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Local Hotel Joint Statistics
By Kennedy Mutua
Baraka Rescue Hotel is a local joint that serves mostly university students and the low income workers in the Rongai community. It is located opposite Masai Mall in Tumaini area Rongai.
All types of food are available at this hotel and at very affordable prices. Services are also fast and to the point with waiters working their sweat off to meet the customer’s needs. The hotel is opened 7 days of the week without closure.
Below is the graphical representation of how much they make in 6 days of the week.
MMU INNOVATION WEEK
By Kennedy Mutua.
In the last four years, Multimedia University has been holding an annual innovation week where students from different institutions get to showcase and project there innovative ideas.
This year, the event ran for a span of 3 days i.e 26th-28th February. The theme for this year was ‘Linking the academia and industry towards the realization of the 4th industrial revolution for the big four agenda.’
The main objective of this year’s innovation week was to spark a conversation on how the academia and the manufacturing industry can collaborate in coming up with efficient home solutions to problems facing Kenya.
This involved talks on improved sorting processes for waste materials into groupings such as construction water ,household, industrial, electrical and electronic wastes.
After the exhibition, the top innovative projects would be supported through other levels of exhibitionsand also get patented by the university.
CoronaVirus in Kenyan Football
By Kennedy Mutua
An outbreak of the corona virus in late 2019 at Wuhan in China led to the lockdown of the whole country and later most parts of the world. In Africa, Kenya was not spared with the country reporting its first case 0n 12th March.
The government moved quickly by banning public gatherings, international travel for Kenyan teams as well as any meeting that involves 15 or more people of foreign nationality.
Football Kenya Federation (FKF) suspended all football activities from Monday 16th March in a move aimed at curbing the spread of covid-19. Kenya withdrew from sending its junior team to the Mediterranean International Cup tournament in Spain after the organizers cancelled the event over the growing Covid-19
With the KPL suspended for the next three rounds, AFC Leopards will be out of action until the situation normalises and will face KCB and Nzoia Sugar as their next two opponents.
It is still not yet known when fans will get to watch and support their favourite football teams play in the pitch with all eyes on government to lift this ban.
No Sports, Yes Covid
by Okinyi Francis
Sporting activities have been halted throughout the world with global competitive events rescheduled until the World Health Organization lifts the red flag as a result of the Covid Pandemic. For instance, sporting events such as the Tokyo Olympics which were slated for 2020 have been rescheduled to 2021 and will only occur when safety is guaranteed for the millions of participants who will throng the event. In Kenya, sporting activities such as the resumption of the Kenya Premier League has resumed although with financial challenges being witnessed. The covid pandemic has led to a reduction in sales ticketing as government lockdowns and social distancing continue to move fans away from football pitches. This comes after sponsorship deals have been terminated because most of the organizations that offer sponsorship to teams participating in the domestic league have witnessed financial meltdowns because of the covid pandemic.
Besides, golf lovers will not feel enjoy the much-anticipated Magical Golf Tour which was earlier slated for March 2020 and later postponed because of the perceived influx of the foreign participants. Although Kenya’s golfing corporation had announced that the event was rescheduled for May, the virus led to the indefinite cancellation of the event since the country continues to witness an upward surge of the virus. Earlier on, the government issued travel advisories for Kenyan citizens which led to the termination of travel plans for the volleyball men and women’s teams that were to grace the continental Olympic qualifiers in Cape Verde.
Small Scale Businesses Facing Wrath of the Covid pandemic
by Okinyi Francis
As the Covid 19 pandemic continues to ravage world economies, poultry farmers cry foul as a result of dwindled revenues. Kenya is no exception since the country and the East African region had just faced a swarm of locusts who have massacred agricultural produce. I embarked on a research to understand the ravaging effects of Covid 19 on Poultry farming. My first stop being Ongata Rongai Self Help Group which is a group of women, widowed and with no family members to take care of them. I was ushered in their farm by the business manager who is responsible for the sales of eggs and broiler chicken.
Looking at the revenues generated pre corona virus spells an industry that is on the brink of collapsing. Before the corona pandemic the business was able to make sales of more than one hundred thousand shillings monthly less all overhead costs such as feeds, supplements and labor. However currently the business is only able to make fifty thousand Kenya shillings. Miss Janet Muthoni attributes the reduction in sales to an increase in the costs of supplements. According to her, layers the amount of weekly revenue spent on feeds alone is inconsistent with the cumulative revenue the business realizes. Besides, the organization has been forced to cut down on food rationing and offloading five hundred layers in a bid of making the business sustainable. It was also evident from the research that landlords have not reduced the rental fees of the one-acre property that is used to house the farm.
Miss Muthoni has made a plight to the Agricultural Ministry at Kajiado county for an intervention on the looming crisis small scale businesses face during this tough period. Notable from the proposition is that the county government should procure feeds and sell them to local businesses at a subsidized fee rather than let industries exploit farmers who are also threatened by the Covid pandemic.
Agribusiness
By Moreen Kathure
When Corona virus broke out and a few months later everything was closed down, pretty much
everyone was forced to stay at home most hours of the day and in other cases all day also known
as the quarantine period.
It was pretty odd at first, one could say a bit hard since it was like adjusting to a whole new
lifestyle which can prove to be a bit discomforting. I would wake up, eat, watch and just laze
around. One evening i was in the living room watching Tv when I came across this agricultural
channel. They were showcasing a program on how to grow different food crops.
Then it got me, I could actually grow some crops on my abandoned backyard. A hard take on
since the backyard was a complete mess but it was nothing I couldn’t handle. On top of it, I could
actually make good money.
So i started doing my research. Temperatures around where i live range from 13-35 degrees
Celsius. Plants like pepper, onions, mints, strawberries, French beans among others do pretty
good in kind of temperature. After a careful consideration, I settled for onions and French beans.
The preparations were a bit exhausting. I had to pull out the weeds, clean out the already existing
plants, prep the ground, add compost and then divide the garden into different sections. The
plants were finally laid out and after a few months, they were ready to harvest. The onions took
two months while the French beans took around three months.
I realized a few things when it came to marketing my products. People, mostly the youth, had
actually taken to farming during the quarantine period. Some did it for the money, others just as
a pass time hobby, others for domestic use since people must eat despite all the challenges the
world is facing. Farming is a guaranteed income source if you do it the right way.
Effects of Covid 19 on Sports
By Moreen Kathure
Covid-19 has affected all areas of life and sports is no exception. The measures brought in to
limit the spread of the Corona virus, i.e. social distancing has a significant effect on sports since
people can’t gather on stadiums to watch or play.
The sporting calendar has also been affected, with professional leagues around the globe
suspending their activities. The summer Olympics, which is typically one of the world’s most
watched sporting broadcasts, has been pushed back a year.
Corona virus has also affected sports economically. There are three main income streams for
sports leagues: commercial which involves sponsorship and advertising partnerships,
broadcasting i.e. sales of media rights and day revenue (ticketing and hospitality)
According to the UN, the global value of the sports industry is estimated at US dollars 756
billion annually. Therefore, millions of jobs are therefore at risk globally, not only to
professionals but also for those in related retail and sporting services industries connected with
leagues and events, for example travel, tourism, transportation among others.
Corona virus has also affected individuals. Professional athletes have contracted the virus and
hence can’t take part in the sporting events. This has led to the cancellation or postponing of
major sporting events such as the Tokyo Olympic games, the NBA,NFL,MLB,NCAA
championship tournaments and even the little league world
First Class Hotel in Rongai
By Moreen Kathure
Hotel business is gaining momentum and a great opportunity for investment in Rongai, this is due to proximity to the capital city Nairobi and residential to many families and students which has seen the growth of population rapidly. The chart above shows the amount of food sold in first class hotel located at Rongai. It shows how the business is running throughout the week. First class hotel is strategically located in a very convenient environment which is highly populated therefore attracting clients very easily. The workers are very friendly, professional and have skills on how to treat their clients hence for them selling their food stuff is not a big deal. First class hotel offers rice, ugali, beef, chips and githeri.According to the research done in this hotel it is clear that on every Friday and Wednesday they make more profit compared to the other days of the week. To create an edge in a stiff competition in the market first class hotel has better prices with quality food attracting more customers than it rivals.
Fundermental lessons from the covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 on sports sector
By Osinde Joshua
Covid-19 on sports sector
Infectious disease present an omnipresent threat to the health and safety of the global community.The covid-19 pandemic that began in China swept around the world imposing unprecedented impacts on all the sectors of the world economy.The multi billion – dollar sports industry has been hit so hard .
Most sporting events were either canceled or postponed during the peak of the pandemic ,because of covid -19 containment measure’s across the world , such as travel bans, and port closures.Many sport’s governing bodies were also bankrupted and left in financial crisis.
Individuals who depended sports for their live hood lost income as their salaries were reduced or completely cut .Also the sponsor’s ,broadcaster’s ,betting firms incurred huge losses during that period of containment measure’s to curve the spread of the disease .Major sporting events were affected , such as ; 2020 Olympic , football leagues ,golf ,cricket and even tenis . Up to know , no fans are accepted to watch live marches in the field , in this manner the income of the clubs goes down
As many parts of the world starts to experience the second wave of the disease , sporting industry continues to be hit hard . And many of the participants in the sporting sector also continues to feel the effect .
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