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MVURYA FORMS MULTI AGENCY TEAM TO PROPOSE MODALITIES FOR SHARING ROYALTIES

by Maximilla Wafula

Salim Mvurya forms multi a agency team to propose modalities for sharing royalties.
Mining CS said the team has until March to come up with the regulations.

The team is made up of officials from various state agencies.Section 183 of the Mining Act, 2016 provides that any holder of a mineral right shall pay royalties to the State in respect of the various mineral classes won under the mineral right.

By Maximilla Wafula
Political Reporter
17 January 2023 – 1:40

Mining Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya has formed a team of 15-member committee to come up with a framework for the sharing of mining royalties. Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs CS Salim Mvurya during the inaugural of the Minerals Royalty Committee at the Works building Nairobi on January 17,2023.

The team is made up of officials from various state agencies.Mvurya said the team has until March to come up with the regulations.He said while the Mining Act provides for the sharing formula, the modalities were unclear.

The CS spoke on Tuesday during the inauguration of the Minerals Royalty Committee.”What is clear to us that is that 70 per cent goes to the national government, 20 per cent to counties while communities take 10 per cent. But there is no clarity as to how it should be shared,” the CS said.

“The percentage going to the counties was clear and does not require any framework as it was provided in the Public Finance Management Act.”Section 183 of the Mining Act, 2016 provides that any holder of a mineral right shall pay royalties to the State in respect of the various mineral classes won under the mineral right.

Mining, Blue Economy CS Maurya’s plan to grow Kenya’s Blue Economy
He says fishing ports will have modernised fish landing sites and cold storage facilities.

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Six fallacies and truths about China’s epidemic control

* Life is returning to normal and mobility is rebounding as China’s COVID-19 prevention and control has entered a new stage — a boon for world economy.* Deliberately distorting the adjustment of China’s anti-COVID-19 policies highlights the double standard and hypocrisy of some in the West.* China has made rural areas a focal point in the country’s current COVID response, boosting medical capacities and providing timely support. Chinese medical institutions at all levels are taking all the necessary measures to increase resources and personnel. The reality is that they are busy but functioning smoothly.

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Life is returning to normal and mobility is rebounding as China’s COVID-19 prevention and control has entered a new stage — a boon for world economy.

However, some Western media ignore the facts, choosing instead to apply double standard and even spread misinformation, while making unwarranted accusations against China’s epidemic fight, confusing the public and misleading the world as a consequence. However, in the face of facts and data, these lies are evident and untenable.

FALLACY 1: “NEW COVID POLICY BRINGS CHAOS”

The real situation is: Grand Tang Dynasty Ever Bright City, a commercial pedestrian street in Xi’an of Shaanxi Province, was packed with people; residents in Shijiazhuang of Hebei Province and Wuhan of Hubei Province released balloons; locals in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, enjoyed a fireworks show during the New Year celebrations. “Seeing so many people celebrating the New Year together, I was nearly moved to tears,” one netizen wrote.

More than 50 million people traveled in China during the New Year holiday. On Jan. 1, 10,640 cinemas opened for business nationwide, a new high in nearly 10 months. Many people are planning to return to their hometowns for family reunions or travel in the forthcoming Spring Festival. Bookings of domestic air tickets and hotels have increased significantly.

Traffic is getting heavier, more factories are running at full capacity, while the construction of new projects is underway.

China has put the people first and put life first all along, with prevention and control measures adjusted and optimized in light of evolving situations, and done its utmost to protect people’s lives and health.

So far, the focus of China’s epidemic prevention and control has shifted from preventing infections to beefing up treatment of severe cases. From coordinating drug production to strengthening the treatment of severe cases, and from promoting vaccination to speeding up the resumption of production, China has effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development needs.

Under the assistance of the government, pharmaceutical enterprises are running at full capacity. China has also optimized the circulation of drugs, testing reagents and protective goods for better epidemic control. Authorities in many regions provided the elderly with free “health kits,” which usually include fever drugs and other anti-epidemic items.

By the middle of December 2022, more than 3.47 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland, with over 90 percent of the population fully vaccinated. A total of 86.6 percent of people aged 60 or above had been fully vaccinated and the rate among people aged 80 or older was 66.4 percent. China also vowed to further ramp up vaccination efforts aimed at the elderly.

Wang Huaqing, an expert from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), said the COVID-19 vaccines currently used in China are effective in preventing severe conditions and deaths. Data shows that during the epidemic outbreak period from March to June last year in Shanghai, compared with those who had not been vaccinated, the death risk of those over 60 who had received the booster doses of vaccines decreased by 98.08 percent.

The China CDC has also strengthened the monitoring of virus mutation nationwide. Each provincial-level region carries out genome sequencing and analysis every week and uploads the data in time in order to dynamically monitor virus subtypes.

FALLACY 2: “CHINA’S COVID RESPONSE A FAILURE”

During the past three years, China launched a war against COVID-19, effectively handled more than 100 cluster outbreaks, and protected the lives and health of more than 1.4 billion people to the greatest extent.

Every country would and should adjust its anti-COVID-19 policies according to the changing situation of the epidemic and go through periods of adaptation following such adjustments.

The pathogenicity and virulence of the Omicron strain have weakened significantly, while China’s medical treatment, pathogen detection and vaccination levels have all improved significantly — which means that it is indeed scientific, timely and necessary to proactively optimize anti-epidemic measures.

The elderly are the key population group being targeted by health services. During the battle in Wuhan in early 2020, medical workers cured more than 3,600 COVID-19 patients over the age of 80. In the past three years, a number of infected centenarians have recovered and been discharged from hospitals. Similar stories are still unfolding during this new wave of infections in China.

Tian, a 100-year-old woman from Hefei, Anhui Province, was diagnosed with novel coronavirus infection after she showed symptoms such as fever and coughing for three days, and was sent to the hospital by her family.

Her doctor said that fortunately, Tian had been vaccinated and showed no severe symptoms such as chest tightness and asthma, although she had some underlying health issues. After 11 days of treatment including anti-virus, anti-infection, improved immunity and nutritional support, she was discharged from the hospital.

China has managed to keep its severe cases and death rates of COVID-19 among the lowest in the world. Deliberately distorting the adjustment of China’s anti-COVID-19 policies highlights the double standard and hypocrisy of some in the West. If China’s COVID-19 response failed, what about some countries where the death toll far exceeds that of China? In fact, the label of failure should be attached to those countries whose incompetence, inaction and chaos in epidemic response had caused their people to suffer.

Striving to effectively coordinate the epidemic response with economic and social development, China had won the tough battle against poverty on schedule and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, getting off to a good start in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), and the average life expectancy of Chinese people increased from 77.3 years to 78.2 years.

Some Western media rarely reflect profoundly on the chaotic COVID-19 situations in their own countries. But when it comes to China, they always hold a stereotypical view and focus only on finding fault, which underlines their attempt to distort, exaggerate and fabricate.

“In fact, China has innovated control methods, improved them, and demonstrated their efficacy by saving millions of lives,” said Josef Gregory Mahoney, a professor of politics and international relations at East China Normal University. The professor noted that some countries look at China through a perverse lens: they fail to acknowledge the country’s successes because they politicize everything about China ideologically.

FALLACY 3: “CHINA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IS DIM”

China’s optimized COVID-19 response has triggered a lot of ups and downs in terms of predicting the impact on the Chinese economy. A topsy-turvy time and a drag on global growth were among the typical labels foreign pessimists put on the future of the Chinese economy.

Some foreign naysayers, bothered by the “unfortunate side-effects” of China’s recovery, even warned that China’s reopening may burden the rest of the world, not with higher growth, but with higher levels of inflation or interest rates.

Are the prospects of China’s economic recovery bright or dim?

Over the past three years, China has effectively handled the impact of five rounds of global pandemic outbreaks.

Balancing its epidemic response and economic and social development, China not only emerged as the first major economy to return to growth, but also maintained an average annual growth rate of about 4.5 percent, significantly higher than the world average.

In 2022, China was expected to boost its GDP to over 120 trillion yuan (17.41 trillion U.S. dollars). Its grain output stayed above 650 million tonnes for the eighth consecutive year. In the first 11 months of last year, 1.16 trillion yuan of foreign investment went into the country, exceeding the level of 2021.

At the tone-setting Central Economic Work Conference in December, Chinese leaders aimed to promote overall recovery and improvements in the country’s economic performance this year.

From a global perspective, China’s strengths are also clear. Its economy accounts for 18.5 percent of the world’s total and serves as an important growth driver. Its foreign exchange reserves top the world, helping ensure the stability of its currency the yuan and financial security.

Businesses remain optimistic about the Chinese market. Axel Weber, chairman of the Institute of International Finance, said the Chinese economy remains a massive opportunity for Western companies.

The capacity of Foxconn’s plant in Zhengzhou, Henan Province has returned to its peak season levels with about 200,000 workers, shaking off the impact of the epidemic.

“Now, all the production lines of Foxconn’s plant in Zhengzhou are running normally, and we have taken various measures to motivate our employees,” said Wang Xue, deputy general manager of Foxconn Technology Group.

The optimized response China adopted to deal with COVID-19 is expected to have a “J-curve effect” on the economy, said Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs. “It may cause disruptions to the economy in the short-term, but from the perspective of a whole year outlook, it is a boon.”

FALLACY 4: “PATIENTS GOING SHORT OF MEDICINE AND TREATMENT”

The truth is: Chinese medical institutions at all levels are taking all the necessary measures to increase resources and personnel. The reality is that they are busy but functioning smoothly.

The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, has received over 140 critically ill COVID-19 patients in recent days.

“Many doctors continued working and caring for patients while they themselves were ill, and we are going all out to save every severe patient,” said Yu Kaijiang, president of the hospital.

The hospital has increased the number of intensive care beds from 132 to 143, and has actively sought ventilators from various channels, with a group of 60 nurses working shifts to cope with the surge in COVID-19 patients.

As of Dec. 25, 2022, the number of fever clinics in second-grade hospitals and above had reached 16,000 in China, and the number of such clinics in grassroots medical institutions totaled 41,000.

China is one of the largest producers of fever medicines, and its total production capacity is sufficient to meet demand.

The daily output of ibuprofen and acetaminophen, two key antipyretic analgesics, had reached 202 million tablets and 190 million tablets, respectively, by the end of 2022, said Wang Jiangping, vice minister of industry and information technology.

“We quickly adjusted the variety of drugs we produce, increased the output, and went all out to ensure the market demand of antipyretic and analgesic drugs such as ibuprofen and aspirin,” said Kou Zuxing, deputy general manager of Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., based in the city of Zibo, Shandong Province.

As the world’s leading producer of ibuprofen materials, the company’s tablet capacity has been raised threefold, while its ibuprofen production has climbed to more than 10,000 tablets a minute.

The total number of beds in second-grade medical institutions and above in China is 5.616 million, and the utilization rate of beds has fluctuated around 60 percent recently. The total number of intensive care beds in China has reached 150,000, meaning there are 10.6 beds per 100,000 people. The country has a reserve of 70,000 adaptable intensive care units (ICU).

As for the equipment used to treat COVID-19 patients, there were 151,100 hemodialysis units, 19,700 continuous renal replacement therapy units, 2,300 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines, and over 192,000 invasive and non-invasive respirators in second-grade hospitals and above as of late December.

“Overall, China has adequate medical resources, including beds and equipment, to meet the demand of patients in critical condition,” said Jiao Yahui, head of the Bureau of Medical Administration under the National Health Commission (NHC).

China will put more effort into tracking the spread of the epidemic, strengthen coordination between cities and regions, and upgrade and expand relevant resources to meet people’s medical demands, Jiao said.

FALLACY 5: “‘DARK COVID WINTER’ FOR VILLAGERS”

The truth is: China has made rural areas a focal point in the country’s current COVID response, boosting medical capacities and providing timely support.

The country’s 23,000 county-level medical institutions, 35,000 township hospitals and 599,000 village clinics have formed a closely collaborative and efficient health protection system so that rural patients can enjoy tiered, timely and convenient medical services.

“At present, medicines for fever and cough relief have been prepared, which can meet the needs of the whole village for two months,” said Fu Xiangpeng, a doctor from the mountainous Liguanying Village in Zhenxiong County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. “People with mild symptoms can go to village clinics to get drugs, and medicine will be sent to the elderly people with difficulties.”

Jiao Yahui, the NHC official, said that drug supply must be ensured in rural areas and cover the Spring Festival travel rush period or even longer. More importantly, severe cases should be transferred to at least county-level hospitals.

Jiao said that counties and towns had been ordered to prepare standby vehicles to transport severe patients as quickly as possible. Internet hospitals and roving medical teams have also ramped up rural medical capacity.

FALLACY 6: “OFFICIAL COVID DEATH TOLL UNRELIABLE”

The fact is: China has always published information on COVID-19 deaths and severe cases in the spirit of openness and transparency.

The global criteria for judging COVID deaths are divided into two categories. Some countries count only cases of people who tested positive for COVID-19 and died of respiratory failure induced by the virus. Other countries count all the deaths as COVID deaths as long as the deceased had tested positive for the virus in the past 28 days.

Since 2020, China has been adopting the first criterion, counting a death from respiratory failure caused by the novel coronavirus after a positive COVID-19 test as a COVID death.

China has also published cases in which the patients were infected by novel coronavirus but the direct causes of the death were underlying diseases. In such cases, the causes of the death were attributed to underlying diseases.

China canceled mass nucleic acid tests following the adjustments to its COVID response policy, making it very difficult to obtain accurate data on the infection caseload in the first place. This is the normal de facto situation in other countries.

Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the China CDC, pointed out that there is a calculation method called “excess death” in the field of public health, which can evaluate possible underestimation. Regarding the “excess death” that may be caused by this wave of epidemic, the team is already doing the relevant work and will release the results later.

China’s war against COVID-19 is still underway, and victory shall come for the 1.4 billion Chinese people. The fallacies and their fabricators will prove to be wrong.

By Wang Jinye,Li Zhihui,Li Laifang,Chang Yuan,Li Baojie,Cheng Yunjie,Xu Lingui,Lou Chen,Fang Dong,Che Yunlong,Yue Xitong

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SOYA has received 5million from sponsors

By Nicholas Manduku

The 2022 sports Personality ofbthe year Awards (SOYA) has received 5million kenya shillings from different corporate sponsors.

Speaking during the ceremony SOYA Founder Dr.Paul Tergat , expressed gratitude to the sporting fraternity for great effort in making a comeback to the spot light through various sports activities.

“The 19th edition of SOYA gala celebrates the continued resillience of our sports men and women who have contineud to regain traction and display their power.”, he said.

Mr.Tergat said our sports icons are our resprentative as Kenya.What they do out there leaves indelible marks and the generations to come will follow suit.As the panel of judges,we continue encourage our sportsmen and women to set a good example to the upcoming generation.

In attendance was Renowned sportman Hon Henry Wanyoike who urged other talented sportsmen to build a credible sports career.

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160 SCHOLARS BENEFITS FROM THE KENYA EDUCATION FUND PROGRAM

by Maximilla Wafula

Mr. Dominic Muasya, Executive Director, Kenya Education Fund addressing Media on the scholarship program, an initiative of the Kenya Education fund registered in 2007.

Most of the Kenya Education Fund donors are based in the U.S.A . In Kenya they have partner with the Prudential Life Assurance Kenya limited

The foundation was
established to support and provide economically disadvantage Students in Kenya with Scholarships , support and educational resources for them to improve their lives and communities .Secondary education for top performing children from financially challenged backgrounds. With support from other partners, the program offers access to leadership training to previously marginalized children in all counties.

“The program offers comprehensive support for the scholars through provision of tuition fees, accommodation, books, uniform and reimbursement of transport for special events e.g carrier workshop,
during their 4 years of secondary education and 1year bridge scholarship, Muasya said.

It has so far supported more than 4,000 bright but economically challenged scholars.

Prudential Life Assurance one of their partners has so far committed to support 85 scholars through one phase of funding with the last intake of 160 Scholars joining the program in 2023.
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NCFA county reps urge Government to appoint a Normalisation Committee to save Kenya Football

Nairobi County football Association(NCFA) Machakos country reoresentatuve Virginia Mueni addresses the media where she blamed sports Cabinet Secretary Hon Ababu Namwamba for abandoning stakeholders and supporting corrupt FKF officials. She is flanked by NCFA chairman Charles Njoroge and other country officials at a Nairobi hotel

By Fred Maingi

The Nairobi County Football Association(NCFA) has rejected any deliberations and resolutions arrived at during a joint Fifa /CAF and FKF meeting held in Nairobi.
NCFA county representatives accused Fifa of smacking Kenyans on their face by engaging with corrupt Football Kenya Federation(FKF), officials who have pending cases in court.
Led by Chairman Charles Njoroge, the NCFA county officials further blamed Sports Cabinet Secretary Hon. Ababu Namwamba for failing to initiate a meeting with football stakeholders for a joint discussion with the fact finding Fifa delegation.
“It is now very clear that FIFA has officially endorsed corruption and mismanagement of Kenya football. We are sending a strong message to the architects of corruption in Kenyan football and their masters that we shall remain vigilant and unbowed in our pursuit for a corrupt free sporting space”Observed Njoroge.
“We are extremely disappointed with Sports C. S. Hon.Namwamba for failing to demonstrate fidelity to the constitution of Kenya 2010 and the Sports Act 2013″noted the NCFA Boss.
The stakeholders in a press conference held at a Nairobi Hotel appealed to the Government to form a Normalisation committee to run football for six months to streamline football activities.

NCFA football stakeholders parade up for a group photo. They have accused the Fifa/CAF visiting delegation for failing to meet football stakeholders, and deciding to listen to one side that has been accused of abetting corruption


In attendance were Nyamira county Chairman Jared Nyauma, James Lagat ( Nandi county Chairman), Stephen Kiama(Kisii NCFA Vice Chairman) and Virginia Mueni from Machakos.
Other County officials included Michael Kimani (Uashin Gishu), John Muchiri(Tharaka Nithi), and Hassan Mwaniki who is the Vice chairman Taita Taveta among other officials.
The county officials insisted FKF National Executive committee is an Illegal body having been disbanded by dint of Gazette notice 12374 of 12th November 2021 and further upheld in the constitutional petition no E473 of 2021.
Therefore, Njoroge added, any deliberations and resolutions emanating from the meeting with an illegal entity is null and void “

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President Ruto Presided Over First AP Pass-Out Parade On Wednesday

by Maximilla Wafula

The 58th ceremony took place at the Administration Police Training College (APTC) in Embakasi.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 9 — President William Ruto on Wednesday presided over his first Passing Out Parade of the Administration Police officers as the Head of State.

The 58th ceremony took place at the Administration Police Training College (APTC) in Embakasi.

On Sunday the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome took part in the rehearsal parade for the pass out

The parade will add to 2,610 recruits who graduated from the institution in 2022.

In December 2022, the Head of State graced the Kenya Prisons Service 45th recruit passing out parade at Prisons Staff Training College in Ruiru.

During the ceremony held on December 2, President Ruto commented on the expansion and modernization of the prison facilities.

He also committed Sh1 billion for farm mechanization on 10,000 acres of prison farms in a bid to boost food security.

Ruto directed the Ministry of Lands to secure land belonging to prison institutions and offer respective title deeds.

The AP passing-out comes even as President Ruto’s administration announced plans to improve the welfare of the National Police Service officers.

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Ababu asks CAF to return Kenya to 2024 Afcon qualifiers

By Maximilla Wafula

Ababu on Monday urged the CAF to return Kenya to 2024 Afcon qualifiers.

Namwamba said the circumstances under which the team was locked out of the competition is a thing of the past, but said since the ban has since been lifted, it would be prudent if Kenya is given a second chance.

Kenya’s suspension which had been enforced in February 2022 was lifted on November 29 the same year. The country had been included in the 2023 Afcon qualifiers draw but later removed due to the ban.

“Now that Fifa and Caf are here we request that we be given a second chance so that our national team can compete in the 2023 qualifiers. Even our women’s football team could have qualified for the World Cup if we were not locked out because of the suspension,” said the CS.

“I do believe Fifa and Caf will consider peculiar circumstances under which the team missed the qualifiers and I request they be considerate and don’t punish our national team. This is one of the request I think FKF should present to Fifa and Caf,” added Namwamba.

He was speaking at his Maktaba Kuu offices in Upper Hill after meeting a contingent of officials from Fifa and Caf who are on a two-day fact finding mission on the state of football and the Football Kenya Federation (FKF).

The entourage was led by Fifa Director Member Association Africa and former footballer Gelson Fernandes.

Others who attended the meeting included Noda Nodar Akhalkatsi, Director Strategic Projects and MA Governance, Solomon Mudege, Head of Development Programs, Alessandro Gramalgia Strategic Development Manager and Sarah Solemale, Senior MA Governance Manager.

In the draw, Harambee Stars had been placed in Group C alongside Cameroon, Namibia and Burundi and were scheduled to play Burundi on May 21 last year, before facing Cameroon and Namibia on June 4 and 8.

Match Day Three of the qualifiers are scheduled to be played between March 20 and 28.

The finals were moved from June 2023 to January 2024 due to weather concerns during summer in Ivory Coast.

CAF legal counsel Nadim Magdy, who was part of the delegation, said the continent’s football governing body would meet “soon” to discuss Kenya’s request.
On his part, Fernandes said they will meet with all stakeholders and give conclusions on the way forward over the fate of the federation.

“We are meeting stakeholders and all the issues you have raised on the fate of the federation and what happened before the suspension was lifted. We shall have a conclusion and a way forward on these issues,” said Fernandes.

Ababu assured Fifa that the government will not interfere in the affairs of the federation, but create an enabling environment for the growth of football.

The former Budalang’i legislature also called on Fifa and CAF’S technical support to improve football infrastructure as Kenya plans to bid to host 2027 Afcon and also achieve its dream of playing in the 2030 Fifa World Cup.

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MAJORITY LEADER ON CALLS FOR REFORMS ON STANDING ORDERS

by John Mumo

Majority leader and kericho senator Aron Cheruiyot has reitarated on the need to amend standing orders to allow cabinet secretaries appear in parliament to answer questions regarding their dockets.

speaking during the ongoing cabinet retreat at Fairmont hotel in Nanyuki,the outspoken senator,has said that the house will amend specific rules to allow the cabinet secretaries appear before a joint committee or through plenary in less than an hour weekly and respond to all matters pertaining their dockets,a move that will make them accountable to both houses in their duties.

Currently the constitution does not allow cabinet secretaries to appear in either parliament or senate,.The President had earlier on said that his cabinet will be answerable to the house to ease service delivery to kenyans.

The tough speaking president has also sounded a warning to his cabinet saying they either deliver or resign.He has also called on them to work together with their permanent secretaries and chairpersons of their specific dockets since the house transacts it’s business through committee.

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ATHLETICS MARATHON ELIUD KIPCHOGE KEINO APPOINTED BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR THE PHANTOM X2 SERIES

by Maximilla Wafula

Marathon World Record holder Eliud Kipchoge says the environmental qualities of the new Phantom X2 phone was the biggest sway he needed to take up the role of being the brand ambassador for Tecno’s new luxury phone range.

The double Olympic champion is big on conservation and environment, with the tenets of the two clearly entrenched as core values of his foundation.

Kipchoge was unveiled as the PhantomX2 brand ambassador on Thursday evening.

The new range of Phantom phones from Tecno is partly built with recycled material. It’s fibre back cover is made up with recycled plastic bottles. It is the first ever eco-friendly phone in the world.

“It was something which attracted me to do it. It is a phone with high technology. Secondly it is friendly to the environment. It was good to learn that the back cover is made up with recycled material and this is something very close for me,” Kipchoge said after his unveiling.

Kipchoge has been huge on environmental conservation and has already adopted 50acres of the Kaptagat Forest, where he hopes to plant more than 2,000 indigenous trees as a way of restoring the forest to its original cover.

Eliud Kipchoge during his unveiling ceremony.
The Tecno partnership is another huge win for Kipchoge off his athletics career, earning another endorsement. He is currently the Isuzu brand ambassador and has also worked with Safaricom as well as the Kenya Tourism Board.

He is one of the few sportsmen who have grown their brand off their sporting careers to tap into the corporate world.

“The secret is love for sport and the fact that I am inspiring the next generation. I have the belief that the next generation will be bigger than myself,” Kipchoge said.

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FINANCIAL YEAR 2023/2024 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA OFFICIATED BY HON. ONESMUS NGOGOYO AT EMBULBUL AREA KAJIADO NORTH

by Maximilla Wafula

Hon. Onesmus Ngogoyo has today officiate public participation to residents on NGCDF constituency development agenda for the financial year 2023/2024 at Embulbul area Kajiado North.

The meeting is the first one at the constituency following controversial remarks on National Government Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF).

These proposal issued are based on Education , Security and Environment that will form part the Kajiado North Constituency Startegic plan 2022/2026.

” I thank the residents of Kajiado North Constituency for electing me, together with my dedicated team we will transform Kajiado North Sub-county with state of the art projects ,am in talks with the interior ministry through the PS to build a registry department for my people to collect birth certificates and I’D here instead of going to Kajiado town.” Says Ngogoyo.

On the other hand Assistant County Commissioner Daniel Mwangaza Kiliku , thanked the residents for keeping peace and called for support on the new regime .

Residents of Kajiado North led by Assistant County Commissioner Mr. Daniel Mwangaza at the citizen participation have welcomed the move by the area Mp and asked for more of such engagements so that Kajiado North Constituency may transform.

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