Standard Chartered Bank has launched the 21st edition of the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon, set to take place on October 27, 2024, at Uhuru Gardens.
All proceeds will go towards the Future-Makers initiative, which supports youth community impact initiatives across three pillars: Education, Employability, and Entrepreneurship.
The event has raised over Sh. 750 million from the race’s proceeds over the last 20 years, helping disadvantaged Kenyans gain access to essential services and opportunities.
The event received World Athletic Accreditation as a World Road Race last year, enhancing its prestige and providing elite athletes with a platform to compete and set records on an internationally acclaimed course.
The Marathon features seven race categories: 42 km men and women, 21 km men and women, 10 km men and women, 21 km wheelchair men and women, 5 km Family Fun Run race, CEO Challenge, and Corporate Relay Challenge.
The winners, first runner-ups, and second runner-ups will receive Sh. 2 million, Sh. 750,000, and Sh. 500,000 in the 42 km men and women, Sh. 300,000, Sh. 150,000, and Sh. 100,000 for both the 21 km men and women and 21 km wheelchair men and women races, and Sh. 200,000, Sh. 150,000, and Sh. 100,000 in the 10 km men and women category.
Registration for the race is open on www.nairobimarathon.com, with an expected 23,000 participants this year.
Nyandarua County Governor Dr. Moses Kiarie Badilisha inspects musical instruments that were donated to the youth groups.
The entrepreneurship programmes are going hand in hand with talent search and promotion in all sectors.
Already, over 50 youth representatives have been trained on value addition; a similar number have been trained in filmmaking.
West Pokot women Representative Rael Aleotum has launched the distribution of free sanitary towels to 685 schools.
The initiative is set to benefit 44,318 girls in all the five sub-counties in West Pokot.
Speaking during the launch, Aleotum pointed out that the objective is to increase access of teenage girls to sexual and reproductive health products in order to increase their retention in school, transition to higher levels of education and enhance their academic performance
“We aim to support girls from various schools who risk missing classes or dropping out of school due to lack of sanitary towels,” said Aleotum.
Fiona Sandeman of Save Giraffe Now feeds a baby giraffe with milk at Ruko Community Conservancy in Baringo South, the foundation which funded the relocation of eight giraffes from Krugger Farm in Uasin Gishu at a cost of Ksh. 10 million, promised to continue partnering with the Conservancy.
The Chairman of the Rarieda Sub-county BMU Network, Walter Kwenya, has announced that the Siaya County government’s department of fisheries has destroyed 54 illegal fishing gears worth Sh9.6 million.
Illegal fishing gears were confiscated in beaches within Bondo and Rarieda sub-counties over the last two months.
Kwenya emphasised that the use of illegal fishing gears has led to serious fish depletion in Lake Victoria and warned fishermen to ensure the vice is stopped.
Bondo Sub-County Fisheries Officer Samuel Okech blamed a lack of teamwork for the increased use of illegal fishing gears in Lake Victoria waters.
The Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) has faulted the distribution of sector workers’ salary arrears as approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
KUSPAW General Secretary Francis Wangara faulted Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Rono for unfair distribution of the funds which he said has disadvantaged workers in some state owned sugar millers.
During the week, the Ministry of Agriculture approved Sh. 654 million to help struggling state owned sugar millers to clear debts owed to workers and farmers.
In a letter to Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), Agriculture PS authorized Sh. 354 million to go towards clearing farmers’ arrears at Nzoia, Muhoroni, Chemelil and South Nyanza (SONY) companies.
The PS further authorized Sh. 150 million to clear three months’ salary arrears for workers at Nzoia Sugar Company with the remaining Sh. 150 million to be shared by workers at Chemelil, Muhoroni and SONY.
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