a further eight months in prison. Apondi said he was imposing a "light" sentence given that he had been imprisoned for three years already, and had tried to help Njoya with first aid and transport to hospital.[11]In October 2009 Cholmondeley was released early for good behaviourafter serving five months of his eight-month prison sentence.[6]While murder carries a mandatory death sentence, manslaughter has a statutory maximum of life imprisonment but with no mandatory minimum sentence under Kenyan law.[12]BBC Four'sStoryvilleseries featured the Cholmondeley trial in an episode titled"Last White Man Standing".[13]

Tom Cholmodeley Death
Tom Cholmondeley, son of the fifth Lord Delamere, died on Wednesday 17th August 2016 while receiving treatment at MP Shah Hospital.MP Shah Hospital chief executive officer Anup Das said Mr Cholmondeley, 48, died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday afternoon at 2.15pm as he recovered from hip replacement surgery at the facility.Mr Das said: “He was admitted on Tuesday as a private patient — that is admitted by visiting doctors — in our facility and he underwent the surgery. He was recovering at the Intensive Care Unit when he developedcardiac arrest and died.”Mr Cholmondeley was the great-grandson of the third Lord Delamere, one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya.

Moses Kuria: His birth,education,career and biography

2016-08-17T21:28:00.001-07:00

Moses Kuria Birth and Education
Moses Kuria was born in 1971 at his rural home and started school at Githuya Primary School in Gatundu completing his primary education in 1983.2.Moses Kuria proceeded to pursue his secondary education at Ituru Secondary School sitting for his exams in 1987.3.Mr Kuria was later admitted at University of Nairobi where he pursued a Bachelor of Commerce graduating in 1993.4.While at the University he was the treasurer of the Students Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU) which served a prelude tohis entry into politics.

Moses Kuria Family and Children
His two children (aged 12 and 9) were born in Saudi Arabia and Dubai respectively,” he lets out about his family. A child of a Gatundu business couple, Kuria is the fifth born in a family of nine.

Moses Kuria's Career
Moses Kuria has worked as an auditor, accountant and banker from1994 when he started as an auditor at a firm and ended up at Standard Chartered Bank in 1995 as the head of business process re-engineering, Africa.While at Standard Chartered Bank he experienced both his highest and lowest moments in his career, the highlight being in 1997 when he pioneered the bank’s hubbing process. However, in 1999 he lost an opportunity to become the bank’s head of operation which was taken by Jeremy Awori, now Barclays Bank CEO.
Moses Kuria left the country in late 1999 for a job at Al Rajhi Bank inSaudi Arabia where he became the manager of business process re-engineering a position that was availed to him by his former boss Chris Wingfield.Moses Kuria married Joyce Njambi while in Saudi Arabia and together they have two sons aged 12 and 10.His last stint in the corporate world was at Wamad Information Services in Dubai where he was the chief operating officer before leaving in 2007 to join politics.

How Moses Kuria Joined Politics
In 2007 he joined the Party of National Unity (PNU) as Director of Programs and Spokesperson. The change of career, Kuria says, was motivated by his patriotism to Kenya as he realized the tension that was there before elections would cripple the economy.In 2013 he became The National Alliance (TNA) officer in charge ofstrategy, a position he held until he was elected Gatundu South MPduring a by-election in 2014.

How Moses Kuria got to Parliament
He was elected in a by election unopposed to the position after it was announced vacant following death of Hon Jossy Ngugi who was elected to represent the people of Gatundu South onTNAparty ticket.Unlike his predecessor, Kuria was not elected but was directly appointed by IEBC, following controversial stepping aside by potential candidates like Kiarie Kamere who was like preferred by constituents, it later emerged that Kuria was highly backed by state house. Kuria has lived to be outstanding members of Parliament characterized as outspoken and controversial as evident several events like political incitement ICC fixing debate Tribes incitement Corrupting stima raising project in Gatundu South

Moses Kuria current political position.
Moses Kuria is the current member of Parliament forGatundu South2013-2017 term

Eugene Wamalwa: The birth,politics and biography of Eugene Wamalwa

2016-08-17T13:33:00.001-07:00

Eugene Wamalwa biography
Who is Eugene Wamalwa?
Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa is the Current Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Water and Irrigation and former minister for justice. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent theSaboti Constituencybin theNational Assembly of Kenya since theKenyan parliamentary election, 2007.

When was Eugene Wamalwa born?
Eugene Wamalwa was born on 1st April 1969

How Eugene Wamalwa Got into politics
The death of his brother and vice president Michael Wamalwa Kijana in 2003 vacated the Saboti MP seat. In the following by-elections, Eugene Wamalwa vied for the seat under little knownRepublican Party of Kenya(RPK). The by-election was won byDavies Wafula NakitareofNARC.

How Eugene Wamalwa got to parliament
After loosing the 2003by elections, he again contested the Saboti parliamentary seat on a FordKenya ticket under the PNU umbrella in 2007 and won.

Eugene Wamalwa's Presidential Election interest.
Eugene Wamalwa showed interest as a candidate in the 2013 presidential elections but later decided to support Musalia Mudavadi under the AMANI Coalition.

Mike Sonko: First Senator of Nairobi County

2016-08-12T09:15:00.001-07:00

Who is Mike Sonko?
Mbuvi Gidion Kioko Mike Sonko commonly known as Mike Sonkoor simplySonko(Shengfor "rich person" or "boss"), is the immediate former Member of Parliament for Makadara Constituency,Kenya. He was elected on September 20, 2010 in a by-election

His Birth and Background
Mike Sonko was born on February 27 1975. Sonko spent his early years in crime, from mugging people in the streets of Mombasa to becoming a major international drug lord. He is a notorious jail breaker, having escaped from Shimo La Tewa Prison under unclear circumstances. His thuggish, often garish mode of dressing has only reinforced this imageof a gangster.

Before Parliament
Before Mike Sonko joined parliament, he used to operate a fleet of matatus (Public vehicles) in Eastlands.

His Family
Family ManMike Sonko is married and has three daughters namely; Saumu, Salma and Sandra.

His Wealth
Mike Sonko’s wealth is traced to Mombasa where he was born and educated. There, his father ran a property and real estate agency, Pelly Properties, which he co-owned with another businessman.
At the time, his father and business partner split Pelly Properties. Mike Mbuvi’s father started Gidson Properties where the young man, fresh from school, was the sales and marketing manager. Sonko relocated to Nairobi in 1994 where he bought eight matatus, which plied the Kibera route. He bought morematatus, which plied route 42 to Dandora and Umoja. He operated matatus in Dandora and Umoja from 1994 to 1997. “I was also buying and selling plots and residential houses,” says Sonko.After 1997, he bought minibuses and began operating his matatu business in Buru Buru where his first minibus was christened ‘Ruffcuts’. He later bought two buses, one double-decker, for a tours and travel business.Because of helping the youth when in trouble with the police, and ensuring the arrest of a senior traffic policeofficer due to harassment and alleged extortion, among other things, he became the chairman of the Eastlands Matatu Association. There were more than 5,000 matatus, under him. He gained popularity in 2007 after going to court when Eastlands matatus were denied access to the Central Business District. The Government then decreed that the matatus stop at the Muthurwa market and bus terminus.Mbuvi said he has since diversified his business. He bought Club Casurina in Buru Buru as well as cyber cafes, salons, boutiques, and phone and accessories shops in Nairobi.

His Education
After completing primary school at Kikowani Primary School in Mombasa, Mbuvi started getting more involved in his father’s business. At the time he was a student at Kwale High School, Kwale County. “My father was a developer and used to sell beach plots at the Coast to European buyers. He made good profits because he bought the plots cheaply,” Mbuvi told The Standard On Sunday. He said he made Sh5 million working for his father when he was in Form Four in Kwale High in 1991. Despite qualifying to go to university, he decided business was his calling. Instead, he took a course in Business Administration and Management at Edxcel International School in Mwanza and Pwani Business College.

Mike Sonko Election to Senate
Mbuvi became the First Senator of Nairobi after it was announced that, with 808,705 votes, beat his closest competitor,Margaret Wanjiru of the Orange Democratic Movement, who had garnered 525,822 votes, in theNairobi senatorial election of 2013

Mike Sonko's contacts
Mike Sonko Contacts – Mike Mbuvi Sonko Contacts
Parliament Buildings Parliament Rd. P.O Box 41842 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
EMAIL: mikemsonko@gmail.com
EMAIL:mikemsonko@yahoo.com
TEL:0722886600
TEL:0739111999
Mike Sonko Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeSonko
Mike Sonko Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mike-Sonko-148950081810015/

The Biography of Rachel Shebesh

2013-10-09T08:48:00.000-07:00

As we speak and try to destroy her name, this beautiful,patriotic lady, Rachel is the UN Champion for disaster risk reduction in Africa, where her main role is to promote synergy between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Africa, and works closely with African parliamentarians to obtain political commitment to disaster risk reduction policies.Below are some more details about Rachael Shebesh.
Real names: Rachael Wambui Shebesh
Marital status: Married to Frank Shebesh
Date of birth: 1st July 1971
Birth place: Central Kenya
Grew up in: Nairobi
Education:

Primary school: Lavington Primary School
Secondary education: Kianda school
Diploma in design, London College of fashion and design
B.A. Political Science, University of Nairobi

Current Political Position: 2013 Nairobi women representative
Nick name: Rachel seems to mingle well the young people hence her supporters gave her the name Manzi wa Nai.

Parliamentary appearances

Rachel Wambui Shebesh has spoken 968 times in Parliament.

Job History

Member
Ongoing of The Pan-African Parliament
Presidential Advisor
Ongoing of UNIFEM
Champion
Ongoing of Kenya Disability Network
Member
2008 → January 2013 of Kenya Women Parliamentary Association
Administrator
2004 → 2006 of Marion Schools
Enterprenuer
1994 → 2003 of Dressence - Fashion & Design; Design 40 Interior Design

Current Political Positions

Member of the National Assembly
(Women's representative)
Started 10th March 2013 for Nairobi
Coalition Member
Started 13th February 2013 of Jubilee Alliance
Member
Started October 2012 of The National Alliance (TNA)

Previous Political Positions
Aspirant Women representative
2012 → 4th March 2013 for Nairobi of REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Nominated Member of Parliament
2008 → 4th March 2013
Member
2008 → January 2013 of Procedure and House Rules Committee - S.O. 191
Member
2008 → January 2013 of Library Committee - S.O. 193
Member
2007 → January 2013 of Orange Democratic

YOUNGEST KENYAN MOTHER WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TWINS

2012-01-20T23:11:00.001-08:00

Gladys Bulinya is 35 years old and the mother of six sets of twins - a total of 12 children. Most women would struggle to cope with six sets of twins but for Gladys Bulinya it is even more difficult - as many people in her part of Kenya think twins are cursed.Her relatives will have nothing to do with her, and her husband left her, fearing she was jinxed, after the sixth pair of twins arrived in 2010.
She now lives in a one roomed grass-thatched house a few miles from the shore of Lake Victoria and she and some of her children do odd jobs in order to feed the family. She got pregnant at high school - but her boyfriend was too young to marry her.Her sorrow then turned to shock, when her own family ordered her to leave the babies at the district hospital for adoption.They told her that the Bukusu people, to which her family belongs, believe twins bring bad luck - and that unless one of them dies, it means certain death for one or both parents.The Bukusu tradition of eliminating the second twin is no longer practised, though occasional cases of infanticide are still reported in rural areas of western Kenya.

Luckily, Ms Bulinya says, when her boyfriend's father learned the twins had been abandoned, he took them in and has cared for them ever since. (He is from a different ethnic group, the Kalenjin.) But her troubles did not stop there. Five years later she fell in love with and married a primary school teacher.She was living with his family when she gave birth to her second set of twins, Duncan and Dennis.Fearing she had brought them a bad omen - and that someone would die - her in-laws chased her away.She was put on a motorcycle taxi with her twins and sent to her father's home.Yet again, however, her family had no sympathy. Still considering her cursed, they did not allow her on to their property.Instead, they quickly organised another marriage for her, to a man 20 years her senior.He agreed to the alliance, she says, as he had not expected to marry at his age.But more twins followed."Mercy and Faith were born in 2003 and Carren and Ivy in 2005, Purpose and Swin in 2007.Afterwards Baraka and Prince were born which led to her husband walking out.

A few of the children attend the local junior school.Gladys Bulinya says she misses her eldest boys - and last saw them two years ago . Eleven-year-old Dennis has been given a scholarship to a private boarding school nearby, while his twin Duncan looks after the livestock for a retired teacher.Duncan's monthly ration of maize for his herding duties is enough to feed the rest of the family.

Gladys Bulinya's non-identical twins are:

1993: John and James

1999: Duncan and Dennis

2003: Mercy and Faith

2005: Carren and Ivy

2007: Purpose and Swin

2010: Baraka and Prince

How Likely Is It?

Dr Maggie Blott, a spokesperson for the Royal College of Obsetricians and Gynaecologists, says:The chances of having six sets of twins is extremely low, though once you have one set of twins, you are more likely to have another - and once you have two sets, you are more likely to have a third.If a woman repeatedly has non-identical twins, her ovaries are regularly producing two eggs rather than one.In Britain, the chance of having twins is one in 80, in Africa it is higher.I'm not sure anyone knows the chances of having a second or third set of twins - there probably isn't that much information out there. But all obstetricians have stories of a woman who has had twins having twins again. I have a patient who had twins followed by triplets.Twinning runs in families too. A woman who is a twin herself has a higher chance of giving birth to twins."The lady should have undergone sterilisation after discovering that men were using and dumping her," she says.

Ms Bulinya says she has no regrets and sees all her children as God's blessings.However, she admits that she has now reluctantly been sterilised, "against the wishes of my church", as she could not cope with any more children."I am a Catholic. When I made the decision I asked for God's forgiveness and I am sure God understands and will forgive me for doing that."The one thing that really upsets her, she says, is the absence of her 17-year-old twins.She weeps when she recalls their last meeting, two years ago, at their circumcision, a ceremony which marks a teenage boy's rite of passage to a man.At the gathering, each parent must hand over their son to the community elders for the circumcision. "I was invited to the occasion and asked twice to pick my sons from among the crowd of 30 boys," she explains."In both cases I picked the wrong children and my heart still bleeds each time I think of that day."

Source:www.bbc.co.uk/

Charity Ngilu: First woman prsidential candidate in Kenya and sub saharan Africa

2012-01-20T22:17:00.001-08:00

In Kenya’s new government, Minister of Health Charity Ngilu is regarded as a powerful player and a role model for a younger generation of female politicians.

In 1992, she surprised many people when she rose from obscurity to unseat former Cabinet Minister George Ndotto as member of Parliament for the Kitui Central district. In Parliament, she continued to make waves, especially when she struck out at the vice-ridden Moi regime, telling reporters, “You cannot touch or take anybody to court over corruption when you yourself are corrupt.”

When Ngilu announced in 1997 that she intended to run for Kenya’s presidency, excitement rippled across the country. As the first woman presidential candidate in sub-Saharan Africa, Ngilu was a trailblazer on a continent known for its corrupt “Big Men.”

Though she became fourth and didn’t win the top job in 1997, Ngilu left her mark on the political landscape. In 2002, when opponents of President Daniel arap Moi joined forces as the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), she became known as “Mama Rainbow.” Quick to recognize her contributions to the party after he won the presidency, NARC leader Mwai Kibaki made her one of the key members of his first Cabinet.

However,as the chairperson of NARC she was later left stranded after the Liberal Democratic Party left the coalition after the defeat of the Government-sponsored draft constitution, while most of the remaining NARC members founded the new Narc-Kenya party, though NARC is still officially the ruling party. She has been viewed as a flip flopper who could not decide whether she was in the government between 2003 and 2007 or against the government.

On July 31, 2007, Ngilu took Ann Njogu, a protester, to a hospital after Njogu had allegedly been beaten by police. Ngilu was then accused of helping Njogu escape the police, and she was arrested on August 2 before being released on bail. She reported to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department on August 3 as she was ordered, but would not leave her car, saying that she should either be charged or released. Later on the same day the Nairobi High Court ruled that Ngilu's arrest was illegal, and she was allowed to leave. According to Ngilu's lawyer, she was not aiding an escape and Njogu was returned to the police by the hospital a day after she was taken there.

On October 5, 2007, Ngilu announced her support for the Orange Democratic Movement and its presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, in the December 2007 general election; she has compared Odinga to Nelson Mandela. She initially said that she was remaining in the government, despite backing Kibaki's main rival. However, her dismissal from the government by Kibaki was announced on October 6.

Ngilu was re-elected to her seat from Kitui Central in the December 2007 parliamentary election. Kibaki won the presidential election according to official results, but this was disputed by the ODM, and a violent crisis developed. The crisis was eventually resolved with a power-sharing agreement, and in the grand coalition Cabinet named on April 13, 2008 and sworn in on April 17, Ngilu was appointed as Minister of Water and Irrigation.

Charity Kaluki Ngilu was born in Mbooni, Makueni District in 1952. She was educated at Alliance Girls High School, then worked as a secretary for Central Bank of Kenya, before becoming an entrepreneur. She acted as a director of a plastics extrusion factory. is a Kenyan politician. She was the ninth of 13 children born to poor parents in rural Kenya, and before entering public life worked as a secretary, a bank manager, and an entrepreneur, opening businesses as diverse as a bakery and a plastics factory. She also became a wife and mother of three.Her husband passed on in 2006 while undergoing treatment in South Africa.

Click the link below to watch Ngilu's video clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahrte8YXL_A

ReferenceWikipedia.com

Orie rogo manduli: First woman to head an NGO and compete in world circuit safari rally

2012-01-20T12:28:00.000-08:00

Orie Rogo Manduli first came to the public limelight while in high school after was crowned Miss Kenya at an early age of 16. In 1974 she became the very first black African woman in Kenya to compete in the world circuit Safari Rally. Moreover, she is the first woman to head the Kenya Non Governmental Organization council (NGO council). Orie Rogo Manduli, a strong willed Kenyan woman famously known for showcasing ‘original’ African attire with matching headgear that attracts attention wherever she goes.

In Manduli’s telling, the headgear, which looks like a worthwhile load is like tying a bow; but with a pinch of versatility. It does not even take her five minutes to have the rose petal semblance on her head. She seeks attention in her bright montage on – in her own words – her perfect African figure, bold makeup and accessory accompanied with a power husky voice. But what began as an experiment almost two decades ago is what has turned out to be a personal brand for Manduli. “I turned to the headgear as an act of rebellion,” says Manduli. It all started one day when she was invited to a wedding. Tired of seeing women looking ridiculous in the name of fashion in borrowed Western cultures, she wrapped a headscarf, just to prove a point; African culture is too rich to be confined in a box. “I am a proud and beautiful African woman and my headgear is a reflection of how an African woman should dress.”

Manduli’s imagination is as wild as her nature. Her style is always consistent, polished and with a touch of ‘nyadhi’ style. She borrows largely from the environment, from the colour contrast to how the flowers bud and bloom. On a good day when her mood is busting, her headgear will go as high as two meters and styled to match with her different clothes. Each day she spots a different design. “Repeating a headgear is unthinkable,” she says adding it would bore her stiff.

For Manduli, speaking her mind is second to nature. It is probably this very reason that has driven her to great heights, fighting battles – many women would shy away from – but still maintain her femininity. In the political circles, her name stands out for controversy sometimes being regarded a political activist or a rebel without a cause.

She has contested in sometimes grueling elections where she has been called names, beaten or her property destroyed. During the 2007 Kenya general elections, she was physically assaulted after a heated argument at her party’s function. In a separate incidence, she refused to step down as the chairperson of the NGO council despite numerous calls for her to resign. She barricaded herself in the council’s offices and ‘rightfully’ refused to resign.

Her first marriage, which she describes as rocky, ended in bitter divorce and completely changed her perception on marriage. “I was still very young. I received no financial assistance from him [ex-husband] and had to toil day and night to take care of my family.” According to Manduli, the proposed marriage bill that seeks to have rich women compensate poor husbands, after divorce or separation, is a big sham. “I will not let my daughters marry without prenuptial agreements,” she says adding that lazy men will take advantage of hardworking women. “Men cannot be trusted to take care of the children after a woman passed on due to their polygamous nature.” She got three daughters from her first marriage.

Armed with lessons well learnt from her first marriage, she later got married to Misheck Norman Manduli a descendant of the Lunda dynasty, one of Zambia’s royal families. Her second marriage seemed demanding, but she loved every moment. Can you picture Ms. Manduli being submissive, like a good wife is expected? To take this further, down on her knees, serving a steamy meal she cooked to a man? Well, this was her new life. “You don’t give anything to the older generation, especially the men while standing. I had to get down on my knees and it is considered rude to show your back to them,” she says. “You retract while facing them on your knees until you are out of their presence.” She got one son from her second marriage which, unfortunately, ended on a sad note. Her husband passed on in 2003 and Manduli has remained single ever since.

She tries to fill the void left her late husband through reading books – particularly biographies and autobiographies. To her, this is the best way to keep up to date, speak and write well. “That is how I get my brilliance,” she says. After a days’ long work, soft music pacifies her. “I like my music mellow and seductive, it must not dominate like is it case with the boom boom generation.” You can catch her swaying her hips to rhumba and salsa – in six inch stiletto heels. She uses dance as a way to tone her muscles.

She describes buying shoes with matching handbags and jewelry as her guilty pleasure. You would be right to liken her to Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, for the rows of shoes she owns. Every morning, she struggles to find a shoe that pleases her. She makes her own jewelry from dried fruits, ponds, bones beads. But it’s her signature headgear that completes her look; without, it is as good as to a bride without makeup on her wedding day.

Click the link below to watch her interview with citizen tv

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUazwOHF9RQ

Source:http://teyie.com/

KENYA'S FIRST TEST TUBE BABIES

2012-01-20T07:50:00.000-08:00

Kenya's first ever test tube babies - both girls - were born on 8May 2006. And like all babies everywhere, each greeted the world with a lusty cry, followed by a yawn and a sleepy smile.
Their proud parents were said to be "overjoyed and delighted" by the births, which took place by Caesarian section, and went without a hitch.
One of the little girls weighed in at a bouncing 3.2 kilos while the other tipped the scales at 2.5 kilos.
Neither has yet been named but suggestions have included Joy, after the wife of the doctor who made it all possible, Joshua Noreh.
The new mothers first read about the local availability of the test tube process in the Daily Nation's Horizon magazine and that encouraged them to undergo the lengthy and complex treatment that has finally brought them so much happiness.
Both babies were born at around 11am at the private Avenue Hospital in Parklands, Nairobi, to mothers under Dr Noreh's care.
The births were supervised by a team of four specialist doctors and support staff and they revealed that a further seven test tube Kenyan babies are on the way.
's successful births came 28 years after the birth of the world's first test tube baby - Louise Brown, at Oldham, in the United Kingdom - and are the first to follow IVF treatment to Kenyan women carried out entirely in this country.
Other Kenyan women have had test tube babies after IVF treatment in Uganda and South Africa, for example.
The brand new parents were so anxious to have a family that they paid more than Sh300,000 each for the in vitro fertilisation procedure offered by Dr Noreh at his clinic in the city's Afya Centre.
The IVF programme involves taking an egg directly from an ovary of the mother-to-be, and fertilising it with sperm of the father in a special glass dish.
Dr Noreh looks through an ICSI machine that is used to inject a sperm into an egg.
Mother's womb
The fertilised human egg is then collected in a test tube where it is allowed to develop into an embryo, which takes around three days.
Next the embryo is implanted in the mother's womb, allowing for a normal gestation period of nine months followed by the birth.
The husband of one of the mothers, who had been waiting anxiously outside the operating theatre, told Dr Noreh: "I am ready to give you anything you ask for.
His wife, who said she wished at this stage to be known only as Jane - not her real name - and speaking moments before delivery, said they had waited for this moment for the last 10 years.
"This is the moment I have always waited for and for the first time in my life, I feel a great sense of relief and hope," she said, wiping a tear from her eyes.
And after the baby's safe delivery, Dr Noreh commented: "By these deliveries, it's opening future treatment of infertile couples and also indicates we can do it locally."
Dr Noreh's wife, Joy, who is a nurse at the clinic, added: "These women trusted that we can do something for them and we thank God for that. Even for those who did not conceive, they are part of this victory."
On the eve of the birth, Jane, who is aged 35, said she was very nervous, but the urge to deliver had been with her since she was three weeks' pregnant.
"I am just waiting for tomorrow to hold my baby," she said then. "That is all I want and what is on my mind now."
And she added: "This is going to be my longest night and I will force some sleep."
Jane went for treatment after failing to conceive and seeing a series of doctors who gave conflicting reasons for her problem.

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OLDEST STUDENT IN KENYA

2012-01-20T07:14:00.001-08:00

Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge (1920 - August 14, 2009) holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to start primary school—he enrolled in the first grade on January 12th 2004, aged 84.Although he had no papers to prove his age, Maruge believed he was born in 1920.

School time

Maruge attended Kapkenduiywo Primary School in Eldoret, Kenya; he said that the government's announcement of universal and free elementary education in 2003 prompted him to enroll.In 2005 Maruge, who was a model student, was elected head boy of his school.In September 2005, Maruge boarded a plane for the first time in his life, and headed to New York City to address the United Nations Millennium Development Summit on the importance of free primary education.^[

Robbery

Maruge's property was stolen during the 2007-2008 post-election violence, and he contemplated quitting school. During early 2008 he lived in a refugee camp, where he was reportedly a minor celebrity, four kilometers from his school, but still attended classes every day.In June 2008, he relocated to the capital Nairobi.In June 2008, Maruge was forced to withdraw from school and relocate to a retirement home for senior citizens. However, soon after, on June 10, 2008, Maruge enrolled once again into grade 6 at the Marura primary school, located in the Kariobangi area of Nairobi.

Film

A feature film about Kimani Maruge, starring Oliver Litondo and Naomie Harris titled The First Grader, was released on May 13, 2011. The British-produced film was shot on location in the Rift Valley in Kenya, despite earlier reports that it would be filmed in South Africa.Director Justin Chadwick said: "We could have shot it in South Africa, but Kenya has this unbelievable, inexplicable energy - inherent in the children, and the people we were making the film about".

Baptism

On Sunday May 24, 2009, Maruge was baptised at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Kariobangi and took a Christian name, Stephen.Maruge was then using a wheelchair.Maruge was a widower, and a great-grandfather (two of his 30 grandchildren attend the same school). He was a combatant in the Mau Mau Uprising against the British colonizers in the 1950s.

Death

Maruge died on August 14, 2009 of stomach cancer, at the Cheshire Home for the Aged in Nairobi.He was buried at his farm in Subukia.

Click the link below to watch a video clip of Kimani Maruge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYWnq4p2OBY&feature=related

Sources:http://www.wikipedia.com/

First woman Senior Superintendent of Prisons.

2012-01-19T06:21:00.001-08:00

The Honorable Phoebe Asiyo—UN Goodwill Ambassador, former parliamentarian and CEDPA alumna—is one of the most influential and respected women in Kenya. Born on the shores of Lake Victoria in 1935, conventional wisdom was that she would follow in the footsteps of most women and girls in her community and not seek a career outside of taking care of the household and raising the children.

“Mama” Asiyo, as she is affectionately called, had other plans. She was one of the few girls to attend the Gendia Primary School in Karachuonyo, and had big plans for herself.

“We were not taught mathematics or English—that was for the breadwinners, the men,” she recalled. In those days, girls’ education consisted of home economics and farming skills. Not constrained by what was offered to her, Mama Asiyo began taking correspondence courses, “to prove I could do better than the boys.” She began her career as a teacher and later became Kenya’s first woman Senior Superintendent of Prisons.

Mama Asiyo went to Embu Teacher Training College where she studied to become a teacher. Her teaching career was brief; she considered it a stepping stone for the future path she would blaze for herself and other women. From teaching, Mama Asiyo went on to work in prison services.
The prison system in Kenya, like almost all sectors in the country, was a male-dominated. Mama Asiyo rose through the ranks to become the Senior Superintendent in charge of women’s prisons in 1964. In this capacity, she managed to establish separate prisons for women across Kenya.
After six years, Mama Asiyo left the prison system and became the director of a nonprofit organization to give more to her community.
At that time however, there were very few women leaders in Kenya, so there were few mentors for her. Mama Asiyo made her way with a lot of passion, but she says she lacked the training and practical skills that would enable her to better channel her leadership abilities.
In 1978, Mama Asiyo attended on CEDPA’s very first Women in Management workshops. She says the program helped her align her passions with her abilities and helped illuminate her future path.
“CEDPA played an important role in my decision to make a bid for a parliamentary seat,” said Mama Asiyo.
In 1979, she made the decision to run for national office in Kenya, and she beat the powerful incumbent by a mere 2,000 votes. When he contested the results, the election was held again, and the result was that Mama Asiyo’s margin was even larger.

The Honorable Asiyo held the seat for two five-year terms, at the time being the only woman ever to serve for so long in Kenya. As a Minister of Parliament, she worked hard on a broad agenda, but always kept women’s rights and their full political participation at the top of her agenda.

Mama Asiyo’s political activism didn’t end with her leaving parliament. She currently is chairperson of the Caucus for Women’s Leadership, formerly the Kenya Women’s Political Caucus, which works to empower and train potential women candidates for political office.

Last year, in recognition of her many contributions to her country, Mama Asiyo was presented with one of the highest honors in Kenya. She was elevated to the status of an Elder, a traditional title that comes with it great prestige. Once again, Mama Asiyo made history for women, becoming the first woman ever to be given this honor in Kenya.

She continues her advocacy in Kenya and internationally, and pursues every opportunity to advance the lives of women and girls in her country.

“Everyone has a dream of what they would like to be in the future, including our girls. If we don’t provide the mechanism to make these dreams come true, then we have failed as a country,” she says.

First woman bank manager in Kenya.

2012-01-19T05:55:00.000-08:00

Mary Okelo is a former director of the International Center for Research on Women [1] and sister to Kenya’s Vice President Moody Awori.

In 1977 she was is "Kenya’s first woman bank manager of Barclays Bank". "Later she broke the barriers of male dominance in the banking industry, ascending to become the first woman bank manager in Kenya. And there she relentlessly forged the way for the bank to start offering loans to women. She was among founders of the Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT) in 1992, becoming their first chairperson."

"In the field of education, she has pioneered the creation of one of the most successful chain of private schools in East and Central Africa with over 1000 pupils — the Makini Schools, which has topped the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education performance countrywide more than once and twice produced Kenya’s top girl student...

"She would later organise a tripartite programme between Women’s World Banking (WWB), Barclays Bank and KWFT.

"Her work with WWB saw her set up affiliates in Gambia, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. She later held the position of senior adviser to the President of the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

"She is also recognised internationally for her service as the Vice President of WWB in New York between 1990 and 1992. She has served on several committees, including the World Bank’s External Gender Consultative Group (EGCG) and women’s credit organisations across Africa. In 1993 she received the International Woman of the Year Award in recognition of her services to finance

Below is an interview from the standard http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000045369&cid=620

I began my career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1967. I harboured the dream of becoming an ambassador, but let go of that dream as soon as I began working at the ministry.

Six months later, I left to join Barclays Bank. I rose through the ranks and in 1977, I became the first woman bank manager in the country.

In those days, it was very difficult for women to access credit as they were required to have the approval of their husbands among several other bottlenecks. We operated under the archaic Napoleonic law where women, children and lunatics were put in the same category.

Women had no contractual rights, yet they played a big role in nation building. They could not even be promoted to managerial positions. Most women those days were clerks, cashiers, sweepers and tea girls.

To counter this, some female colleagues and I began the Barclays Bank Women’s Association to mentor young women into successful banking careers. We challenged and inspired young women not to accept the status quo or be content with subordinate jobs.

Access to credit

We encouraged each other to work hard for managerial positions, study for professional exams and, most important, to believe in our capabilities and talents.

During the first UN meeting in Mexico, it emerged that women were underdeveloped due to lack of access to credit and capital facilities. In 1979, Women’s World Banking (WWB) was conceived.

This was a milestone for women in banking because it opened doors to many other organisations that would empower women and promote their economic growth.

In Kenya, we saw the need to start a like-minded organisation so in 1982, we invited other like-minded women and started the Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT).

I became its first chairperson and my then boss at Barclays Bank, TD Myles, supported my efforts to see the organisation grow. Today, I am proud of Dr Jeniffer Riria, the current Chief Executive Officer of KWFT who has worked hard to see the organisation become the largest micro-finance institution in the country.

It was a difficult road but we had to fight for the rightful position of women as far as banking and access to credit and capital was concerned. We encouraged women across the country to save their money and borrow loans to start and grow their businesses. Slowly but surely, women became more empowered and today women run huge business.

Changing laws

I left Barclays Bank in 1985 to be the regional representative and first African representative to the Women’s World Banking. My job was to sensitise and inspire women across the continent to be economically empowered and independent. I was also involved in lobbying African governments to change rules and regulations discriminatory to women.

Two years later, in 1987, WWB seconded me to the Africa Development Bank as a senior advisor to the bank’s president. My area of concentration was focused on women development and the private sector.

I worked as the president’s senior advisor until 1990 when I was appointed the vice president of the Women’s World Banking based in New York.

As vice president of WWB, my job entailed a lot of travelling and I literally lived off a suitcase. I covered all the 52 African countries to lobby African governments and financial institutions to remove rules and regulations that were discriminatory against women. I also inspired women taking the initiative to be financially independent and economically empowered.

I was instrumental in setting up affiliates of WWB in African countries such as Zambia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. After a while, I felt homesick. Being away from my husband and children was not easy to deal with. In 1992, I decided to take a sabbatical and while on the break, I decided to leave the banking career altogether.

My family is everything to me

I met my late husband, Dr Pius Okelo, in 1968 in London While studying for my post graduate diploma in professional banking.

He was studying at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, where he earned a doctorate in Electrical Engineering. He was the second Kenyan PhD holder in Electrical Engineering.

We got married in London and got three wonderful children; Joseph Okelo (he has a Masters in Strategic Management), Lawrence Okelo (he has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering) and Clare Niala (a doctor). Plus their spouses (Patricia, Christine and Alistair), in total, I have six children and six grandchildren.

My family is everything to me. We have stuck together through thick and thin. I thank God that they are good and supportive children.

I lost my husband in November 2004 through a road accident. Life without him has been challenging, but I have found strength in Jesus Christ.

Secure childhood

I have come to take God more seriously than ever and I have since embarked on a spiritual journey. I have seen God’s faithfulness in many ways as I lean on His promises and trust Him completely.

I have a strong Christian background and all through my life, I learnt to put God before everything I did.

I was born in Busia, near the border of Kenya and Uganda to Cannon Jeremiah Musungu Awori and Mariamu Awori.

I was the 14th born among 16 children. We were a close-knit family. Our parents applied a fine blend of love, care and strict-military-like discipline. They led us to God and taught us to respect and love God in everything we do.

I had a very happy and secure childhood and I enjoyed the company of my sibling as we went to school together at the local mission school in Nambale.

I attended Butere Girls for my O-levels.

I was among the first 13 girls admitted to start A-levels in the country at Alliance Girls High School. Other girls included Lady Justice Effie Owuor, Prof Florida Karani, Elizabeth Wanjiru (of Mother-in-Law) and the late Elizabeth Masiga (the first woman chief inspector of schools) among others.

Alliance Girls contributed to moulding me into what I am today and I fondly recall our headmistress, Miss Mary Bruce, inspiring us to succeed.

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