Government Plan to turn GTTC into University Opposed

   Board members of the Garissa Teachers Training College made public their opposition to Ministry of Education plans to upgrade the college into a full fledged university. The reason given for their opposition is that such an upgrade will lead to shortages in Primary School teachers in Garissa.

 I do not wish to cast aspersions on the Board's decision without knowing the reasoning behind their position but its none the less inexplicable. As a region, we've always complained about the lack of universities and now that the government has decided to do something about it, we oppose it?

  It's a lot easier to upgrade an operational college with facilities to a University than break ground on a new one. At the risk of getting accused of being overly simplistic, I would suggest that we do not turn this opportunity down.


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In other news, alhamdullilah it rained in Garissa today!

Report and Pictures from Safaricom Sakata Ball Competition

Al Mujahadin won The Sakata Ball North Eastern Regional Finals after defeating Red Eagles in an underwhelming final to win  KShs. 100 000 and proceed to the national finals in Nairobi. They won 3-1 on penalties following a goal less draw in a match that was from start to end dominated by Red Eagles. 

Abdinassir of Red Eagles emerged as the top scorer as well as the most valuable player in the tournament netting Ksh 10 000 in the process.

Al-Mujahiddin's Goal Keeper, Abubakar, was named the best stopper in the tournament and was awarded 10 000shs for his heroics. He took his team through two penalty shootouts in the semifinal and final.

Cynthia Chepkemei of KMTC was awarded Kshs. 5 000 for outstanding goal keeping skills. Her schoolmate   Hellen Nyawira won an equivalent amount after she ended up becoming the top scorer with 9 goals and finally Dorris Anyango also of KMTC won a similar amount after she was named the MVP of the tournament.

KMTC- Garissa won the ladies version of the tournament and were awarded KShs. 50 000 as well as football attire for the entire team. The runners up GTTC won a cash prize of Kshs. 25 000 and a football paraphernalia.

[Post aggregated from Safaricom's platform and blog readers e-mails]

All images from the events are provided by Safaricom.