Despite what some people think about Barack Obama’s performance as The President of the United States of America, it would be unwise to argue with the fact that he did an exceptional job raising his two daughters, Malia and Sasha successfully.

When the Obama family first moved into the White House in 2009, Malia and Sasha were 10 and 8 years old, respectively. Sasha was born on June 10, 2001, in Chicago, Illinois at the University of Chicago Hospital. Despite the Obamas being thrust into the national and international limelight, little about the girls was known for years. This is because their image was kept tightly controlled, with Sasha even less known.

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Natasha Obama attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School in Chicago until her family moved to Washington D.C. in 2009.

• Date of birth: 10 June 2001 in Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Official name: Natasha Obama
• Education: Sidwell Friends School (2009–2019), University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
• Grandparents: Marian Shields Robinson, Fraser C. Robinson III, Ann Dunham, Barack Obama Sr.
• Siblings: Malia Ann Obama
• Parents: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama

She is the youngest kid to have lived in the White House.

Sasha was only 8 years old, when Barrack became the US President in 2009. This made her one of the youngest people to live in the White House, since John F. Kennedy Jr. presidency, in 1961.

 Sasha is not her birth name?

For the entire duration of Obama’s presidency, everybody knew his younger daughter as Sasha, but, would you believe that this is not her real name? Well, her real name is Natasha Obama. This was revealed in 2016, when she had to use her birth name to apply for a summer job at a seafood restaurant on Martha’s Vineyard.

She suffered a health scare as an infant

Did you know that Sasha contracted meningitis at the age of 3 months? No parent would receive such a medical report with ease and Mr. Obama was not an exception. Much later after she had recovered, the former president confessed that the health scare was one his toughest moments.

She took up a summer job like an ordinary citizen

Did you know that Sasha Obama spent a summer, working at a busy seafood restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard? This seems like the Obamas’ unique parenting strategy that sought to help the girl experience what it feels like to live and work like an ordinary citizen

She is best friends with Maisy Biden

 As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Sasha is best friends with Maisy Biden, the former vice president Joe Biden’s granddaughter. They attended school together at Sidwell Friends, where they both played on the school’s basketball and soccer teams.

At 18 years of age Sasha has managed to cope with poise, maturity and positive attitude. Evidently, she exhibits a solid and more pleasant personality and many are looking forward to her first voluntary public interview in Michelle Obama’s Netflix documentary book, Becoming.

It is now officially confirmed that Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela, and the late anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was a casualty of the raging COVID19 pandemic

The Mandela family publicly relayed the sad news that Zindzi passed on, due to Covid-19 related complications shortly after testing positive.

Ms. Mandela, aged 59, passed on in a Johannesburg hospital, in the wee hours of Monday morning. Until her death, she was South Africa’s Ambassador to Denmark.

The Mandela family declared Zinzdi’s Covid-19 status against the family’s strict policy which prohibits the sharing of family health matters with the public

This cautious practice gained currency in the final years of Madiba’s life when speculation was rife regarding his health

The sad news comes as the COVID storm engulfing the country has threatened schools’ closure again, possibly for the remaining part of the academic year.

Zindzi’ son Zondwa Mandela, was quoted saying;

“Simply by virtue that there was a positive test, we are therefore obligated to function and work within the framework of the existing regulations related to such cases”

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The anti-apartheid icon will be buried on Friday.

Ms. Mandela’s death has sobered up even the most skeptical South Africans, to the necessity of taking the pandemic seriously.

From the several cases reported around the world, it is quite clear that regardless of one’s station or status, no one is entirely safe from the pandemic’s worst consequences.

This painful lesson is wholly embraced by the majority of teachers who resumed duties in early June. Apparently, South African teachers are dissatisfied with the proposed plans for further re-opening, despite recurrent outbreaks in schools.

Ironically, the task force appointed by President Ramaphosa to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic has admitted the existence of hundreds of incidents among SA’s 26,000 schools.

What is curious is the team’s insistence that “only a small percentage” is infected, because schools were opened after thorough fumigation.

The position taken by The Taskforce has left teachers and many parents unhappy and generally disgruntled

Earlier, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party’s union ally, the SA Democratic Teacher’s Union (SADTU), warned that it would withdraw all its members from classes if re-opening proved unsafe.

Jeff Mwaura Koinange, a journalist and a talk show host in Kenya is a highly influential Kenyan celebrity.   He has won several awards and is to-date rated as one of the most accomplished persons with a net worth salary of 2 million shillings.

Jeff Koinange age

Jeff Koinange was born on January 7th, 1966. He is, therefore, 55 years old.

Education

Jeff Koinange Mwaura enrolled in Hospital Hill School in Parklands in the year 1972 and studied until 1974. In 1975 he left to join St. Mary’s and that is where he did his A-levels in 1984.

Between the year 1987-1989, Jeff was a student in Kingsborough Community College situated in Brooklyn, New York where he graduated with an associate degree. He then joined New York University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism.

Jeff Koinange family.

Federick Mbiyu and Hilda Ngoma  are Jeff’s parents. He was named Jeff Mwaura Koinange but more often the middle name ‘Mwaura’ tends to be ignored. Jeff is a brother to two sisters and one brother. In respective of their age, Hilda Wanjiru is the eldest followed by Phyllis Wangui then Freddie Koinange and Jeff is the lastborn. He lost his father to brain hemorrhage two months after his birth. After his father’s demise Hilda who was a teacher, raised Jeff and his siblings single-handedly.

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Jeff is a husband and also a father of one. He is married to Shaila Koinange of Asian origin and they both have a son named Jamal Mbiyu Koinange, born in 2007. Before Shaila, Jeff had been engaged to Sonya but unfortunately the relationship didn’t work. Although they separated in the year 1994, Jeff and Sonya are still good friends.

 Career

Jeff koinange’s career life hasn’t begun yesterday. Although he was first employed as a flight attendant by PanAm Airlines and never thought of joining the media industry, his voice would always be applauded. During his stewardship in the airline, he would get praised by the passengers for his baritone voice most especially after making announcements. He came across a media personality in one of the flights who challenged him to make use of his voice and make a career out of it. After graduating from New York University, he worked at NBC News in 1994 as a producer and had earlier worked with ABC News from 1991 to 1992. While working for the Reuters in the year 1995 when he accepted another job  as a part-time  anchor  at Kenyan TV station (KTN). Due to his accent, he had divided attention with some appreciating him and others being put off.

In 1998, Jeff was appointed as Reuters West Africa Bureau Chief and worked until 2001 when he took the position as the Africa correspondent for CNN and CNN International. He is passionate about telling stories and while working at CNN he covered stories like the crisis in Darfur, femine in Niger, civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and many more which earned him numerous awards. In May 2007, he was fired by CNN, and luckily K24 TV station in Kenya hired him that same year. He would show host in K24 until December 2012.

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Early 2013, Jeff joined Arise TV in Johannesburg South Africa, and worked for eight months. He then moved back to Kenya. Currently, Jeff hosts the JKL show on Citizen TV among other responsibilities

What are his hobbies?

Jeff enjoys swimming, music, and collecting African art. Speaking of music, Jeff loves country music, and back in 2015, he bugged a deal to host a radio show on Nation FM that played purely country music.

Internet balloons have finally been launched in Kenya. The project is part of Google’s so-called ”moonshot projects”, launched in 2011 and is finally coming to life!

The balloons are a network of giant internet-enabled balloons from Google’s sister firm Loon. The first Internet balloon of the American company landed in Kenya after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s announcement, soon after after the COVID-19 outbreak. The project will see mobile phone users in 14 counties access 4G network.

The Loon project is a partnership between Telkom Kenya and Google parent firm Alphabet and is actually the first ever commercial deployment of loon internet balloons in the world.

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How does it work?

Internet network is mostly broadcast via fixed antennas, which are heavy in infrastructure and not very efficient in the event of terrain. On the other hand, the balloons use helium, equipped with antennas and powered by photovoltaic panels (powered by solar panels). They fly in the atmosphere at a certain high altitude well above storms and airliners. They raise or lower in the sky to take advantage of air currents. The service has shown download speeds of 18.9Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of 4.7Mbps.

The balloons cover rural and suburban populations around Kenya providing (4G) coverage to areas with lower population densities. Many Kenyans can now take advantage of the improved telecommunication infrastructure to advance their social economic activities.

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Obesity is a health challenge that affects about a third of the world’s population. The condition affects people of all ages, from children to the elderly. Doctors have cited poor lifestyle choices including lack of exercise and poor diet as the major causes of obesity. One is obese when they have a higher Body Mass Index (BMI). This shows you have excess fat or are overweight. Doctors consider anyone with a BMI over 30 as obese. Being obese puts you at a risk of developing several medical issues including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and high blood pressure. Sometimes, morbid obesity, which is the worst form of obesity, leads to the death.

Here are some of the worst cases of obesity;

Juan Pedro Franco Salas

The World Guinness Book of recorded Juan Pedro as the “World Fattest Man” in 2017. Pedro weighed about 600kgs. The 35-year-Old Mexican was bedridden for years because of obesity. He also developed health complications including a severely obstructed lung, high blood pressure and diabetes. His weight shot up after a suffering from pneumonia and a road accident as a teen. Juan Pedro underwent double gastric bypass surgery to cut off half of his weight. He lost 53kgs and can now walk.

Paul Mason

Former World Fattest Man, Paul Mason, weighed a whooping 440kg before his gastric surgery.  After his surgery, he lost 285kg but remained with plenty of excess skin. Mason had to undergo surgeries to remove the skin but couldn’t as he regained some weight. The 59yr old seeks to live a healthy lifestyle to enable him to get treatment with NHS. Paul became obese for consuming lots of junk food. 

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Carl Thompson

Referred to as “Britain’s Fattest Man”, Carl weighed over 415kg. At 33yrs old doctors diagnosed Carl with obesity. Due to his obesity, he was restricted to his home and managed with the help of caregivers. His addiction to food began in early childhood but worsened to consuming mostly junk food after his mother passed on in 2012. He consumed 10,000 calories daily over four times the recommended intake for a man. He didn’t want to have a gastric operation, so he sought public help. Unfortunately, he died a few weeks later in his house in Dover, Kent in UK.

Sharon Mevsimler

Sharon weighed 286kgs before undergoing a gastric band operation in 2010. Doctors had diagnosed her with five-footer’s grub addiction. The 40yr old lady attributed her obesity because of post-natal depression after birth of her four children. She consumed 10,000 calories daily, way over the 2,000calories intake for women. During her treatment, she was in an out of hospital for several medical conditions, including a heart attack and malnourishment. Sharon, one of UKs most overweight women, succumbed to death at 41yrs in Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford in 2010.

Averell Wiltshire

Doctors diagnosed Averell with super morbid obesity 9yrs ago. She is over 254 kgs with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 100, which renders her morbidly obese. Because of her condition; she stayed at home throughout. Averell has struggled with weight issues since childhood and even tried many diet plans. She is a self-confessed addict. Due to her morbid obesity she then developed high blood pressure, sleep apnea, lung disease and weight-related asthma. After having a gastric bypass, she lost some weight and her health is improving gradually.

Despite Kenya being among the many developing countries in the world, she has pulled her socks into making sure she has diversified her activities. Some of them have enabled her to find a place in the Guinness Book of Records: here are 7 Crazy World Records Broken by Kenyans!

1. Chef Maliha Mohammed, who spent the longest time in the kitchen while cooking.

Very recently, Kenyan cook chef Maliha Mohammed made it to the newest Kenya Guinness World Records.  On August 18^th, 2019, Maliha broke the record that was set by Rickey Lumpkin hailing from Los Angeles USA by surpassing his 68hrs 38mins 1sec and making it to 72 hrs continuously. With the help of a support team working in shifts, she made 400 recipes and emerged as the longest cooking chef.

2. Eliud Kipchoge, the 1^st marathon runner to cross the finish line under 2 hours.

Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge busted the less than 2 hours INEOS challenge when he finished the race within 1hr 59min and 40 sec on October 12^th, 2019, held at Vienna, Austria. He had tried one more time before at Monza Italy and failed when he timed 2 hours and 25 minutes exceeding the goal with 26 seconds. This time around, he made it securing him a ticket to the Guinness Book of Record.

3. Joseph Love milked the largest volume of milk within 24 hours.

In a single day, Joseph Love of Kilifi Kenya milked 531 liters from 30 cows in 1992. This marks the largest volume of milk produced manually and by hand. He saw himself enter the Guinness Book of Records, Kenya.

4. Andy Roberts, John Franshawe, Terry Stevenson set the highest same species bird count in a single day.

The trio claimed the Guinness Book record for having counted the highest number of birds while they were birdwatching. They counted a total of 342 birds of the same species in 24 hours.

5. Kimani Ng’ang’ a Murage, the oldest man to join primary school.

An 84-year-old Kenyan man enrolled in class one on January 12th, 2004, and dazzled the whole world.  He enrolled in an Eldoret-based school where two of his grandchildren were, and they were ahead of him. He surprised everyone by scoring straight A’s in three subjects during his first end of term test. Unfortunately, Kimani Ng’ang’ a Murage passed away six years later. There hasn’t been any other to beat his record in the Complete List of Guinness World Records.

6. Tegla Lorupe made triple achievements in athletics competition on different occasions.

Having retired after an excellent athletic career, Tegla is fascinating. She holds a three-time record feature in the Kenya Guinness World Records. Firstly, she smashed the record for the best time in the 20, 000 meters run in the year 2000. secondly she was the fastest in the 25,000 meters run in 2002 and lastly she delivered a record time in the 30, 000 meters race in 2003.

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7. The largest number of participants washing their hands.

It is in a Kenyan event where 19352 attendants washed their hands, paving the way for the highest number to have washed hands in an event. Those participants made history in the year 2011.

The Guinness World Record can be an interesting platform to exercise one’s ability and talents, either as an individual or as a group. As much as the Guinness World Record hold is not payable, it can be a lead or the start to newer remarkable opportunities that wouldn’t have otherwise been realized. Clutching onto unbreakable Guinness World Records could be extremely fulfilling and heart-warming.

The word beauty carries a broad meaning that transcends the human physical attributes. This concept seems to evolve all the time and hence women are doing everything they can to fit into society’s ever changing expectations to look beautiful.

Bleaching of the skin

A lady with glowing skin without blemishes and lighter complexion is admired by many. This is because society has coined the beautiful as ‘rangi ya thao,’ a phrase that associates beauty more with the lighter-skin. With this, most ladies with a darker skin shade are bleaching to fit in.

Some famous women who have embraced bleaching include include singer Mshoza and Khanyi Mbau of South Africa. Khanyi proudly admits that her complexion is 90% cosmetic .

“The entertainment is about looks. Unfortunately, if you are darker-skinned, you have to work harder. I’ve been dark-skinned for years, and I wanted to experience the other side. I wanted to see what it’d be like to be white, and I’m happy,” she said

Bleaching offers a variety of options to choose from. You can use bleach products like creams, soaps, pills, or even go the professional way, laser therapy, or chemical peels treatment. It reduces the production or concentration of melanin on your skin resulting in lighter skin.

What are the side effects of bleaching?

• Hydroquinone that is found in most bleaching products has adverse health effects. It is associated with signs like kidney failure, numbness, and high blood pressure, among others.  
• Dermatitis
• Steroid acne

Body lift

This is a surgical procedure that requires an extensive incision to remove excess fat deposits, repair sagging and wrinkled skin and lift the skin to improve its appearance. Depending on where the surplus skin is located, you can choose upper, mid, lower, or full-body lift.

Women who undergo this body lift procedures have different reasons. Some don’t like how their nose, breasts, neck, or butt are positioned or appear, so they opt for a body lift. A famous actress, Jane Fonda, wrote on her blog that she had ‘work done.’

“I just had some ‘work’ done on my chin and neck and had the bags taken away from under my eyes, so I decided it would be good to get a new hair cut, so people will think it’s my new hair.”

The potential risks

• Anesthesia risks
• Fluid accumulation
• Hematoma

How about breasts and hips augmentation?

Breasts are top beauty assets in women. Most ladies fancy their breast over any other part of their body, and they take pride in how they style themselves in the clothes they wear. Other women love their clothes, hugging every ounce of their hips in a certain way.

That is what they imagine as ‘sexy.’ So if a lady is dissatisfied with their priority body feature, self-consciousness sets in, and they begin to feel less beautiful. Some women love their tits full, spongy, and bouncy.

Many celebrities find themselves on the edge of perfection to please their fans and attract more attention to advance their careers. Cardi, a hip-hop artist, drowning in fame, has been in and out of the surgery room to get her body into shape. Just recently she went to have her breasts re-done after the pregnancy of her daughter Kulture.

“I just got my boobs redone. I feel good, but sometimes I feel like not, you know? When your skin is stretched out,” Cardi admits in a publication

This procedure involves the fat transfer to improve the appearance of a body section or the use of implants, devices, or tissues placed on the inside of the body. There are two types of breast implants, silicone-filled and saline-filled gel, both varying in size, shape, shell-thickness and shell-surface texture.

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Are there consequences of this augmentation?

In every action taken, there is always a consequence, and this one is no exception. The risks that come with augmentation include,

• Surgical risks
• Infection
• Implant failure

The pursuit of ideal beauty has cost many ladies a lot. Some are happy with the results and are excited to share their experiences while others are nursing disappointment because things went wrong and they never got the desired results

PM Boris Johnson this week made a quick u-turn on providing free school meals this Summer after a tight campaign by Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.

A few weeks ago, PM Boris Johnson had taken away lunch support for school going kids over May half term. Many families are finding it hard to afford a full course meal as the lock down continues to make life more difficult. Too many families were getting to a breaking point.

An Open Letter to all MPs in Parliament…#maketheUturn

Please retweet and tag your local MPs pic.twitter.com/GXuUxFJdcv

— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) June 14, 2020

After a vicious campaign under the hashtag #maketheUturn, the Manchester United forward pressured the government into reconsidering the initiative following the ease of coronavirus restrictions. Now, 1.3 million children will have access to £15-a-week food meal vouchers over the school holidays. Marcus Rashford and family benefited a lot from the meals while he was young and that’s why he was so passionate.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjær congratulated Marcus via Manchester United’s handle for the great job.

? Ole on @MarcusRashford: “It’s been fantastic to follow Marcus throughout lockdown. He’s such a top, top human being.

“He’s brought his own experiences as a kid into the conversation to help change the lives of so many, which is more important than any game he’ll play.”#MUFC pic.twitter.com/6d7iOSe1Rh

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) June 18, 2020

Marcus Rashford is set to feature vs Tottenham for Manchester United on the 19th of June after over 100 days of no premier league matches due to the pandemic.

All the best Rash!