May 2016 www.mtkenyatimes.co.ke No. 016004 Kshs. 50/= Ushs. 1500/= Tshs. 1000/= Don’t miss the opportunities Martin Wakaba Breast cancer to study abroad Cancer Burden in Kenya The wonders of innovation Health PAGE 11 Adelaide International BACK PAGE Undergraduate, 2017 PAGE 15 “Kenya’s Story Starts Here” Chelal Chemjor Funding for the dis- Uzalendo School, hope for a better tomorrow advantaged students Kolkata Entrepreneurship Pg. 2 metro rail- way trans- port system ~ India Square Kilometre Array: The Kolkata is the next few years while propos- als for MRTS for Pune, Chan- Science & technology in fi rst and the only digarh, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, South Africa underground railway Ludhiana, Bhopal, Indore and Technology project in India. Faridabad are being chalked Pg. 8 India is well on its way to cre- out. ate a world-class MRT system Key Considerations for MRTS as an integral part of communi- A metro model for a county ty infrastructure development would have to depend on its lo- in the country. Growing cities, gistics, fi nancial resources and growing population and grow- should avoid aping a western ing traffi c has invariably called modern blindly, rather should for a shift from private modes concentrate on learning from The richest black woman of conveyance to public trans- its shortcomings. in the world 2016 - Isabel port. A glance at the world’s Ar. Jit Kumar Gupta, renowned dos Santos developing nations indicates urban planner states that the planning, construction, design- Net worth: 3.4 billion USD that well planned Mass Rapid Transit Systems (MRTS) ex- ing and management of metros Review ist successfully. India is look- require extensive data, detailed Pg. 13 ing to create a world class in- surveys, study of economic frastructure with its existent structure, profi le of settlement topography, travel preference, Kolkata and Delhi Metros with The key reason for the push for the construction of the institution is to give the addition of Mumbai, Ben- major traffi c corridors etc. He galuru, Hyderabad, Chennai, recommends the use of tech- bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds a platform to further Jaipur, and Kochi metros in the Continued page 3 their high school education. By: Chelal Chemjor Full story page 2 How Africa Is Shaping Its Relations with China By: Prof. Calestous Juma visit to China this week. The agriculture. terests are shaping its relations their governments are shaping Professor at Harvard focus of the working visit is to The visit has reopened a lin- with Africa. But according to their relations with China. Nakuru Kennedy School explore areas of cooperation gering debate on Africa-China a new book, Africa and Chi- Buhari’s visit comes at a criti- cal period in the economic A Lighted Nigeria’s President Muham- between China and Nigeria on relations. Much of this debate na, this debate overlooks the madu Buhari is on a high-level power, transport, roads, and has focused on how China’s in- extent to which Africans and Continued page 4 Paradise By: Meshack Masibo State Of Kenya’s Economy Labour Export as Government Pol- Stock Market Page 5 2013 – 2016 ~ Part 3 icy: Philippines Overseas Labour Biotechnology page 9 the government’s domestic Sports: Back page By Alex Obiria revenue was being spent on By: Danson 2010 (IOM, 2010), the scale [email protected] salaries to public servants in Email: of international replacement is Public sector management, December 2014. The SRC [email protected] astonishing. The number of in- institutions and reform fears that the wage bill will at- Migration has become an eye- ternational migrants, estimated According to the Kenya Sala- tain unsustainable levels. The catching issue in the era of to be 214 million in 2010, is at ries and Remuneration Com- SRC has commenced a com- globalization. According to mission (SRC), over 55% of Entrepreneurship Pages 1, 3 & 7 the World Migration Report Continued page 7 2 / ENTREPRENEURSHIP May 2016 / The Mt. Kenya Times By: Chelal Chemjor Uzalendo School, hope for a better tomorrow [email protected] As a testament to the magnitude Kiptui among others. of world class teaching facili- has been thrashing the neigh- is light at the end of the of the project the schools con- The school primarily being for ties. It currently holds state of boring schools in the competi- tunnel, it is nothing if The small village of Kaptana struction attracted the Speaker the disadvantaged in the so- the art classes, dormitories and tions. not a chance, a chance to in Eldama Ravine constitu- of the National Assembly who ciety is set to take in 50% or a laboratory. Construction is On an exclusive interview by defy the past and defi ne ency, Baringo County, mid last presided over the groundbreak- more students under the needy still ongoing and its brilliantly the Mount Kenya Times the your own future. In many year saw the commencement of ing ceremony in the company of students program while the re- constructed library is just about students are far beyond happy ways this institution will the construction of Uzalendo other key fi gures among them maining slots will be fi lled by done. Money is being pumped and determined to succeed. An build a better tomorrow. School, a National level high being the area Member of Par- self sponsored students who by the government to ensure the overwhelming urge to perform Education is the most school. The school which is liament Hon. Moses Lessonet, will be required to meet an an- quick completion of the project blended with a desire to set new powerful weapon you located after a four hour drive Embu MP Hon Cecili Mbari- nual fee of kshs 67,000/=. The as tenders have already been heights of academic excellence can ever use to change from the nation’s capital was re, Baringo Deputy Governor school’s cut off entry mark for awarded for the construction sets the tone of the school. Many the world, Nelson Man- pioneered and spearheaded by Mathew Tuitoek, and Baringo both the boys and the girls is a of the dining hall, construction of the students are aspiring to dela. the area Member of Parliament Women Representative Grace KCPE minimum mark of 330 is set to be underway sooner be doctors and engineers and As a nation we should Hon Moses Lessonet. The say they have what it takes and embrace this approach. school is modeled along the are willing to strive to achieve We should strive to have Starehe Boys Centre and Stare- their dreams. such an institution set up he Girls School and whose Poverty can be said to be the in every county and with primary objective is to provide mother of all trouble in society. time the society will free education for needy and Poverty translates to lack of change for the better, bright students. The school is education which springs unem- poverty will be a thing being constructed on a 10 acre ployment which results in crime of the past and everyone piece of land and is set to house and many other social evils. will be self suffi cient both male and female students As a country institutions such leading the nation into a in equal numbers. as Uzalendo School are what new era, an era of pros- The key reason for the push for we need to fi ght poverty. They perity and economic de- the construction of the institu- provide for the crucial step of velopment. tion is to give bright students Above;The school , Below: the administration block. Picture from school archives education which many fail to from disadvantaged back- acquire as a result of fi nancial grounds a platform to further incapability. their high school education. So what is Uzalendo School? Education despite government Uzalendo School is Hope, it eff orts over the previous year’s still remains unaff ordable for many families in Kenya espe- cially ones in the rural parts of the country. As a result a high number of bright students fail to pursue their secondary school education due to the unaff ordable cost of secondary education in the country. The school is also aimed at elevating the heights of educa- tion in the region. The Baringo marks. ers who are willing to cater for rather than later. region for one reason or an- Funding for the disadvan- the education of the students. The county government is other is not well known for its taged students is being done Currently the school has admit- sparing no cent in ensuring academic excellence. Uzalendo in a number of ways. The pri- ted a form one class with 62 the success of the school. School is therefore expected mary source of funding will students. The class boasts of The roads leading to the to aid by providing a higher be through the Eldama Ravine 33 students who have received school have been redone to platform for academic excel- Education Foundation (EREF) a four year scholarship by the ensure good and smooth road lence in the region. It is also which is a nonprofi t making EREF. The scholarship pro- access to the institution. expected to provide the much organization in the constitu- vides up to and including for As explained by Mr. Chepsat needed competition to the oth- ency. The organization gathers the uniforms, books and mat- (a teacher in the school) the er schools in the region all in funds by carrying out a series tresses for the students all to school is not only desirous a bid to elevate the standards of fundraisers which provides ensure and create the perfect of ensuring academic suc- of education in the region.