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. ends….
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 “
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cabinet Secretary Mithuka Linturi said Wednesday during the launch of the Training of Trainers (TOTs) of Assistant County Commissioner’s on registration of farmers for the fertilizer subsidy programme, that the data will help the government to make targeted interventions as it races to enhance food productivity. Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 4 – Agriculture to collect on farmers across the country will play a critical role in ensuring there is food security in the future.
The registration exercise targets farmers involved in various crop production and aims to establish a credible national database of all farmers, including farmers’ identity, profiles, crop acreage, and fertilizer requirements.
“I am sure that if we continue with this initiative, we will be able to collect crucial data that will benefit our country, and with the aid of the National Government, we will make ensure that productivity increases in the next year and 18 months looking into the current strategies put in place,” Linturi said.
The Agriculture CS said that a time had come for the country to become self-sufficient and move away from overdependence on aid during drought.
He pointed out that the Ministry of Agriculture will collaborate with other departments including county governments to ensure the success of the countrywide exercise.
On his part Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo reiterated that the exercise will be voluntary and urged National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs) to uphold inclusivity, integrity and fairness throughout the registration process.
He noted that the registration of farmers will be free of charge warning any administrator who plans to take advantage of the exercise to charge farmers.
“We will be decisive against dereliction of duty and indiscipline by any of our officers,” Omollo warned.
The Interior PS said that the training will equip the administrators who with the requisite, knowledge and skills necessary for the program.
“You will be required to diligently transfer and cascade this knowledge to the other officers and stakeholders across the country. In particular upon conclusion of this training, you will be required to train the Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs in your respective countries in preparation for the registration,” he said
He directed the administrators to play a leading role in mitigating and manage any misinformation that he argues may accrue from this program by providing factual information.
Besides the daily online registration that will be transmitted to the current platform, PS Omollo said NGAOS at all levels will be required to submit daily County reports to his office, on the status of registration as part of tracking, monitoring and reporting the progress of the registration exercise.
Hon. Peninah Malonza, OGW, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage has today opened the International Ice Hockey Tournament at Panari Hotel on wedsaday , 4th January , 2023 .
The Cabinet Minister emphasized that Sports tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in tourism, due to the increased number of sporting events being held around the world. Tourists travel to attend popular sporting events and also to compete in the events themselves. Speaking during the launch CS, Malonza says “The sports tourism market size is a fast-growing sector of the global travel industry which was valued at over 300 million dollars in 2020, and it is projected to reach over 2 billion dollars by 2030, registering a growth 0f more than 16 per cent from 2021 to 2030”
On the other hand Kenyan government has focused on the growth of different sporting activities to attract more tourists. It has tapped into athletics, golf, rugby, swimming, and Safari rally while diversifying to more innovative sports tourism activities such as ice hockey activities to attract local and international visitors. Ice Hockey is among the innovative sports tourism activities which are relatively new in Kenya and whose potential has not been fully exploited. Aggressive tourism marketing is, therefore, mandatory to draw more local and international tourists.
According to the event organizer Mr. Scott from Canada says Kenya plays a great role in the region in promoting Ice Hockey.
“From this global event that has taken place here in Kenya, the tourism economy is set to reap from my participants and also present a good opportunity to sell Kenya as an Ice hockey tourism sports destination across the region.
Kenya is the only ice rink of its kind in East and Central Africa, the Solar Ice Rink, here in Panari. Ends……
The South Sudanese Diaspora in Kenya have celebrated the loss of a great man Ajiengdit Deng who was the spiritual leader of Twic Mayardit of Warrap State.
The revered leader died in Nairobi hospital in December 2021.
Thousands of South Sudanese living in Nairobi flocked to the Kenyatta International Conference Center to celebrate the life of the legend.
Among those in attendance was South Sudan Ambassador to Kenya as well as other dignitaries.
Hon. Ayuel Tauping Malek leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Diaspora in Kenya said that Ajiengdit Deng was a great inspirational leader and made a great impact during the Sudan Civil war that led to the independence of South Sudan.
“He shall forever remain in our memories for the good deeds he performed,” he added.
Ajiengdit Deng who hails from Wunrock was an exceptional leader who was respected all communities in South Sudan.
