The Late Philip Ochieng: From US College Dropout to Top Kenyan Journalist
The late Standard and Nation columnist Philip Ochieng
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Philip Ochieng - a veteran editor, columnist and author - passed away on Tuesday, April 27 while undergoing treatment at the Ombo Mission Hospital in Migori County.
The 83-year-old s death was announced by his family who divulged that he succumbed to pneumonia.
Ochieng, a renowned journalist served as a columnist and editor for the Nation Media Group and was once a columnist for the
Standard.
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Ochieng rose to the top despite dropping out of college in the United States. The prolific wordsmith was one of the privileged students to be airlifted to the US in 1959 but never completed his studies as he opted to return back home.
CIC Group wins the Decade of Excellence Insurance Kenya 2021 Award
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Insurance and investment firm, CIC Group, has been emerged top as the winner of the Decade of Excellence Insurance Kenya 2021 Award during the 2021 Global Banking and Finance Awards.
The global awards reflect the innovation, achievement, strategy, progressive and inspirational changes taking place within the financial sector.
Commenting on the global recognition, Patrick Nyaga, CIC Group CEO said, “We are proud to be recognized globally. This award echoes our continued commitment to our clients to provide world class insurance services for the past decade.”
In December 2020, CIC General insurance was declared the Best Automotive Insurer at the Automotive Industry Excellence Awards, 2020, coming a year after the company won the Most Preferred Private Vehicle Insurer at the same awards held in 2019. CIC was also feted as the best Motor Insurer at the Cheki Awards in December 2020 at a time the company wa
Why this ‘general’ was unceremoniously bundled out of Sarova in 2003
Lemma Ayanu [Photo: Courtesy]
Kenya was treated to one of the most memorable journalistic charades in May 2003. Veteran journalist Joseph Karimi claimed 36 years of searching for General Stanley Mathenge, a Mau Mau hero who had disappeared during the war of independence, had finally paid off after finally tracing the freedom fighter to Ethiopia.
It never happens, but both the
Daily Nation and
The Standard ran the same story, from the same writer, on the same topic. The country was taken in, and the Government saw a chance to unveil a Mau Mau hero that Madaraka Day on June 12. That was 47 years after General Mathenge disagreed and parted ways with Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi.
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