A biographical series that features people who have attained significant success in their chosen fields.
Former Minister of Education and current Ambassador of Kenya to the European Union Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi on Spotlight. He spoke to KBC Producer Marcella Wamoyi about his career and the switch to diplomacy.
Cosmas Ndeti won the 1994 Boston in a then-course-record 2:07:15 by running the first 13.1 miles in 1:05 and the second 13.1 in 1:02:15. Running the second half of a marathon in time shorter than posted in the first half is known as a “negative split” in road running. That record stood for 12 years until Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot shaved it by one second in 2006. Ndeti was the first man to do so at the Boston Marathon. His 1994 win was a defence of the 1993 title and was followed by a three-peat in 1995. He tells his story to Daniel Wahome.
Cosmas Ndeti won the 1994 Boston in a then-course-record 2:07:15 by running the first 13.1 miles in 1:05 and the second 13.1 in 1:02:15. Running the second half of a marathon in time shorter than posted in the first half is known as a “negative split” in road running. In this second part of the programme, he speaks about the latter stages of his athletics career and life after athletics to Daniel Wahome.
Daniel Wahome spoke with Austin Oduor Otieno, a Clinical Officer working in Migori County, he is the Deputy Secretary of the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers, President of the Global Association of Clinical Officers and Physician Associates, and a frontline healthcare worker who tested positive for coronavirus and recovered.
The early late 90s and 2000s was an exciting time for Kenyan music, not just for artist but for the fans too as the entertainment industry thrived thanks to an explosion of home-grown talent.
It was in these heady times that we got to see a trio of beautiful and talented girls whose music, dance moves and bright smiles could literally light up the entire city.
Angela Ndambuki was part of that all-girl singing group known as Tattu.
Angela who has since dropped the microphone and left the stage for the corner office and is currently the regional director International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for Sub-Saharan Africa, IFPI is speaks with Geoffrey Mungai on Spotlight.
Bifwoli Wakoli, former Assistant Minister, narrates his political journey.
Dr. Ahmed Kalebi was born in Kibera Slums in Nairobi but rose to become one of the top doctors in Kenya and founder of Lancet Kenya, one of the private owned laboratories in East Africa.
The world now has various vaccines for Covid-19 at the same time, there's grumbling about poor distribution and the so called vaccine nationalism here in Kenya a targeted vaccination rollout and partial lockdown portend a mix of hope and caution so what more suprises does this virus have in store for humanity on Spotlight Geoffrey Mungai speaks with Prof. Walter Jaoko who is Professor of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, Director of KAVI.
This is a tribute to Philip Ochieng’ the legendary writer, editor and towering public intellectual who passed on recently. In the course of this program we’ll hear from those who knew and worked with Ochieng' over the years. SALIM LONE a Kenyan journalist and Ochieng’s contemporary who currently lives in America travelled a career path almost similar to Ochieng’s. JOSEPH ODINDO and EMAN OMARI are senior editors who learnt the craft from Phillip Ochieng. DR. NAIM BILAL the current Managing Director of KBC takes pride in having learnt journalism under the tutelage of Philip Ochieng' and LIZ GITONGA had the privilege as a young journalist to be picked by Philip Ochieng to write his biography and Paul Kelemba Kenya’s best editorial cartoonist whose copy always went through Ochieng’s hand before going to press.