November 1, 2017
She has shared the world stage with Presidents and Princesses but at heart Zain Verjee is just a Nairobi girl. She is an ardent lover of […]
October 31, 2017
Remember the old saying ‘practice makes perfect’? Pauline Konga proved the truth behind the renowned proverb. Born in Baringo District in 1970, Pauline began to […]
October 30, 2017
The teenage girl stood outside the gates of the Duke of Gloucester School on the outskirts of Ngara in early 1967 contemplating walking through. She badly […]
October 29, 2017
Koki Mutungi was six years old when she started proclaiming that she would one day be a pilot. People around her would laugh indulgently at her […]
October 28, 2017
When ten-year old Nyambura Njoroge was asked by her father what she wanted to be when she grew up the answer was measured – if it […]
October 27, 2017
Growing up in family with 12 older siblings and 4 younger ones meant Mary Elizabeth Okelo learned early in life how to stand up and […]
October 26, 2017
Veterinary sciences had been one of the earliest programmes at the University of East Africa but it was only offered up to diploma level. In 1962, […]
October 25, 2017
Charity Muya – Ngauriya has always been comfortable standing out in a man’s world. If she did not, she would not have had a successful career […]
October 24, 2017
Standing in front of the Public Service Commission recruiters at University of Nairobi in 1969 Catherine Kimura stated that she wanted to be a D.O. The […]