Children meet musical beauty in Safaricom Orchestra
Summary
The seventh graduation of the Safaricom Youth Orchestra that took place last week showcased some of Kenya’s most gifted young musicians.
Friday May 07 2021
By BILL ODIDI
Summary
The seventh graduation of the Safaricom Youth Orchestra that took place last week showcased some of Kenya’s most gifted young musicians.
The seventh graduation of the Safaricom Youth Orchestra that took place last week showcased some of Kenya’s most gifted young musicians.
Imani Karani, a 17-year-old violin player who is in his fifth year in the orchestra illustrates how young talent thrives under this unique music training programme.
THE STANDARD
EDUCATION
Oscar Mwangi of Rosepark Academy in Molo, Nakuru county celebrate with teachers and parents at the school on April 17, 2021, after scoring 404 marks in the KCPE Examination. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
The scramble for Form One places has started in earnest with parents eyeing prime slots in national schools weeks before the official selection process begins.
More slots will be up for grabs in the coveted national schools, whose capacity is 30,000 after fewer candidates scored 400 marks and above–which automatically guarantees them a slot.
With only 8,091 candidates scoring over 400 marks, it means that 22,000 slots will be available for candidates who scored below 399 marks. According to the Kenya National Examinations Council data, 282,090 candidates scored between 300 and 399 marks.
Peter Ndegwa: Biggest agony in my career
Friday March 12 2021
Safaricom PLC CEO Peter Ndegwa during the interview at the Capital Club on March 9, 2021. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NAIROBI
By JACKSON BIKO
Summary
Days are endless for a man who runs a mobile network that has dominated over 60 per cent of the market share and boasts a little over 30 million subscribers, and a staff of more than 6,000.
His days tend to merge like a desert mirage and spends most of them asking questions or talking like he is now.
Self-assured, assertive, right-angled, intelligent, officious and long-winded.
“I know how to be a CEO,” declares Peter Ndegwa, Safaricom’s new honcho. He is in a blue power suit and shirt, the tie tossed away because it is the end of another day shaking the big telco tree.
Road Accident Led Me To A Career In Disability -Director, Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD)
Harun Maalim Hassan is the Executive Director at the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD). He also co-founded the Northern Nomadic Disabled Persons’ Organisation (Nondo), an organisation focusing on persons with disabilities in nomadic communities.
Maalim also served as a Commissioner with World Disability Union (WDU), Ford Fellow, Indiana University (USA) and is a member of US-based global think-tank Association for Research on non-profit and Volunteer Association (ARNOVA) and continental think-tank Association for Research on Civil Society in Africa (AROCSA).
He is also a certified Motivation-UK peer educator. Hassan writes extensively about disability and does talks on the same globally. He has also authored a book that seeks to tell the story of disability differently. He shared his Career Path with