ladies’ award was received by Muthaiga Golf Club Lady Captain Ms. Patricia Ngina (GEMBA ’15).
Mr. John Odhiambo won the overall second runners up award, while the overall runners up award went to Mr. Edwin Mathenge (GEMBA ’15).
The Alumni Association Vice Chairperson, Mr. Ian Mukuria, speaking on behalf of the Association Chairperson, emphasized the vibrant future for many promising but disadvantaged students in Kenya and Africa, which depended on collective alumni financial support.
“We should provide them with an opportunity to access higher education and create a strong foundation to transform society. They deserve to realize their dreams,” he said.
“As alumni we know the quality of education we received at USIU-Africa has taken us places. Individually and collectively, we are all transforming our world. We now have an opportunity to assist many young, promising but disadvantaged students acquire a high quality education and transform their world,” Mr. Mukuria added. He also encouraged his fellow alumni to partner with their alma mater in
different activities such as research, career fair, internship opportunities, mentorship as well as being marketing ambassadors for the university.
While making his remarks, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Paul Zeleza, described how partnerships with persons and organizations of goodwill such as Rattansi Education Trust, Stanbic Bank, Brother Vincent Memorial, MasterCard Foundation, Coca Cola Foundation, among other individual donors, have enabled USIU-Africa provide financial aid to more than 3600 students.
“Your Alma Mater has provided prudent accountability in the governance of our scholarship fund and has shared continuous reports and audited accounts to our donors. We are proud to state that we are a trusted partner to manage a Scholarship Endowment Fund,” said Prof. Zeleza.
The Vice Chancellor urged alumni to join the university in building a movement of USIU-Africa alumni who are passionate about transforming the world.
“Remember, this is your personal imprint. You are equipping Africa with transformational leadership, you will have imparted disadvantaged youth with higher achievement skills, and you will have contributed to shaping the future of Africa and the world as a whole,” he emphasized.
Some of the corporate organizations that supported the tournament included Commercial Bank of Africa, Educate Yourself Ltd, Uganda Electricals, Falcon Books East Africa and Victoria Furnitures who did so either in cash or in kind.
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