<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:21:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Mwea students</category><category>Mwea</category><category>Mwea Farmers</category><category>Mwea secondary schools</category><category>appreciation</category><category>interview</category><category>wezesha laptops</category><title>Mwea University &amp; College Students Association</title><description>Culturing professionals</description><link>http://mweamucsa.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Mwea University &amp;amp; College Students Association)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924.post-5075394635872135064</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-02T18:27:15.541+03:00</atom:updated><title>NOTICE ON 4TH QUARTER EVENTS </title><description>&lt;div class="mtl fbDocument"&gt;
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Dear Comrades,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Greetings from the humble executive,&lt;br /&gt;
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It has been an audacious effort one after another since the year 
began. We have to agree that we have made great strides towards 
achieving what we set for at the beginning of the year. There is no need
 to repeat what we have all achieved thus far as a group –academic 
visits to more than half the schools in mwea, participation in both Mwea West and Mwea East prize giving days, participation in planning 
the South Ngariama harambee that raised more than 1.2 million for 
erection of classes, Mwea Classic Marathon and so many other even 
despite of everyone busy schedules. Congratulations to everyone for 
that.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;MUCSA &amp;amp; MYN Executive&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Anyway, allow me to say that our main aim for this &lt;b&gt;3rd quarter notice&lt;/b&gt; is to highlight &lt;b&gt;important events&lt;/b&gt;
 planned to occur in our final quarter of the year. Recently, the MUCSA 
executive saw it necessary that we as university and college students 
with that added advantage of future hope and more tendency to make an 
informed choice should interact with the youths at grass root level to 
at least share with them what we stand for especially with reference to 
the coming elections. We cannot definitely hide in a cocoon and ignore 
the fact that we Mwea youths desire for great leadership at Mwea yet the
 large share that vote make very irrational choices that come to haunt 
us.&lt;br /&gt;
In that respect we sought a meeting with Mwea Youth Network (MYN) executive
 which took place last Thursday. Those present came with the following 
resolution:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We Mwea youths have so many issues to address but of utmost 
importance, we need youth sensitization on&amp;nbsp; making good choices of 
leaders come 2013, why not to be influenced by contestants coming with 
monies and other fake incentives like beer amongst other.&lt;br /&gt;
2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; That members from either groups (MUCSA members and MYN 
members) for a common goal to both parties should act together in our 
efforts to meet the main resolution above. However, either of us remain 
autonomous with duty to honor our different constitutions and membership
 responsibilities to our groups.&lt;br /&gt;
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An agreement was reached that we should visit youths as per the eight
 wards at Mwea, a visit to a ward each Saturday. Allow me to quote from 
the day’s minutes to see the facilitator and dates for each ward.&lt;br /&gt;
1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Kangai – Margret Gitari (MUCSA) – 13/10/12&lt;br /&gt;
2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Murinduko –Antony Munene (MYN)– 27/10/12&lt;br /&gt;
3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mutithi – Edwin Wahome (MUCSA) – 3/11/12&lt;br /&gt;
4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tebere – Daniel Njuguna (MUCSA) – 10/11/12&lt;br /&gt;
5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thiba – Kiragu (MYN)-17/11/12&lt;br /&gt;
6.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Nyangati – Charles Chomba (MYN) – 24/11/12&lt;br /&gt;
7.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Wamumu – Luke Karimi (MYN) – 8/12/12&lt;br /&gt;
Nb: Gathigiriri was not given any date but was to be covered in the visits to Nyangati and Tebere&lt;br /&gt;
To conclude the visits we plan to have a joint grand convention at Ngurubani stadium on 15th, December 2012.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A committee to oversee the joint project was formed under leadership of :&lt;br /&gt;
1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Daniel Njuguna-chairman-MUCSA&lt;br /&gt;
2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Ann Wangechi- vice chair-MYN&lt;br /&gt;
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It is with respect to the above busy schedule that we are convening an &lt;b&gt;all members meeting&lt;/b&gt; on &lt;b&gt;October Saturday 6th&lt;/b&gt;, at &lt;b&gt;Fig Tree Hotel &lt;/b&gt;commencing &lt;b&gt;2.00pm&lt;/b&gt;.
 There will be communication by sms but kindly lets inform each other. 
Address any questions to any of the leaders.&amp;nbsp; Any changes made will be 
communicated so keep busy &lt;b&gt;at facebook&lt;/b&gt; and twitter-&lt;b&gt;Mucsa_mwea&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Again on behalf of the chairman,all the executive and our patron let 
me thank you all and wish you an exemplary academic year ahead. Thank 
you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Approved ;&lt;br /&gt;
Executive@2012&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;MWEA UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MUCSA ACADEMIC DAY REPORT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 25th, 2012&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mission-To meet the relevant schools and interact with the teachers and students to give our view and advice on meeting academic goals or simply the purpose toward excellence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INTRODUCTION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In efforts to arrest our continued lagging behind of our dear Mwea constituency when it comes to academic matters, MUCSA has made it an annual activity amongst its calendar of events ‘THE MUCSA ACADEMIC DAY’. This activity enables us to bridge the great gap that has emerged between those who have received or are receiving higher education and those still at secondary schools. In the eventual day, mucsa members visit various schools within the constituency and give talks as well as interacting with the schools fraternity at large. This has enabled us to reach thousands of students, teachers and parents and share with them what we have garnered from here and there and see if we can work hand in hand with them toward meeting our general goal-creating an elite Mwea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of us schooled in schools outside Mwea during our secondary education and must have counted ourselves lucky then. The truth only dawns upon us during our higher education studies or way past graduation that in fact, the many of our brothers and sisters who didn’t get the chance to go to the Alliances, Kabare, Starehes to name but a few, but rather schooled at our local actually didn’t fail to make it because they couldn’t, but it’s because of hindrances that we could have assisted or simply a little advice didn’t come their way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE JOURNEY AND SCHOOL VISITS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The morning chill ate deep into the meek bones of the early morning travelers. At the corner in the back seat within the matatu, an African male shuddered then gave a sigh of relief while beckoning at the others to draw the windows closed. His eyes were red evidence to an awakening from the nap he had drifted into. He drew his eyes outside only to see a cloud of dust rising from the other side of the road. A sideways poster written TEBERE caught his eyes next to a dusty mining acreage. Slowly he jogged his memory while reaching for his phone. The time read 8.06 am, they must have closed Tana river- I mean river Sagana. Quickly he scrolled for a number from his phone book and initiated a call. He was reaching the chairman of mucsa for he wanted to know how long they had fallen behind the schedule. What he did not know was that it was just the beginning of a hectic day that would drain everyone by the time the day ended, little did he anticipate it….”. This was the group that had left Nairobi and its environs at the wee hours of the morning so as to make the day a success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone assembled at Makutano town eager to start the day. This was not just a day, it was the MUCSA academic day. Many wanted to participate in the day activities but owing to the ongoing university examinations, not all could avail themselves. Besides, this was a rescheduled day as the planned visit for early May had been brought forward to allow for those schools that had opening exams and for students to settle. The day was planned to start by 8.30am and everything seemed to be going to plan. Most of those traveling from Nairobi and other far places were the first to arrive. It gave them enough time to have breakfast while awaiting their fellow comrades to arrive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; By 9.00am, almost everyone had assembled at the meeting point and we were all ready to start the day. We divided ourselves into four groups with each group having one of them as the team-leader. Our goal was to meet 12( twelve) schools. The four groups and their team-leaders were as follows;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group 1-Rukanga&amp;nbsp; Secondary school&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Team leader-Antony Matigari&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Kandongu Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Kangai Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mutithi Girls ( St Marys) Secondary School.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group 2-Ngang’a Secondary School&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Team leader-Daniel Njuguna (Chairman)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Ndindiruku Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group 3-Tebere Secondary School&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Team leader- Manasseh Kimachui&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Kajiji Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mwea Boys Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group 4-Good Samaritan Secondary School Team leader- Simon Muthee ( Secretary General)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thiba Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Karoti Girls Secondary School.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Groups- Wang’uru Girl Secondary&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GROUP 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As all may agree group one had a long way to go in traversing almost half of Mwea thus they were the first group to leave. At Rukanga secondary school, the whole school fraternity was eagerly awaiting our visit. No sooner had the group arrived than the whole school was commissioned to appear at their assembly point. Issues arose from failure to raise fees, inability to pass despite reading amongst other things. Address of time management, proper revision skills , discipline and the role of teacher, student and parents interaction was deliberated upon.The only limiting factor was time as the two hours assigned ebbed out fast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to some logistical problems, the group was not able to address Kangai secondary school so it progressed to Kandongu secondary school. This is a young upcoming school established courtesy of our patron efforts. The whole school&amp;nbsp; was excited to learn that all is possible despite the challenges that people go through in school. Lack of revision materials and inability of students to buy the required textbooks were a few of the addressed issues. The importance of setting a good academic trend was na issue visited at length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mutithi Girls secondary school must have been wondering if we had duped them but our date with them came to pass as our group knocked their gate by 5.00 pm. Many issues were discussed here. Students contemplating dropping out of school due to a variety of reasons was an issue that arose. The continued endeavor to excel in exams and importance of working hard as a team was stressed. By the time all issues had been dealt with, everyone was happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This group left the last school almost at 7.00 pm and was not able to meet with the rest at Ngurubani&amp;nbsp; town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GROUP 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This group was led by the chairman. It was dimmed to visit only&amp;nbsp; two schools due to the transportation problem&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp; school administration at Ngang’a Secondary school&amp;nbsp; that had asked to be given more time to address some specific issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Ngang’a secondary the parents had also been invited to listen to the MUCSA members’ .The members were meant to talk to the parents and students on issues of exam cancellation and proper preparation through a partnership between the students, teachers and parents. Ask Mr. Edwin Wahome of the academic triangle role in excelling. The importance of tuition and remedial for those not academically strong was given utmost attention. The school was also availed with revision papers from the Mucsa library. Parents, teachers and all present thanked mucsa and were especially thankful to our patron for enabling us reach them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those at Ndindiruku must have felt cheated as the sun rolled by, but our arrival sparked an eerie mood as we were eagerly awaited. The principal was not around, but the deputy saw to it that everything went on okay. Revision material was provided apart from the talks. The importance of early preparation was stressed together with the issue of the role of discipline in achieving academically. The students promised us that their goal is to attain an mss of c+ this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GROUP 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have not been to Kajiji and Tebere secondary schools, then you need to make an effort&amp;nbsp; to go there and see what our efforts have made. These were more of learning incidences to the group that visited.At Kajiji, the various speakers visited the issue of perfecting the art of performance through allocation efficiency of the time, teachers and reading. The challenges face d by the day schoolers were raised. Proper utilization of school time and making an effort of studying while at home was addressed. Discipline as a prerequisite to excel academically was raised and everyone was satisfied as we waved them good bye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tebere school is the nearing school to Kajiji an surprisingly, the students going to either of the schools faced same issues. The day schoolers had issues with time allocation and participation in groups. Discipline, revision, teachers probing and forming a habit of reading were points raised. The importance of having a plan and not reading just any-how was insisted on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;d.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GROUP 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kamicha, Maggie, Pattoh&amp;nbsp; and many others were the esteemed members of this group that began its affairs at Good Samaritan Secondary School at Mutithi town. Classes were ongoing but upon our arrival, the school dean received us happily and called off the classes. Preparing wisely for the examinations, reading continuously and proper discipline were hot topics here. Most students had questions on careers but the utmost need to excel as one dreams was stressed. Revision tips were also given as were the revision materials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thiba secondary was next. The school had organized a prize giving day to coincide with our visit thus we were able to reach not only the students but also the parents and the board. Our mission for Mwea education and the need for the students from Mwea aiming at excelling academically was highlighted. The school registered an improvement in the national examinations with 13 students attaining grades above c+ and two qualifying for admission by jab. Parents promised to put extra efforts to help their kids do well in school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Work hard don’t do hard work was our theme as we visited Karoti Girls. The principal and her teachers were very pleased by our efforts and credited her school performance last year on our motivation talks last year. The school ranked position 10 in Kirinyaga , topping Mwea . It produced 11 B+s&amp;nbsp; and 25 Bs. We were able to talk to the form fours and advise them on how to manage the little time they have left. Many were&amp;nbsp; concerned that time was running out but by the end of the day, everyone was happy that our visit had proven that time is just a virtual set up whose direction is only dictated by what we do. Many other issues of how to combat sleep and how to come up with fruitful groups were attended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FINDINGS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of utmost consideration is that this was the third academic day visit to the schools and the fire of our visit was still in the air. Many schools were really hoping that we would visit them but due to unavoidable circumstances, we could not satisfy everyone. We should therefore make necessary plans to reach the schools that have not been visited&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our visits are bearing fruits. One of the school we visited last year had 3 B+s in 2010 kcse, then recorded 11 B+s in 2011 kcse. Another had not recorded even a B in kcse, yet produced 1B+ and a B last year. We might expect a mammoth sudden result of our efforts but the the truth of the matter is that we are already bearing fruits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many parents are now willing to assist their children pass in their national exams. As much as we argue out that insisting on just academic excellence is not a good thing, many parents judge their kids performance in school based on their performance in the national exams and many are really hoping that their kids do well in the exams. Parents showed willingness to support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motivation of students schooling in Mwea schools is low. Most of those we talked to still believe that passing national exams is a thing only applicable to those in national or well endowed schools. However, there are those students who showed interest in getting information and tips on how to excel in academics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONCLUSION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education in Mwea has derailed compared to other constituencies in Kirinyaga county. A pick at primary school performance where the best primary school in Mwea ranked number 3 in Kirinyaga as compared to the best secondary school in Mwea which ranked position 10 in Kirinyaga is a warning sign.&amp;nbsp; We have to continue striving to ensure we encourage our fellow brothers and sisters schooling in our secondary schools to emulate our good performance at primary level.&amp;nbsp; Some of the issues raised last year like&amp;nbsp; incomplete syllabus coverage has been addressed with a noted all round effort by all schools to finish syllabus coverage early.&amp;nbsp; We must not relax. We must encourage a multi-sectoral effort to ensure the millennium development goals reach Mwea first and fast without being over-reliant on politicians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As such the Mucsa annual academic day should be upheld so as to ensure that our academic day vision to be the leading academic elites example in the country is achieved. Only then can we sit by the riversides of our schistosomiasis infested rivers fishing while at home in Mwea not afraid of insecurity or a begging community but only the buzzing mosquitoes that we are accustomed to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RECOMMENDATIONS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The school management boards should come up with a formula&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; that will encompass the students, teachers and the parents so as to improve the standards of effort that will yield good performance by the schools&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The school principals should create an interactive session with the students at least twice a month where students can address issues regarding their challenges in&amp;nbsp; studies&amp;nbsp; that normally the normal academic timetables cannot be free to address in class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The students must take the initiative to come up with discussion groups and ensure they don’t form groups comprising of friends only, but rather members whose input into the group will show come the assessment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The political leaders within the constituency especially the member of parliament, should set up a kitty from the constituency development fund, to facilitate purchasing of books for the schools that the support from the ministry of education doesn’t meet the desired purpose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The parents must be on the fore front in supporting their children materially, psychologically and economically.&amp;nbsp; This will curb the trend of students quitting school to raise money for school materials and returning to school already too late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FROM;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; APPROVED;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://mweamucsa.blogspot.com/2012/06/mucsa-academic-day-report-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mwea University &amp;amp; College Students Association)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhSSscLL2N1pufUiIxiOwImnVL_T1Hi3yd5_NSEV1wY5K2yd_-97YZu0l_WqQ14zyPrZzbTvxP0CkL6gvqSQ-nIgVehGfAgwJ0dqxvk88IzXASGX6EDZW3c6faDrXqyGxrI7MwkZV10M/s72-c/575848_3618260852550_799016136_n.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924.post-1930292925231512971</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-15T08:22:00.135+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mwea secondary schools</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mwea students</category><title>Mwea Motivational Talk - Part 2</title><description>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCae1eDBrjn1rHTFdF-Utu6AK2a-QGJZjciTyOgoR7KzBnETbzVmvLqUjaK4jkrsbdLXKCd8XIdx2tFjLVfi_0QhoDL0SccCaBkW8Tl2X62jMjfgJvSHsqzp4Qs_GiyC5eLO8Hjejefo/s1600/DSC08304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" id=":current_picnik_image" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCae1eDBrjn1rHTFdF-Utu6AK2a-QGJZjciTyOgoR7KzBnETbzVmvLqUjaK4jkrsbdLXKCd8XIdx2tFjLVfi_0QhoDL0SccCaBkW8Tl2X62jMjfgJvSHsqzp4Qs_GiyC5eLO8Hjejefo/s320/DSC08304.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Students listening at Mwea Boys' Secondary&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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On Friday 8th July 2011 was the day to visit the secondary schools for our part two of the motivational talks. We had a big group of MUCSA members who visited schools in Mwea. This time we changed the format to have an impact to the student where individual group tackled one school.&lt;br /&gt;
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The schools visited are:-&lt;br /&gt;
Mwea Boys' Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
Wang'uru Girls' Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
Karoti Girls' Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
Nyangati Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
Kandongu Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
Komboini Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
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Kutus Secondary was not addressed though there was a group that was sent there.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Facilitators at Wang'uru Girls' Secondary&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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We had a problem of some head teachers being uncooperative yet we were not charging anything for the motivational talks. This is our initiative to assist in motivating the students to perform better for the common good of the community.&lt;br /&gt;
From this two events this year, then we have something to benchmark from and hope this will be successful next time it will be conducted.&lt;br /&gt;
The organizing Committee thanks everybody that was involved in planning and execution of the program especially our members who are at home and cooperated. We also thank the school administrations that gave us a chance to talk to the students. Lastly, we will be in debt without mentioning our Patron Mr. Josphat Wachira Kabinga OGW (USAID) for sourcing for funds to cater for the logistics. Kama si sisi ni nani? ni wewe na wewe na wewe!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUc2FA0HhmHj15EpZUgQYzX0YVsu1qo4quewC-mOVK-849Mgefnhd8GlVoca2LSUrE2-m2bnU6HJZz4J3pZ14YXn-9gVln1_HWc2K5FjQmmaoU72F5mCKmngumJ1wOOshKZrC-WCaOLA/s1600/DSC08333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUc2FA0HhmHj15EpZUgQYzX0YVsu1qo4quewC-mOVK-849Mgefnhd8GlVoca2LSUrE2-m2bnU6HJZz4J3pZ14YXn-9gVln1_HWc2K5FjQmmaoU72F5mCKmngumJ1wOOshKZrC-WCaOLA/s320/DSC08333.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Grace Kabanga speaking at Wang'uru Girls' Secondary&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Compiled by,&lt;br /&gt;
Kibui Moses&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://mweamucsa.blogspot.com/2011/07/mwea-motivational-talk-part-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mwea University &amp;amp; College Students Association)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCae1eDBrjn1rHTFdF-Utu6AK2a-QGJZjciTyOgoR7KzBnETbzVmvLqUjaK4jkrsbdLXKCd8XIdx2tFjLVfi_0QhoDL0SccCaBkW8Tl2X62jMjfgJvSHsqzp4Qs_GiyC5eLO8Hjejefo/s72-c/DSC08304.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924.post-2922743008205439515</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-02T00:11:33.165+03:00</atom:updated><title>Mwea motivational talks - Part 1</title><description>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_5E0xFjHE548sF-v72f7iVGF_iqIJ6cxrx3nRQmDK40Q1fYz1VzYPjhHU7WtcYuHa6as0qxhfjAsGCOICG8Z9T_4rVQqSltlqfYSpY3u4iVDmrNwVaRqcYYjIZs6EdUmsYT6tY7lPYA/s1600/100_1131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_5E0xFjHE548sF-v72f7iVGF_iqIJ6cxrx3nRQmDK40Q1fYz1VzYPjhHU7WtcYuHa6as0qxhfjAsGCOICG8Z9T_4rVQqSltlqfYSpY3u4iVDmrNwVaRqcYYjIZs6EdUmsYT6tY7lPYA/s320/100_1131.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Vice Chairperson - Manasseh Kimachui speaking at Good Samaritan school&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;This year we have started on a higher note!&lt;br /&gt;
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On Tuesday 22nd February 2011 was the actual day for us to hold Secondary schools Motivational talks. This was geared towards motivating schools within Mwea. However, due to the large geographic distance of the larger Mwea, we started with Mwea West schools.&lt;br /&gt;
We left Nairobi at 7.00am in two matatus with 30 MUCSA members and at Makutano we divided for one group to tackle the upper side and the other to handle the lower side.&lt;br /&gt;
The schools visited were:&lt;br /&gt;
1. Good Samaritan Secondary School.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Ngang'a Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
3. Ndindiruku Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
4. Nyaga Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
5. Kangai Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
6. Kagio Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
7. Kang'aru Secondary School&lt;br /&gt;
8. Mutithi Girls Secondary School &lt;br /&gt;
The following schools were also targeted but due to some reasons it was not possible;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Komboini Secondary School - Were on Mid-term break&lt;br /&gt;
2. Mwea Boys High School - were doing their mid term exams&lt;br /&gt;
3. Thiba Secondary School - Time factor (Day school)&lt;br /&gt;
4. kandongu Secondary School&amp;nbsp; -Time factor&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;5. Nyaikungu Secondary School - Time factor&lt;br /&gt;
6. Gitooni Secondary School - Time factor&lt;br /&gt;
7. Rukanga Secondary School - Were on Mid-term break&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAj3sMZNrs_zvKmCt_zZ_2YH_QTbl_VoH4mMzzX5Hp344DJ0BKGWnZ-pdtgP_X88egCjdRhv2sxpR9Pp_IqpaasTanulbFFkTDnRdlvhkQnIfkav-AKqMx7O8FMmKlOU3sfUgFvQiuTuw/s1600/100_1139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAj3sMZNrs_zvKmCt_zZ_2YH_QTbl_VoH4mMzzX5Hp344DJ0BKGWnZ-pdtgP_X88egCjdRhv2sxpR9Pp_IqpaasTanulbFFkTDnRdlvhkQnIfkav-AKqMx7O8FMmKlOU3sfUgFvQiuTuw/s320/100_1139.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Students at Ngang'a secondary listening to speakers&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;We are in the process of formulating a strategy on how to tackle schools in Mwea East and any suggestion or assistance is highly welcomed.&lt;br /&gt;
Finally, the organizing committee thanks all MUCSA members who availed themselves for this noble idea despite having Continuous Assessment Tests (CATs) in our respective colleges as well as the administrations of all the schools that were receptive. Also, we cannot forget our Patron Mr. Josphat Kabinga for the financial support and guidance he has accorded us.&lt;br /&gt;
Lets join hands to uplift the education status in our schools - Kama si sisi ni nani? niwewe nawewe nawewe.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDccWMknQhH2nXiWqm5EjTBdQBA8WZwZJ9_FhlTqeMopiOH3x-EU89Yt7eXyItadRPp3-PVUv302cxOq75XfmXDrVy3OTIB6yiQcXOE1PQ8TQ9p3yX0KDuYFaVWTuAvA0PI5rLV_WO4io/s1600/100_1166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDccWMknQhH2nXiWqm5EjTBdQBA8WZwZJ9_FhlTqeMopiOH3x-EU89Yt7eXyItadRPp3-PVUv302cxOq75XfmXDrVy3OTIB6yiQcXOE1PQ8TQ9p3yX0KDuYFaVWTuAvA0PI5rLV_WO4io/s320/100_1166.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Munui speaking at Ndindiruku Secondary&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Compiled by,&lt;br /&gt;
Kibui Moses&lt;br /&gt;
Organizing Secretary.</description><link>http://mweamucsa.blogspot.com/2011/03/mwea-motivational-talks-part-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mwea University &amp;amp; College Students Association)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_5E0xFjHE548sF-v72f7iVGF_iqIJ6cxrx3nRQmDK40Q1fYz1VzYPjhHU7WtcYuHa6as0qxhfjAsGCOICG8Z9T_4rVQqSltlqfYSpY3u4iVDmrNwVaRqcYYjIZs6EdUmsYT6tY7lPYA/s72-c/100_1131.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924.post-5478874628826631103</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-04T13:09:47.287+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wezesha laptops</category><title>Laptop initiative for University students Launched</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZRmneuX6mJpTvKNqumWCyCDTkL4ROI0-kBlQBFiF6lRgeT_tHW8Z0NRrrtizDQwjj821haY6kdXhMNT1-0W5EKqic69Q5K8OPqg7FDIE0bQvvS0xhpejOeOhLz7GdHpWSmFfVX4lThg/s1600/intel-asus-laptop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZRmneuX6mJpTvKNqumWCyCDTkL4ROI0-kBlQBFiF6lRgeT_tHW8Z0NRrrtizDQwjj821haY6kdXhMNT1-0W5EKqic69Q5K8OPqg7FDIE0bQvvS0xhpejOeOhLz7GdHpWSmFfVX4lThg/s320/intel-asus-laptop.jpg" width="315" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Government of Kenya under the Ministry of Information and  Communications, with the Kenya ICT Board as the implementation agency,  launched ‘Wezesha’-a laptop ownership initiative for university students  across Kenya.&lt;br /&gt;
Under ‘Wezesha’ which means ‘enable’ in Kiswahili, university students  in participating public and private universities and colleges will be  eligible for 15% – 33% price rebate on the purchase of laptops from  select retailers.&lt;br /&gt;
There are 15,667 laptops available for rebate purchase under this  scheme, 5% of all Wezesha laptops will be reserved for physically  challenged students to purchase.&lt;br /&gt;
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Wezesha further compliments another initiative currently underway  through the Kenya ICT Board and the Kenya Education network (KENET)  across all universities and colleges to provide subsidised Internet  access.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Pre-qualified Retailers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fonexpress/Orange&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PC World/ Airtel &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ravenzo.com/home/index.php/contacts"&gt;Ravenzo Trading&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Safaricom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Win Comp Company Limited&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
How&amp;nbsp; it works&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Step1:&lt;/b&gt; Students browse for laptops on the web portal &lt;a href="http://www.wezesha.co.ke/"&gt;www.wezesha.co.ke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Step2: &lt;/b&gt; University student register&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Step3:&lt;/b&gt; University coordinator verifies and approves student registration online&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Step4: &lt;/b&gt; Student receive voucher via email&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Step5:&lt;/b&gt; Student logs onto wezesha portal and selects  his/her preferred laptop and inputs voucher information. The voucher is  $120; approximately Ksh. 9,600.00&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Step6: &lt;/b&gt;Student goes to the preferred retailer; among  the 5 prequalified retailers; to get a laptop. The student must pay the  top-up amount of the chosen laptop&lt;br /&gt;
A voucher is valid for 14days once it is sent to the student&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Funding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The laptop initiative is&amp;nbsp; funded by the World Bank and implemented by  The Kenya ICT Board under the Kenya Transparency and Communications  Infrastructure Project (TCIP), as part of a&amp;nbsp; component to implement the  Computers for the Communities Initiative</description><link>http://mweamucsa.blogspot.com/2010/12/laptop-initiative-for-university.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mwea University &amp;amp; College Students Association)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZRmneuX6mJpTvKNqumWCyCDTkL4ROI0-kBlQBFiF6lRgeT_tHW8Z0NRrrtizDQwjj821haY6kdXhMNT1-0W5EKqic69Q5K8OPqg7FDIE0bQvvS0xhpejOeOhLz7GdHpWSmFfVX4lThg/s72-c/intel-asus-laptop.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924.post-4222587284214924519</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-27T20:06:44.221+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">appreciation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">interview</category><title>Appreciating others</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4d9mxWaXNyqyJ05XJmIEMIdvXhIIoPk5H9GHw6JCZ2pRigz8CPGzybsVtM2WTN-A0DCLL1-VIf9ySFWijXxCRCHE-tA1u0sHxKZrSMRokYfsdQ-Z2k3qrGL0dbCKRpVyEhi6xlRZQvk/s1600/interview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4d9mxWaXNyqyJ05XJmIEMIdvXhIIoPk5H9GHw6JCZ2pRigz8CPGzybsVtM2WTN-A0DCLL1-VIf9ySFWijXxCRCHE-tA1u0sHxKZrSMRokYfsdQ-Z2k3qrGL0dbCKRpVyEhi6xlRZQvk/s1600/interview.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is a powerful message in our modern society. We seemed to have lost our bearing &amp;amp; our sense of direction.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A heavy message&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
**Story of Appreciation**&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way,&lt;br /&gt;
from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none".&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The  director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"  The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it  was my mother who paid for my school fees.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The director asked, "  Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as  clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The  youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The  director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes  before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study  and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster  than me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The director said, "I have a request. When you go back  today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow  morning.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was  high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him  clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings,  she showed her hands to the kid.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The youth cleaned his mother's  hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he  noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many  bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother  shivered when they were cleaned with water.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This was the first  time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the  clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the  mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his  graduation, academic excellence and his future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.&lt;br /&gt;
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.&lt;br /&gt;
The  Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell  me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'&lt;br /&gt;
The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The youth said,&lt;br /&gt;
Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today.&lt;br /&gt;
Number  2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how  difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come  to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager.&lt;br /&gt;
I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of&lt;br /&gt;
others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates.&lt;br /&gt;
Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality"&lt;br /&gt;
and  would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's  efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen  to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the  sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind  of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while,  but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and  be full of hatred and fight for more.&lt;br /&gt;
If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You  can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano,  watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them  experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls  together with their brothers and sisters.&lt;br /&gt;
It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way.&lt;br /&gt;
You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray,&lt;br /&gt;
same  as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your  kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty  and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You would have forwarded many mails to many and many of them would have back mailed you too...&lt;br /&gt;
but try and forward this story to as many as possible...this may change somebody's fate...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I hope you enjoyed</description><link>http://mweamucsa.blogspot.com/2010/11/appreciating-others.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mwea University &amp;amp; College Students Association)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4d9mxWaXNyqyJ05XJmIEMIdvXhIIoPk5H9GHw6JCZ2pRigz8CPGzybsVtM2WTN-A0DCLL1-VIf9ySFWijXxCRCHE-tA1u0sHxKZrSMRokYfsdQ-Z2k3qrGL0dbCKRpVyEhi6xlRZQvk/s72-c/interview.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924.post-5500504375629144277</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-01T19:28:11.781+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mwea students</category><title>Mwea Students meeting with elders</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span id="goog_389005068"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_389005069"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;CHAIRMAN'S REPORT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihufhvHuD3PimJQjDlhJvdH1eZQ_GGhPme0ONjIPktj2keltItiEKUgx_2vJ1g8BNlYsD78wkiUSZ1LsSmxKccICzJZyRHDidn_5_dmHVkOPebNrxALdR-X1KtW8Y-YikrfwImJFsQeco/s1600/103_0334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihufhvHuD3PimJQjDlhJvdH1eZQ_GGhPme0ONjIPktj2keltItiEKUgx_2vJ1g8BNlYsD78wkiUSZ1LsSmxKccICzJZyRHDidn_5_dmHVkOPebNrxALdR-X1KtW8Y-YikrfwImJFsQeco/s320/103_0334.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chairman Jamlick Kogi giving a speech&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mucsa meeting went on successfully last Saturday (20 Nov).&lt;br /&gt;
45 Mucsa members attended.&lt;br /&gt;
30 elders from Mwea graced the occasion.&lt;br /&gt;
5 invited guests attended the meeting:&lt;br /&gt;
Mr. Kabinga of the US embassy, &lt;br /&gt;
Hon.Alfred Nderitu-former mp, &lt;br /&gt;
Mr.Ndamiri,&lt;br /&gt;
Dr. Wamusa and &lt;br /&gt;
Mr.Dan Muriithi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvH6lkQ9xghGVSLGJbBBf4XzFc9FdDmP_I5HKHwUMNQ_eJwhxiesUks_LxPWryxxKH0DgT0Fr4jIciHYuuOQdzRLdwGLH5L5jFcV2IBXzZlT6gwHEyb0bUv24UrjxOJy7Na20xiy3pgU/s1600/103_0314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvH6lkQ9xghGVSLGJbBBf4XzFc9FdDmP_I5HKHwUMNQ_eJwhxiesUks_LxPWryxxKH0DgT0Fr4jIciHYuuOQdzRLdwGLH5L5jFcV2IBXzZlT6gwHEyb0bUv24UrjxOJy7Na20xiy3pgU/s400/103_0314.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dan Muriithi (left), Alfred Nderitu (standing), Kabinga Wachira (right)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The below named leaders sent apologiesMr. S.R Ndegwa -former CEO SDV - Transami&lt;br /&gt;
Dr.Gaku of Nacada and Masaa&lt;br /&gt;
Hon. Gitau-current mp&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I  take this opportunity to thank our guests for finding time out of their  busy schedule to grace the meeting and deliver keynote speeches on  practical ways of solving problems in Mwea.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88WWl2JYXsSQoExCmdgxcZOnImdTpRQnEPwsdgHJv10WN3mRcN-SwFkidboXEZQwBNmSoIQPmj5pF8IvhTxRWXv9bOrH9k1fXSDPpXGo0OSZqKH5A8_mM8GSt-7-LfMBUY3tYShdQmG4/s1600/103_0324.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88WWl2JYXsSQoExCmdgxcZOnImdTpRQnEPwsdgHJv10WN3mRcN-SwFkidboXEZQwBNmSoIQPmj5pF8IvhTxRWXv9bOrH9k1fXSDPpXGo0OSZqKH5A8_mM8GSt-7-LfMBUY3tYShdQmG4/s400/103_0324.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;MUCSA members and elders follow proceedings of the meeting&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
My heart goes out to our parents (elders) who came all the way from Mwea to share with us words of wisdom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fellow  comrades-the 45 of us who attended the meeting despite the exams ahead  to celebrate the Mwea in us and support the youth agenda.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mr.Benson  Ngige Kabanga, mucsa member for priceless assistance in contacting  members and making other arrangements that saw the meeting a success.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mr. Kariuki Karuri for support and advice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to the MUCSA executive committee (officials) for helping me make this meeting a success.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I  take this opportunity to congratulate Mr.Kabinga for being nominated as  the MUCSA patron by all MUCSA members present. Also for facilitating  and making transport arrangements for the elders to grace the successful  meeting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last but not the least, I thank Mr. Kabinga,  Hon.Nderitu and Mr.Ndambiri for supporting the meeting financially.God  bless you abundantly.God bless Mucsa.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Regards,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kogi Jamlick (Kei Jei)&lt;br /&gt;
MUCSA chairman 2009/2010&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.jamlickkogi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;www.jamlickkogi.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
0732472703&lt;br /&gt;
Professional storyteller</description><link>http://mweamucsa.blogspot.com/2010/11/mwea-students-meeting-with-elders.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mwea University &amp;amp; College Students Association)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihufhvHuD3PimJQjDlhJvdH1eZQ_GGhPme0ONjIPktj2keltItiEKUgx_2vJ1g8BNlYsD78wkiUSZ1LsSmxKccICzJZyRHDidn_5_dmHVkOPebNrxALdR-X1KtW8Y-YikrfwImJFsQeco/s72-c/103_0334.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308174399666180924.post-7689773040193995910</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-18T08:40:38.588+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mwea Farmers</category><title>Investigation of disappeared Mwea farmers money</title><description>The Agriculture Parliamentary Committee to investigate the disappearance of 1.3 Billion Shillings lost from Mwea farmers cooperative society. The chairman of the committee Hon John Mututho has promised that action will be taken against those behind the farmer's money embezzlement.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Leveling of Rice field&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Efficient mode of Transport &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK1gojr_hX77NTc7pzoIUgXKBsOOmjgXIsMI5gTkYIE86uoE7T_o3-nPgd7XB0o37b1wDhxq7TmS5pv1qi2PGHSTeKANYR9nELrWh1mlpX_8iiWBaDTnkv8HGcnIG53KZRTDtWkAD62A/s1600/mwea6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK1gojr_hX77NTc7pzoIUgXKBsOOmjgXIsMI5gTkYIE86uoE7T_o3-nPgd7XB0o37b1wDhxq7TmS5pv1qi2PGHSTeKANYR9nELrWh1mlpX_8iiWBaDTnkv8HGcnIG53KZRTDtWkAD62A/s320/mwea6.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Rice planting&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;State of roads in the rice fields&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Rice harvesting&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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