A 10 Year Milestone for Nairobi Marathon

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A 10 Year
Milestone
for Nairobi
Marathon
Seeing is BelievingThe Initiative
One year of
planning,
six hours to
showcase
INSIDE: Henry Wanyoike - Our Seeing Is Believing ambassador | Event Information | History of the Marathon | Volunteers- The unsung heroes
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Contents
02 | Editor’s Note
04 | A 10 YEAR MILESTONE
5-6 | 10 Year Torch Tour Run and the
Launch of the 2012 Nairobi Marathon
7-8 | CEO’s Note
9-10 | STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR
11-12 | ABOUT SEEING IS BELIEVING
13-14 | Henry Wanyoike our Seeing is Believing Ambassador
15 | Seeing is Believing school activations with Henry
17-18 | Seeing is Believing beneficaries
19 | Your Involvement Restores Sight
21 | One year planning with six hours to showcase
22 | Message from Athletics Kenya
23 | Patrick Makau: blazing the Marathon trail
24 | IAAF World record criteria
27 | Maxwell Nyamu has ran all the 10 Marathons
28 | History of the Marathon
29 | Other Standard Chartered Marathons
30 | Volunteers- the unsung heroes
31 | Nairobi: the only City with a National Park
32 | From the typewriter to the ipad
33 - 46 | Event information
47 | Health and Nutrition
48 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
49 - 52 | OUR SPONSORS
2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon
> Editor’s note
O
ctober is here and the marathon fever is on!
Welcome to the 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon.
The 2012 edition of the Nairobi Marathon is special as we mark 10
years since its inauguration back in 2003 when we had less than
5,000 participants. Over the 10 years, the Nairobi Marathon has grown to
become the largest sporting event in Kenya, growing in stature every year to
record more than 15,000 participants last year. The Nairobi Marathon is also
the only International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) accredited
marathon in Kenya.
As the title sponsors, Standard Chartered’s dream is to keep raising the
standards of the Nairobi Marathon without losing sight of the initial objectives
that have made the Nairobi Marathon what it is today.
Emily Kaiga
Head of Brand and Corporate Communications
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya.
The Nairobi Marathon has indeed lived up to its objectives, the primary one
being to raise money for Seeing is Believing, an initiative aimed at eradicating
avoidable blindness. With the generous support of the participants, corporate
donors and well wishers, the funds raised go towards sponsoring sight
restoration surgeries throughout the country, purchasing state-of-the-art
equipment for our partnering hospitals and providing capacity development
opportunities for eye care medical personnel.
This issue of the Souvenir Magazine will take you on a journey of the 10 Year
history of the Nairobi Marathon. We go behind-the-scenes to see just what it
takes to bring this great sporting event to you; we look at the achievements and
the impact of the marathon on the lives of Kenyans.
Here you will also read the amazing stories of some of the beneficiaries; you
will read about Richard Etemesi the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank and find
out how the marathon has impacted his life and career.
You will also read about exciting stories of people who have participated in
various marathons and how they did it, the incredible work the volunteers put
into organising the marathon and what the different partners have to say.
The Nairobi Marathon is a great place to socialise and network, it acts as a
spring board for aspiring young athletes, it gives businesses a platform to
market their products, offers employment opportunities and gives business
to suppliers. Furthermore it creates a linkage between coaches and talented
athletes, profiles the city of Nairobi, promotes tourism and is a foreign exchange
earner for the country. The examples highlighted are just a few of the incredible
opportunities the marathon offers those who heed the call and participate in it.
Enjoy this edition of the Souvenir Magazine.
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A 10 year Milestone
T
he Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon was first held in
2003 and the inaugural race had 6,000 registered runners.
It was the first major marathon in the country and over
the years, it has grown to be the largest sporting event in
Kenya attracting approximately 15,000 every year.
In addition, the marathon has given young and upcoming athletes
a perfect platform to launch their athletics careers at home. In
the initial eight years, over KShs 46 million was raised from the
marathon which has been used to support Seeing is Believing
initiatives in Kenya.
From a humble beginning back in 2003, the marathon has
marked major milestones, fully achieving its objectives as set on
the onset.
In 2011 we managed to raise Kshs. 17 million and this year the
target is Kshs. 20 million. The funds raised in the first year i.e.
2003, were used to fund 60 cataract surgeries for children under
five at Kikuyu Eye Hospital. Right now we are supporting annually
about 800 operations on children countrywide.
The following were the key objectives of the marathon:
Raise the profile of Kenya internationally;
Help identify and provide opportunity for the local athletic talent
to excel;
Help boost tourism to Kenya;
Create a community event for everyone’s enjoyment;
Raise funds for the needy in the community i.e. our ‘Seeing is
Believing’ community initiative.
Over the years, the marathon has been supported by partners
and friends like; Hilton Hotel, Capital FM, Majestic Printers, AAR,
Bio foods, Alpine Waters, Kenya Data Networks, SuperSports,
Subaru, Athletic Kenya and Nairobi City Council.
The staff of the bank have also greatly contributed to the
momentum of the marathon as over 1,000 Standard Chartered
Bank staff have volunteered by taking part in the run. The
marathon also currently boosts of a consolidated route crisscrossing from the City Centre-Uhuru HighwayMombasa Road and has maintained six distinct
races which include;
Full Marathon (42 KM) for men and women
Half Marathon (21KM) for men and women
10KM road race for men and women
Tricycle race (42KM)
Wheelchair race (21KM)
5KM Family Fun Run
Phillip Kurui crosses the finish line of the 42 Km men’s race during the 2003 Nairobi
marathon which was held at City Hall.
The Nairobi Marathon has indeed taken our athletics
heritage to another level. As an international meet, the
push is always to raise the standard higher. The Nairobi
Marathon has positioned the country as the real home
of athletics.
Since 2003, Athletics Kenya; the owners and
organizers of the event and Standard Chartered
Bank have raised the bar of the Nairobi Marathon
making it the only athletics event on the calendar
of the IAAF. The marathon is fully accredited by
IAAF and complies with their rules to the highest
level including having timing capabilities that are
as good as any other international marathon.
The marathon has since its inception attracted
tremendous media interest from across the world
which has seen the event broadcasted around
Africa on DSTV SuperSport and other international
news channels as well as in the local media. This
has put Kenya on the world map, profiling Nairobi
as a city in the sun and promoting the country as
a tourist attraction destination while marketing
Kenyans prowess in this great sport.
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Staff runners do a torch run to Mombasa, to mark 100 years of Standard Chartered in Kenya.
Marking 10 years of the Nairobi Marathon in style
Standard Chartered Bank unveils its 10th
Nairobi Marathon.
The 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi
marathon was launched with pomp and
colour on the 12th of September 2012.
The event marked 10 years since the
marathon was first launched in 2003 and
was graced by officials of the athletics
and sports fraternities.
The
launch
kicked
off
with
a
commemorative torch tour run that was
flagged of at City Hall, which is where the
first marathon started in 2003.
Nairobi Mayor George Aladwa lit the
torch before the runners proceeded to
the Standard Chartered headquarters
at Chiromo. The runners included 12
Standard
Chartered
staff
runners,
sponsors and partners.
can mean the end of their education, job,
livelihood and independence. They have
fewer opportunities to provide for their
families and the communities that support
them,” she said.
Through the ‘Seeing is Believing’ initiative
and in partnership with Christian Blind
Mission, needy children have benefitted
from eye surgeries in five partner hospitals;
Kikuyu Eye Hospital, Kwale District Eye
Centre, Lighthouse for Christ Eye Centre,
Sabatia Eye Hospital and Tenwek Hospital
Eye Unit. “We have changed the lives of
over 4,500 children, purchased state of the
art equipment for our partnering hospitals
and provided capacity development
opportunities for eye care medical
personnel,” Richard Etemesi said during
the launch.
“I would like to call upon all Kenyans to
turn out in large numbers and register
for the 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi
Marathon and in doing so, join hands with
us to Run for a Reason, thus giving a child
sight,” Richard Etemesi concluded as the
launch came to a close.
At Chiromo, the runners were received by
the Sports Minister Paul Otuoma, Athletics
Kenya Chairman Isaiah Kiplagat as well as
other sports officials and guests present to
witness the grand event.
In his speech, Standard Chartered Bank’s
CEO Richard Etemesi said that since the
marathon was first launched in 2003, all its
objectives had been met.
Since 2003, the Bank has raised US
$ 1 million for the ‘Seeing is Believing’
initiative. The funds have been used to
tackle avoidable blindness in five projects
countrywide.
Speaking at the launch, Standard
Chartered Bank’s Head of Corporate
Affairs Annie Kinuthia explained the
implications of lack of sight. “Avoidable
blindness is not just a health issue but an
economic issue. For many, going blind
Maxwell Nyamu holding the torch during the 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon
launch held on 12th September 2012.
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10 Year Torch Tour
Run and the Launch
of the 2012 Edition of
the Nairobi Marathon
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1. The Standard Chartered running team outside City Hall before the 10 Year Milestone run to Standard Chartered @ Chiromo.
2. Paul Otuoma former Minister for Youth & Sports appreciates a Seeing is Believing beneficiary at the launch of the 10th edition of the Nairobi
Marathon.
3. His Worship the Mayor City Council of Nairobi George Aladwa flags off the 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon torch tour race at
City hall where the first marathon took place in 2003.
4. Paul Otuoma writes his reason for running.
5. Isaiah Kiplagat Atheletics Kenya Chairman feeds a Seeing is Believing beneficiary a piece of cake at the launch of the10th edition of the
Nairobi Marathon.
6.
Annie Kinuthia Head of Corporate Affairs for East Africa helps Selina tell her Seeing is Believing story.
7 & 8.Sponsors of the Standard Chartered Marathon warm up before joining the bank’s running team in a torch run from City Hall to the Standard
Chartered @ Chiromo.
“Every year
The Marathon
has registered
a milestone
and has also
continued to
grow from
strength to
strength.
The Marathon
has indeed been
a huge personal
experience
for me.”
Standard
Chartered
committed to
the Nairobi
Marathon
O
ne fine morning, Mr Richard
Etemesi, the Chief Executive
officer of Standard Chartered
Bank, Kenya, was walking
downtown outside the Kenya Reinsurance
building when, out of the blues, a
watchman stopped him.
Memorable encounter
“Are you Mr Etemesi of Standard
Chartered
Bank?
The
watchman
inquired, to which Mr Etemesi replied, a
bit startled though: “Yes, I am.”
“I would like to thank you very much
for saving my daughter,’ the watchman
offered. “She had a problem with
her eyesight, and I went to the Lions
hospital but the cost was too high for
me.
“Fortunately a friend told me about
Standard Chartered Bank’s ‘Seeing is
Believing’ programme and the Nairobi
Marathon.
Richard Etemesi, CEO Standard
Chartered Bank Kenya.
“I took my daughter to one of the
hospitals under the Standard Chartered
Bank’s programme and she was treated
and managed to sit her Standard Eight
exams….I always wanted to tell you
I’m truly grateful and I hadn’t had an
opportunity and that’s why I stopped
you.”
Mr Etemesi was lost for words. Any
thoughts of giving up on the bank’s
sponsorship of Kenya’s greatest race
were quickly melted away by the heat of
the watchman’s testimony.
It was easily the CEO’s most memorable
moment.
A personal experience
The
Standard
Chartered
Nairobi
Marathon has indeed been a huge
personal experience for Mr Etemesi.
That’s why he says Standard Chartered
is not about to withdraw its title
sponsorship for Kenya’s greatest race.
The CEO takes us through his marathon
journey since his arrival in January,
2004, at Standard Chartered Bank,
Kenya, his personal experience in
athletics and lays out the bank’s future
with the now famous city race:
“When I joined the Bank as the Finance
Director and Director of Strategy, part
of my job was to formulate the strategy
that would transform the Bank over the
next 5 to 10 years.
Within that transformation was our
participation in Corporate Social
Responsibility. Then the marathon was
one year old. We wondered; should we
or shouldn’t we continue sponsoring the
marathon.
But the impact of the marathon was
so great that in order to reposition
Standard Chartered Bank, the marathon
was considered as it provided a huge
opportunity for the Bank.
Every year has registered a milestone.
If you look at the Bank’s performance,
> CEO’s note
year after year we have continued to
grow…the marathon has also continued
to grow from strength to strength and my
own career has also continued to grow.
That’s why for me the marathon is a
very personal experience. The success
of the marathon and the success of
the Bank have also contributed to my
personal success.
The marathon - A stepping stone
There are objectives which we set out
to achieve through the marathon which
include; to raise money to support our
“Seeing is Believing” initiative, to give
Kenyans a chance to run a world class
marathon and to also give budding talent
a chance to run in international races.
People like Irene Jerotich and Samson
Barmao are examples of such people
who have come through this marathon.
Restoring sight is extremely important
to us, as is giving Kenyans an
opportunity to have fun and also to
identify talent. When these people go
out to run, they do so for Kenya, not for
Standard Chartered.
The people who also benefit from the
eye surgeries live their own lives to
the benefit of themselves and their
families. They don’t do it for the benefit
of Standard Chartered.
On Sunday morning, the people who
wake up to run do it for their own benefit,
not for Standard Chartered. We only
create the platform for these people.
Contentment
At the end of every marathon I say that
we won’t do it again because the amount
of work involved is so huge.
But then that thought only lasts for a
few minutes before it vanishes because
when I look around and see all those
people, some of them wounded
because they have run the marathon,
others happy because they have beaten
their own records, and when I look at the
kids who are going to benefit from the
Seeing is Believing programme, I say
we will do one more…and we have been
doing one more up until now when we
are celebrating our 10th anniversary.
Pursuing a passion
I’m very passionate about the marathon.
It’s not about the bottom-line because we
do not make money out of it and it costs us
quite a substantial amount of money.
We get a huge amount of satisfaction as
an organisation from what the proceeds
of the marathon go to support the
‘Seeing is Believing’ program.
My story
Personally, I used to play rugby but
because of a knee injury, I stopped
playing rugby. I don’t play golf so the
only other sport I find huge satisfaction
in is running. Because in running, I’m
competing against myself.
I’m probably never going to win a gold
medal so when I run, I do so for myself
and I compete against myself. I set
myself benchmarks and I meet these
benchmarks.
Running is important to me because
it keeps me sharp and it keeps me
focused. It keeps me challenged and fit.
I run three times a week. Twice I run on
the treadmill and then on Saturday and
Sunday morning, I try to do 5 kilometres
or 10 kilometres.
Initially I ran the 10kms race at the
Standard Chartered Nairobi marathon
in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and I finished.
But when I was appointed to my current
position and I had to do the prize giving
at the marathon, I missed out on running
in the subsequent marathons in 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Advice to runners
My advice to the runners is to prepare
mentally and physically. Eating the right
food and getting enough rest before the
race is also extremely important.
On the night before the race, go to bed
early, wake up early, do your stretches
and mentally prepare yourself for what
will be a very rewarding day.
I’d really like to see the marathon grow, but
we are limited by our road network, and it’s
difficult to take over 20,000 people.
Call to action
I would like to see more corporates
involved in the marathon because
through partnership, we can easily make
this race bigger. This marathon is not all
about Standard Chartered Bank and we
are very fortunate to have companies
that have been with us and supported
the marathon for a very long time. I’d like
to see a lot more corporate participation.
I have a dream
My dream is to have a marathon world
record broken on Kenyan soil. I know
at a high altitude it’s almost impossible,
but people also said you could never
go to the moon… If the world marathon
record is broken in Kenya, then I’m sure
it’s guaranteed that record will stay
here in Kenya!
Way forward
Our five-year contract as sponsors for
the Nairobi Marathon ends this year and
we are renewing it for another five years.
As the current sponsors we have worked
hard to ensure the marathon grows from
strength to strength with the ultimate
aspiration; to grow the Nairobi marathon
to a level where it will contend with other
international marathons.
Wish for the little angels
The marathon’s ‘Seeing and Believing’
programme continues to give us
great satisfaction.
For instance, Christine, one of the
beneficiaries, was the face of the
marathon last year and we continue
to monitor her progress each year. My
dream is for Christine to one day work
for the bank or be an important person
in this country.
The 4,500 children who have benefited
from the operations all have the potential
to be leaders in this country.
If one of them becomes president of
this country, I will be the first person at
Uhuru Park for the inauguration where
I will sit back and be grateful that we,
as Standard Chartered Bank, gave the
opportunity to him or her!”
The team leader gives us a run through
“Organising the
Nairobi Marathon
is not an easy
task. With every
passing year,
organising
The Marathon
becomes a bigger
challenge. With
over 15,000
runners, The
Marathon Kenya’s biggest
race, is now
considered to be
among Africa’s
best.”
R
euben
Mbindu:
Organising
the Nairobi Marathon is not an
easy task. With every passing
year, organising the Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon becomes
a bigger challenge. With over 15,000
runners, the Standard Chartered Nairobi
Marathon - Kenya’s biggest race, is now
considered to be among Africa’s best.
The Nairobi Marathon has witnessed
significant growth in comparison with other
races around the world. For example, the
TCS Amsterdam Marathon, run on 16th
October attracted 35,000 runners, just
15,000 more, and yet the race is way older
than the Nairobi Marathon, in its 36th year!
It should be noted that it has not been a
smooth run for the Standard Chartered
Nairobi Marathon, and Reuben Mbindu,
the Chairman of the marathon’s Steering
Committee is one man who can attest to
this. Juggling between his role as Area
Head of Human Resources, East Africa
at Standard Chartered Bank, and Chief of
the organizing team one would agree his
role is certainly not for the fainthearted!
After a tour of duty in Tanzania in 2003,
Reuben came back to Kenya and, like
everyone else at Standard Chartered, he
was attracted by the allure of the marathon
and took a dive into the deep end by
joining the marathon organizing team. “I
had sore feet at the end of the day after
organizing my first marathon, but it was
a great feeling nevertheless,” he recalls.
“Organising the event was very difficult
and on the actual day it was more intense
handling complaint after complaint, from
people with lost luggage to runners asking
for their medals, and so on…”
For Reuben, the last two days to the race
are, by far, the most crucial. “People sleep
a maximum of one or two hours in the last
two days to the race. I usually just take
a nap, shower and wait for the runners.
“But what’s most gratifying after going
through all the hassle of putting together
a marathon, is to see happy people at the
end of the race and families celebrating.
“We usually learn from the feedback we
get and this approach has helped us
deliver a better event each year.
Reuben Mbindu, Chairman Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon.
Our ambition is to get to a place where we
deliver an event with less criticism.” So
what does Reuben’s job as Chairman of
the Nairobi marathon steering committee
entail? “I need to get all the people on
board,” he explains. “As Chairman, I
ensure all the people involved in the
organization of the marathon are coordinated, meetings are focused and the
administration plans come through, are
followed up and actioned. “The last two
months before the marathon are usually
very intense with many meetings and press
conferences and there is a lot demanded
of me and my team. “On the day of the
race, we have over 1,000 Standard
Chartered Bank employees working on
the marathon outside their regular jobs. It
is encouraging that these days, Standard
Chartered employees fight to get
positions as volunteers at the marathon.
Volunteering has its advantages as it is
very engaging and good for staff who
want to do something different from what
they do on a daily basis. Their involvement
plays a big role in employee engagement
as they also feel they are part of a bigger
and important cause.”
Reuben’s team also ensures all
stakeholders and other sponsors are on
board and their interests are catered for;
attend the high level planning meetings
where they discuss logistics, publicity,
security, routes, and approvals among
other things.
Apart from chairing the steering committee
of Kenya’s biggest race, has Reuben ever
competed in the marathon?
“Well, I have run the 10-kilometre race
at the marathon twice. And completed,”
he responds with a huge sense of
satisfaction. And he offers great advice to
the newcomers: “It is important for anyone
wishing to run to prepare well. If you want
to run the 10km race, then start first by
running 5kms and then move gradually
up.“Start with a walk, then a jog, then run
2kms, 4kms and once you get to 6kms,
then you are sure you can do the 10km
race.“It is important that you run at your
own pace and don’t try and compete
with those ahead of you.” Reuben drew
motivation to run from his two daughters,
who convinced him to compete for the first
time in 2009.
“My worry was would I finish? But, gladly,
last year I improved on my personal best
time by 10 minutes!” Reuben and his
team’s greatest challenge is to get more
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The Steering
Committee Chair
Reuben Mbindu, Chairman Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon.
sponsors on board and make them realize
the value of this great race. “The bank sees
the value of the marathon. It’s not about
what we get out of it, but the fact that we
are able to raise money to help restore the
sight children with avoidable blindness,
promote our country by showcasing our
city, promote tourism as well as give an
opportunity to Kenyans to realize their
running talent.” Despite the already huge
success of the “Seeing is Believing” sight
restoration initiative, Reuben sees room for
improvement if Kenyans join hands.
The more people participate in the
marathon, the more funds we get to
provide free surgeries to the children. “The
marathon has been a great event but we
definitely can make it bigger. We would
like to see more runners compete in the
42-kilometre distance and also for the race
to attract more high-profile runners.
Kenyans win marathons worldwide and
we need to get these top athletes to come
and compete in Nairobi. We can only show
we are true world champions by coming to
compete in our own event.”
Already, the marathon has received the
endorsements of the world’s best runners.
Fresh from his world record breaking
run at the Berlin Marathon, where he set
a new world mark of two hours, three
minutes and 38 seconds, Patrick Makau
was at the start and finish line on October
30, 2011 to encourage budding runners
to follow his example.
Vivian Cheruiyot, triple world gold
medallist 2001 with victories at the World
Cross Country Championships in Punta
Umbria, Spain, in March and a 5,000m
and 10,000m double at the World Track
and Field Championships in Daegu, South
Korea, was also in Nairobi, to compete
in the 10-kilometre race at the Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon. Vivian’s
gesture was indeed a huge endorsement
to the Nairobi marathon.
Two-time champion Irene Jerotich,
the Commonwealth Games marathon
champion, also participated in the 21km
race, another huge endorsement from an
athlete who honed her running career at
the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon.
With such overwhelming support, Reuben
urges other companies to join the
bandwagon of Africa’s greatest marathon.
“We would like to see more companies
getting involved as the Nairobi Marathon
is a national event, not a Standard
Chartered Bank event. We all need to
embrace it and own it. “The value Kenya
gets out of the Nairobi Marathon must not
be under-estimated.”
His parting shot?
“There is a lot of demand in regard to what
we can do to help underprivileged children
regain their eye sight. To date, 4,500
children have been operated on. You can
imagine if not for our intervention, all these
children would be blind! If we continue
supporting this marathon, we can raise
the number of beneficiaries even higher
and eventually help eradicate preventable
blindness in Kenya.”
S
tandard Chartered Bank’s major
objective for sponsoring the
Nairobi Marathon is to raise funds
for the eradication of avoidable
blindness among children under the age of
nine years, through a community initiative
called, ‘Seeing is Believing’.
‘Seeing is Believing’ is the Bank’s flagship
sustainability initiative aimed at eradicating
avoidable and curable blindness. The
program was launched in 2003, as part
of Standard Chartered Bank’s 150th
anniversary celebrations. Since its launch,
the Seeing is Believing program has
helped 23 million people, giving more
than 2.78 million people their sight back.
Standard Chartered Bank decided to get
involved in the eradication of avoidable
blindness because of the reasons below:
39 million people across the world are blind
80 percent of blindness is avoidable 90
percent of avoidable blindness occurs in
the developing world Every five seconds,
someone goes blind.
One child goes blind every minute and 60
percent of children die within one year of
going blind. Without effective, major intervention, the
number of blind people in the world could
increase to 76 million by 2020.
At the initial launch of Seeing is Believing in
2003, the Bank’s target was to raise funds
to restore the eyesight of 28,000 people.
Such was the enthusiasm with which the
staff adopted the challenge, that year the
Bank achieved twice its initial target. Since
then, the ambition of “Seeing is Believing”
has grown exponentially.
The Bank then embarked on Phase II of
Seeing is Believing where US$6 million
was raised to contribute to 1 million sight
restorations. This goal was achieved by
World Sight Day 2007.
Phase III of “Seeing is Believing” aimed to
raise US$10 million to make a difference
to the lives of 10 million people across 20
countries by 2010. Thanks to the hard
work of the Bank’s employees, the Bank
exceeded its target of US$10 million,
3 years ahead of schedule. The Bank
was able to implement 32 projects in 17
countries through the funds raised in the
third phase.
In 2008, ‘A New Vision’ was launched.
A New Vision marked an evolution in
the Bank’s strategy as we progressed
from funding surgeries and medicine to
developing systems and processes to
ensure the long-term sustainability of the
programme.
This builds on the Bank’s strengths
and more closely integrates ‘Seeing is
Believing’ with our business and brand.
The move was in responce to feedback
from our partners, the International Agency
for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and the
World Health Organization (WHO).
Through this the Bank committed to invest
USD20 million to provide sustainable eyecare services for 20 million people in 20
cities across the Standard Chartered Bank
footprint by 2014, Nairobi was one of the
cities that was considered. The Bank plans
to raise USD100 million and so far, the
Bank has been able to raise USD50 million
towards this target.
Kenya’s ‘Seeing is Believing’ Story;
Cataracts have consistently been listed
as the major cause of avoidable blindness
taking 47 per cent of the total causes.
Age wise, the prevalence of blindness
in children is about 10 times lower as
compared to that in adults. Childhood
blindness remains a high priority because
of the expected number of years to be
lived in blindness. Bearing in mind that
about half of the WHO estimated 1.4
million cases of blindness in children
below the age of 5 could have been
avoided, Standard Chartered Bank made
a decision to lead the way in the fight
against avoidable blindness.
In Kenya, the Bank started by supporting
cataract operations at Kikuyu Eye Unit and
Trachoma eradication programmes in Ol
Malo, northern Laikipia.
Trachoma is the second largest cause
of blindness in Kenya. It is a condition of
poverty and affects communities that have
poor water supplies and sanitation as well
as poor health services.
Northern Laikipia is one of the areas in
Kenya with a high Trachoma prevalence
rate. In the initial years, the bank funded
surgical eye camps in Ol Malo. Standard
Chartered also donated Kshs.1 million
towards the eye camps and a further
Kshs.2million for the construction of a
dam. Through the provision of clean water,
the Bank hoped to achieve a long term
solution and hopefully eradicate Trachoma
in this area.
Standard Chartered also launched a
Trachoma intervention project in Siangan
village, Samburu District. Samburu is
another area with high incidences of
Trachoma especially among children.
The project involved prevention through
education, provision of clean water and
environmental improvement as well as
cure through surgery and administration
of antibiotics.
2003 – 2006
Since the inception of the Standard
Chartered Bank Nairobi marathon in
2003, all funds raised from the marathon
went towards supporting the “Seeing is
Believing” initiative at Kikuyu Eye Unit
where the Bank funded all cataract
operations for children under the age
of five.
When Standard Chartered Bank initially
entered into partnership with Kikuyu
Eye Hospital back in 2003, the Eye Unit
was doing approximately 40 cataract
operations per year. In the first year of
the partnership, the cataract operations
moved to 150 and in 2007 the hospital
performed 1,000 operations.
2007
In 2007 Standard Chartered Bank
partnered with Christian Blind Mission
(CBM) in the ‘Seeing is Believing’
project,
CBM
provides
technical
expertise in eye care. CBM has since
supported the Bank by proactively
identifying beneficiary hospitals, giving
advice on areas of intervention and
purchase of eye care equipment.
Under Phase III the Bank funded the
expansion of the eye clinics at Kapsabet
District Hospital, Kapenguria District
Hospital and Iten District Hospital. The
new clinics have consultation rooms,
mini theaters and state-of-the-art eye
equipment.
Through the proceeds of the Nairobi
Marathon, in partnership with Christian
Blind Mission, the Bank has since 2003
sponsored cataract, glaucoma and trauma
related surgeries for needy children under
the age of nine at five hospitals country
wide. These are; Kikuyu Eye Hospital,
Kwale District Eye Centre, Lighthouse
for Christ Eye Centre, both at the Coast;
Sabatia Eye Hospital in Western Kenya
and Tenwek Hospital Eye Unit in the Rift
Valley.
Furthermore, in 2007, Standard Chartered
went ahead and initiated a relationship with
Machakos Technical School for the Blind
in partnership with our Global “Seeing is
Believing” Ambassador, Henry Wanyoike.
As part of the World Sight Day celebrations,
staff raised money for the construction of a
borehole at the school. The bank topped
up the staff contribution, shilling for shilling,
and with an additional amount raised by
Henry, the borehole was constructed.
2008
In 2008 under
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take part in the
the theme Hesabika and
the power of sight, the
over 12,000 participants
Nairobi marathon in a bid
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believing;
to contribute to “Seeing is Believing”. All
proceeds for the marathon amounting to
Kes.12.5 million were donated to various
hospitals in the country under the ‘Seeing
is Believing” umbrella. The 2008 funds
that were raised were an increase of 33%
from 2007. 2008 was exemplary in that
The Greatest Race on Earth (GROE) also
partnered with “Seeing is Believing” to
raise funds across the world.
Kwale District Eye Centre and Sabatia Eye
Hospital became the new beneficiaries of
“Seeing is Believing” in 2008.
Just like Kikuyu Eye Hospital, Sabatia
and Kwale are mission hospitals
offering professional eye care services
to communities in Western and Coast
provinces respectively. Both hospitals
target the less fortunate and receive
referrals from far and wide.
Over 450 congenital cataract operations
were carried out in the four hospitals.
Furthermore,
in
2008,
Standard
Chartered Group invested in the
expansion and capacity building of the
eye units in three eye hospitals in the
Rift Valley. These are Iten, Kapsabet and
Kapenguria district hospitals.
The expansion contributed substantially
to the strengthening of primary eye care
systems and also eased pressure on the
Moi Referral Hospital which is the only
referral centre for all eye care services in
the Rift Valley. This intervention increased
the level of comprehensive eye care
services to the affected populations,
improved the quality of services and
increased the opportunity to deliver to
the poor.
The project also involved the rehabilitation
and equipping of facilities, the training
of workers and the entrenchment of high
standard management systems.
2009
2009 saw Standard Chartered sponsor the
seventh edition of the Nairobi Marathon.
The 2009 Marathon under the theme,
Hesabika Tena, Run and be a hero
in someone’s eyes, saw over 15,000
participants taking part.
2009 was also marked with increased
awareness and support for Seeing is
Believing. A combination of media support
and goodwill from friends of the marathon
and participants saw the contributions to
Seeing is Believing increase by 16%. This
contribution facilitated over 700 cataract
operations to children under the age of
nine in the five projects sponsored by
Standard Chartered Bank. The proceeds
also supported Kitale, Kapsabet and Iten
eye hospitals.
A total of 659 congenital cataract
operations were carried out in the five
hospitals compared to 450 operations in
2008. These operations were carried out
in four hospitals namely, Kikuyu, Sabatia,
Kwale and Lighhouse Eye Hospitals.
At Lechet village in the heart of Samburu
district, the Bank continued with the
Trachoma intervention initiative. The Bank
funded another comprehensive trachoma
control project where trachoma operations
were carried out, tetracycline tubes and
mosquito treated nets distributed.
The Bank also sponsored the construction of
a rock catchment for harvesting rain water
to rid the community of the perennial water
problems and improve sanitation systems.
This was the second trachoma control
project after the Bank successfully
completed a pilot project in neighboring
Siangan village in 2008.
Lighthouse for Christ also came on board
in 2009. As a result, the sponsorship
from Seeing is Believing has impacted
the number of children that benefit from
paediatric cataract surgery and the
hospital is able to allocate its resources
to other eye condition thereby impacting
even more people.
2010
With the proceeds of the 2010
Marathon i.e. Kshs. 16 million, Standard
Chartered Bank sponsored over 800
surgeries and was able to purchase
state-of-the-art equipment for two of the
beneficiary hospitals as well as put up
a child friendly nursery and playroom at
Lighthouse for Christ.
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya also
launched a pilot project in Kwale, where it
caters for follow-up treatment for children
who have undergone surgery until they
turn 7 years. The program currently has
30 children. This is in line with the Bank’s
objective of providing surgery to as many
needy children as possible but at the same
time guaranteeing quality.
2012
The theme of this year’s marathon, Run
for a Reason, builds on what we have
achieved over the previous nine editions,
especially in its contribution to ‘Seeing is
Believing”. The Bank’s target is to raise
over Ksh.20 million for the charity this year,
up from KShs.17 million raised in 2011.
The success of the Seeing is Believing
program will depend on the support of
thousands of Kenyans who take to the
street each year to participate in the
marathon. We once again appeal to
everyone to register for the marathon and
support a charitable cause.
The Seeing is Believing initiative has
helped restore sight to over 4,500
children in Kenya through the hospitals
since its inception.
enry Wanyoike went to bed as usual after dinner on
the last day of April 1995.
He woke up the following day totally blind and has
never seen anything again since that fateful evening.
This is the kind of catastrophe which would have broken the
mind and will of most ordinary people.
But not Henry Wanyoike. Ten years on, Henry is world
track champion, an Olympic gold medalist, nominee of the
prestigious Laureus World Sports Award 2005 and now a
world-trotting Goodwill Ambassador for Standard Chartered
Bank’s Seeing is Believing global initiative, which aims to raise
funds for one million sight restorations. This no-nonsense yet
charming young man from Central Kenya has demonstrated on
numerous tracks around the world that disability is not inability
and that life can go on after the most devastating of calamities.
Running with a sighted guide, Henry won the gold medal in the
5,000 metres race for the visually-impaired at the 2000 Sydney
Olympics, making history as the first African ever to win an
Olympic gold medal in that category. Henry won the bronze
medal in the 5,000 metre event at the Beijing Paralympics.
Having previously missed the 5,000 metre world record of
fifteen minutes, sixteen seconds by only three seconds (partly
because he had to push his guide for the last 50 metres), Henry
persevered to win the 5,000 metre and 10,000 metre events at
the 2004 Athens Paralympics, with a time of fifteen minutes,
eleven seconds and thirty-one minutes, thirty-seven seconds
respectively. For him only the sky appears to be the limit.
Most Kenyan athletes tend to concentrate on one or two
events, rarely venturing into a third. Very few venture into a
fourth or fifth. Henry Wanyoike is among those very few who
have ventured beyond the beaten tracks and distances. Over
the last five years, he has won gold or silver medals in the
marathon, half marathon, 10-km road race, the 10,000 metres,
5,000 metres and the 1,500 metres. No other Kenyan athlete
has ventured so widely and so successfully.
At the inaugural Nairobi Marathon held in November, 2003,
Henry Wanyoike finished the 10-km road race in just over 30
minutes. His performance so impressed Standard Chartered
Bank, the official sponsors of the Marathon, that he was quickly
adopted as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Bank. In line
with the Bank’s “Seeing is Believing” initiative, the Bank has
Henry Wanyoike and his guide Joseph Kibunja practice for the 2012 London Paralympic games at Kasarani Sports Stadium.
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achivements
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since sponsored Henry for a number of international athletics
meetings around the world. Under this sponsorship, Henry has
run in marathons in Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
•November 2009- overall winner 10k Bangkok scb marathon
In 2004, he won the Hong Kong half-marathon outright with
a time of 1:10:25. In the first Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon, he came fourth, even after losing the way and
having to run two extra kilometres. His time of 2:31:31 at the
Hamburg Marathon in 2005 still stands as the world record for
blind runners.
•August 2009- 2nd overall in family Run Hannover
Without doubt, Henry Wanyoike is one of the most successful
and highest achieving athletes to have sprung from Kenyan
soil over the last decade. Unfortunately, his exploits and
achievements on the track have not received as much
appreciation and publicity as those of his sighted compatriots.
Facts and achievements do not always speak for themselves;
they sometimes need to be shouted from the rooftops.
When at home in Kikuyu, Henry trains three times every day at
the Alliance Boys High School grounds alongside his current
guide and age mate, Joseph Kibunja. Occasionally, they
change venue and train in the higher-altitude tea and coffee
plantations of Limuru Division. When a few minutes can be
spared, he counsels the newly blind and their relatives at the
neighbouring PCEA Kikuyu Hospital Eye Unit.
At other times, he knits pullovers and other clothing, using
skills he acquired at the Machakos Technical Training Institute
for the Blind, which is about 70 km to the east of Nairobi. With
gratitude for the help he received at the project he promised
himself he would help other blind people and teach them to
become self-sufficient, as he had done. After winning his first
gold medal in Sydney, Australia in 2000 at the Paralympic
games, he has bought knitting machines through prize
money and charitable donations. He now employs other blind
Kenyans and teaches them how to knit pullovers. Married to
Myllow Wanja with one child, this brave young man is living life
as fully as he can in the circumstances and leaving world track
records shattered in his wake.
“I cannot adequately express my gratitude to Standard
Chartered Bank for what they have done for me…” he says.
“They have given me new confidence to face my situation and
exploit my potential as no other organisation has done for me.”
The Bank aims to infuse that confidence into hundreds of
other visually impaired persons worldwide, through the bank’s
“Seeing is Believing” campaign.
Achievements
•September 2012- 2nd overall in Night Run Austria.
•September 2012- London paralympic marathon
•April 2012- 4th overall 10k Drisden marathon Germany
•April 2012- 2nd overall in Run of spirit polland
•February 2012- 7th overall in Hongkong scb marathon
•October 2011- overall winner in Wahao marathon Austria
•October 2011- 2nd overall in Vienna Night Run Austria
•June 2011- 4th overall in Run of Spirit Germany
•April 2011- 12th overall in Hannover half marathon
•May 2010- 4th overall in Run of spirit Germany
•May 2009- 3rd overal in Run of spirit 10k Germany
•February 2009-6th overall in Hongkong scb marathon
•January 2009- participated in Dubai scb marathon
•September 2008: Won bronze in the 5,000m event at the
Beijing Paralympics
•December 2007: 8th overall at Singapore half-marathon –
40,000 participants
•November 2006: 121th at the New York Marathon - 38,368
participants
•April 2006: 5th at the Bonn half-marathon – 2,675
participants
•February 2006: 6th at the Hong Kong half-marathon – 9,000
participants
•January 2006: 53rd at the Mumbai Marathon – 3,000
participants
•December 2005: Winner of the Singapore half-marathon
•October 2005: 3rd at the TUI half-marathon in Palma,
Mallorca
•September 2005: Winner at the half-marathon in Wetzlar
•May 2005: 3rd in the half-marathon in Hannover – 4500
participants
•April 2005: New world record in Hamburg
•April 2005: New world record in London
•September 2004: Athens gold and world record for 5,000m
event and 10,000m event
•May 2004: Boston new fable world record time in the
Marathon
•February 2004: Hong Kong half -marathon winner and
world record set
•October 2003: Panafrican Games gold for 1500m event
•August 2003: Canada gold for 5,000m and 10,000m event
•May 2003: Winner of the Boston Marathon
•October 2002: Boston Trophy winner over road running of
5,000m
•July 2002: Two gold medals and world records for 5,000m
and 10,000m in Lille
•April 2002: World record and gold in the blind marathon in
Japan
•January 2002: Two gold medals for 800m and 1,500m;
silver for 400 m, in Cairo
•October 2000: Paralympics in Sydney - winner and the first
gold medal over 5,000 m
he Seeing is Believing (SiB) Schools initiative is an
activation that runs under the theme “Be a hero with
Henry”.
SiB Schools Activation initiative was started in 2010 and is
now in its 3rd year.
•Make SiB an annual event in the schools calendar.
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Create a fun event for everyone’s enjoyment
The bank uses the SIB ambassador Henry Wanyoike to fundraise,
give motivational talks to school children while tying in the current
year’s Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon theme. This year our
theme is ‘Run of a Reason’
Henry invites the students to assist him to fundraise in order to
enable children aged up to 9 years have their sight restored. After
the first visit, the school is supplied with donation forms to be used
by the students to raise money for SiB.
Upon collection of the donation form, the students are also given a
Run with Henry badge to motivate them.
Any student who raises more than KShs.1, 000 gets a t-shit
and participates in the 5km Family Fun Run. The students are
encouraged to raise as much money as possible. Last year, a
student from Cavina School, Bernard, stunned all by raising
KShs. 100,000. Standard chartered Bank honored the student
and his teacher at the Sponsors’ thank you event held at
StandardChartered@Chiromo.
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schools
programme
has
raised
The funds raised through the school go toward SIB initiatives
in Kenya.
The Objectives of the school’s activation programme are to:
•Raise money to support Seeing is Believing.
•Educate school children on the importance of Sport
and Health.
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Mariam Abdi Husein,
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ariam was brought to the
hospital on the 21st of June
2011. She had pain and poor
vision on the left eye having
been injured in an accident. We found
loose sutures in the cornea and a ruptured
cataract. She was put in an emergency
theatre for cataract operation. The pain has
subsided and vision has fairly improved.
She is still recuperating and her vision is
expected to improve further.
Ali Hassan,
Hassan was brought to the hospital
at six and a half years old on 29th
September 2010. Ali was observed to
have progressively worsening vision
especially in school. On examination, he
was diagnosed with bilateral
cataracts and operated on both eyes on
4th November 2010. His vision has come
up to 6/12, and is expected to improve
further. Hassan is showing signs of
academic promise in school.
Masudi Bakari
He was found when his father brought him
to the eye centre on February 2010. The
doctors diagnosed him with cataracts and
since the father did not have funds for his
surgery, he was identified to be a recipient
of Seeing is
Believing. “He was going blind in his
early childhood. He was born able to see
but his vision was getting worse and was
really struggling in school. He finally had
to stop going to school because he was
struggling and he could not see. Eventually
he had surgery on both eyes and now he
is back in school doing quite well. He is
quite a sociable child, teachers enjoy
teaching him and now stands a chance
of getting a good education.” According
to the head teacher of, Bilashaka Primary
School, before the operation Masudi could
not sit far from the board but now he sits
anywhere since his vision has improved.
He is interacting well with his friends
and plays well, more active than before.
Masundi had this to say “Thank you
Standard Chartered for helping me, since I
could not see well but now I can see well.
Thank you very much”.
Fatuma
She came to Lighthouse when she was
less than one year old and was both deaf
and blind. She had cataract surgery in
both eyes. Initially she couldn’t have it
because she was so malnourished and
the doctors were scared she would die
Seeing is Believing
beneficiaries
under the anesthetic. So the first thing the
doctors had to do had nothing to do with
her eyes but building up her strength. She
later had surgery in both eyes and can now
see again. The strain of a disabled child
led to a broken family and after surgery,
the father learnt that his child could see
again and asked his wife back.
They are all reunited and happy, all this is
thanks to Seeing is Believing.
Christine Wambua
One of the beneficiaries of Seeing is
Believing and face of the 2010 Standard
Chartered Marathon. Prior to her surgery
in 2009 April she couldn’t see but after
the surgery she regained sight. Julius
Wambua, Christine’s father, had this to
say “The time we noticed she had an eye
problem, she would stumble on chairs,
tables and while watching television she
would go near. As a parent I used to get
worried because most of the times she
used to struggle to move around the house.
As a family we decided because now she
wanted to go to school, she couldn’t go
with this kind of problem. So we decided
to take her to hospital for observation to
see what was happening. Unfortunately
she was diagnosed with a cataract
problem. She went in as a normal patient
and after the operation was done, the time
of discharge at the hospital we were told
not to pay anything. As a family we asked
ourselves what was happening, and then
sometimes later is when we were informed
that she had qualified under the Seeing is
Believing program. They told us not to pay
anything and to us as a family it came as
a surprise and at the right time. Now after
the operation, it is pretty good because
now she can run around, never stumbles
on anything and by God’s grace we have
been able to get her to school. Now she is
a normal girl who does everything on her
own without assistance.”
Joshua Kimemia Waithera
Joshua was brought to the hospital by
his aunt at the age of six on 6th August
2010. He had poor vision and could hardly
recognise people’s faces. We found him to
have bilateral cataracts and went on to do
cataract extractions on the 28th of 0ctober
2010. He did well attaining visual acuities
of 6/9 in both eyes. His aunt is glad he
can now see and will hopefully realise his
potential in life.
he money raised from the
Standard
Chartered
Bank
Nairobi International Marathon
goes towards the eradication of
avoidable blindness among children under
the age of nine years in Kenya through the
Standard Chartered community initiative
dubbed ‘Seeing is Believing’.
Faced with staggering statistics which
indicate that;
• 3
9 million people across the world are
blind;
• 80 percent of blindness is avoidable;
• 9
0 percent of avoidable blindness
occurs in the developing world;
• E
very five seconds, someone goes
blind;
• O
ne child goes blind every minute and
60 percent of children die within one
year of going blind;
• W
ithout effective, major intervention,
the number of blind people in the world
could increase to 76 million by 2020.
Globally, Standard Chartered Bank as
a Bank that cares for the communities
in which it operates and lives made a
conscious decision to get involved in the
eradication of avoidable blindness in 2003.
As Standard Chartered Bank Kenya,
we could not ignore the statistics above
as the global statistics include Kenya’s
numbers so we embarked on the Seeing
is Believing project in 2003 as we believed
we could play a significant role to eliminate
preventable blindness.
The Bank has consequently used the
marathon to raise funds for ‘Seeing is
Believing’, its flagship sustainability event
and without a doubt, once again all funds
raised will go towards the same cause.
In partnership with Christian Blind Mission,
our partners who provide us with technical
expertise in eye care by identifying
beneficiary hospitals, advising on areas
of intervention and assisting us purchase
eye care equipment, the Bank has been
able to make timely, well organized and
successful interventions resulting in more
and more surgeries every year.
The growth in the number of beneficiaries
of free eye care services however, has also
been possible due to the increased funds
raised every year through the marathon
and this is a clear testament to Kenyan’s
positive response to the call to action.
The funds raised through the marathon
have not only enabled sight restoration
but also made it possible to sensitize and
educate the public about the effects of
blindness on; family relations, finances,
education and the economy at large.
Through these surgeries, beneficiaries
have been given a chance to live normal
lives and to later on in life be productive
and contribute to the socio-economic
development of our country.
As a result of the sensitization and tangible
results from the Seeing is Believing project,
more people have been influenced to
join the marathon not just for the run but
also to support the cause. This is clearly
demonstrated by the growth in the number
of participants in the marathon from 6,000
in 2003 to 16,000 participants in 2011.
Looking at the trend, it goes without saying
that the more people participate in the
marathon, the more funds we raise and the
more the number of children who access
free operations to have their sight restored.
From KShs.2 million in 2003, the marathon
last year managed to collect KShs.17
million. The Bank has progressively
managed to form a formidable partnership
with the society and other corporate
partners over the years.
Annie Kinuthia, Head of Corporate
Affairs - East Africa.
Together, we are tackling and solving the
problems we face in our midst and are
supporting the needy in our communities.
Standard Chartered Bank in partnership
with; its sponsors, participants and other
corporate organizations that have time
and time again heeded the call and
participated in the marathon are all agents
of positive change for our society which
should be applauded.
With the marathon, we give every Kenyan
an opportunity to step forward and make
a difference in their communities and
country and have fun or win prizes while
at it. To further elucidate the impact of the
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon, the
Regional Head of Brand & Sponsorship
and Head of Corporate Affairs East Africa
Annie Kigira-Kinuthia said; “Since the
launch of Seeing is Believing globally in
2003, as part of Standard
Chartered Bank’s 150th anniversary
celebrations, Kenya, through the proceeds
of the Nairobi Marathon, in partnership
with Christian Blind Mission (CBM) has
sponsored cataract, glaucoma and trauma
related surgeries for over 4,500 needy
children at five hospitals country wide.
These are; Kikuyu Eye Hospital, Kwale
District Eye Centre, Lighthouse for Christ
Eye Centre, both at the Coast; Sabatia Eye
Hospital in Western Kenya and Tenwek
Hospital Eye Unit in the Rift Valley.
The funds raised have also enabled us to
purchase state-of-the-art equipment for
two of the beneficiary hospitals as well
as put up a child friendly nursery and
playroom at Lighthouse for Christ.
We also launched a pilot project in Kwale
that supports follow-up treatment for
children who have undergone surgery until
they turn 7 years. This program currently
has 30 children. This is in line with the
Bank’s objective of providing surgery to
as many needy children as possible but at
the same time guaranteeing quality”. She
concluded.
The stage is set and once again the
marathon is here, and in its milestone
year having been launched at the
Bank’s headquarters at Chiromo on 12th
September 2012. The official launch was
preceded by a torch tour run from City
Hall where the Nairobi marathon was
first flagged off 10 years ago. This year’s
theme is; ‘Run for a Reason’. The target is
to raise over Ksh.20 million for the charity
this year, up from KShs.17 million raised
in 2011. The Bank has every confidence
that in partnership with the society, it can
achieve this target and even exceed it.
We therefore call upon all Kenyans to join
us for this year’s Nairobi Marathon as the
realization and success of the ‘Seeing
is Believing’ program depends on the
support of the thousands of Kenyans who
take to the street each year to participate
in it.
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“Organizing the
marathon over the
years has been a
fascinating journey.
It has tested
my capabilities,
patience and
tenacity.”
joined Standard Chartered as the
Project Manager for the Nairobi
Marathon in May 2008. Many people
always ask me in shock and wonder…..
“You mean you spend a whole year
organizing the marathon?” I can’t blame
them! To be honest, I also wondered about
the same during the job interview until I got
right into it and I can assure you, a year
has actually proved to be too short to put
together a marathon of the same calibre of
the Nairobi Marathon!
Organizing the marathon over the years
has been a fascinating journey to say the
least! It has truly tested my capabilities,
patience and tenacity. It has however
been a worthwhile trade off as what I
have received in return are; excellent
negotiation skills (real haggling like most
of my service providers will attest to),
interpersonal skills which have enabled
me form great relationships with various
partners and stakeholders and of course
to crown it; more grey hairs.
Organizing my initial marathon was
‘baptism by fire’ as there was no time to
grasp anything before I was in over my
head and had to struggle to stay afloat.
I had to adapt very quickly and flexibility,
agility soon became traits that I could
depend on to deliver in my new role.
My very first task was to get a marathon
route approved by IAAF. I spent many
Sunday mornings measuring the route and
indeed one of the proud achievements we
got out of the exercise was and still is a
marathon route that showcases the City of
Nairobi! This was no mean fit I assure you
so bear with me if I pat myself on the back!
In all my years of organizing the marathon,
I am always awed by two distinct moments
and whenever I am asked I always site
these two memorable moments.
Regina Mukiri, Head of Sustainability.
First, every year, I get overwhelmed at the
huge numbers of participants that heed
the call to run for sight and turn up for
the Nairobi Marathon! At the start of the
marathon, just about 6.55am before the
race is flagged off ; I look at all the people
who come out to participate in the event
and I can hardly contain my emotions.
Sometimes I drift off in the midst of
organizing the marathon just to wake up in
a panic wondering ”What if no one shows
up or what if just a handful of runners
turn up?”So, it is with great delight that I
greet and interact with the thousands of
participants that show up for the marathon
every year and for me, it’s always a sigh
of relief – another bigger and better event.
“We did it”, I whisper under my breath.
My second memorable moment is when I
meet the ‘Seeing is Believing’ beneficiaries.
I have had several opportunities to meet
the beneficiaries but I have never quite
got over the feeling of seeing a child
whose life has been transformed. Seeing
the joy in the children’s eyes gives me a
new bout of energy and motivates me to
work even harder. Suddenly, all the late
nights, the thousands of phone calls and
early morning route measures all seem
worthwhile.
Organizing the marathon is intense and
very detailed. It requires focus, multi
tasking and the memory of an elephant to
remember all the details required to make
the day a delightful experience for all who
will participate. I work with a project team of
event organizers- Drum Beat Limited, and
as the marathon draws closer, I expand
my team to involve volunteers drawn from
the staff of Standard Chartered Bank. The
volunteers serve under a cell structure.
We have 28 cells led by a Cell leader and
an assistant Cell leader who coordinate
logistics on the day of the event and
supervise a team of over 1,000 volunteers
drawn for institutions, hospitals, churches,
schools and members of staff.
No marathon event has ever been the
same in all my years of running the project.
Some things might remain the same but
the details change as we continuously
seek new ways of doing things; being more
efficient and improving our standards. It is
very fulfilling to see the marathon grow
year on year in numbers and standards.
My dream is that one day the Nairobi
Marathon will be as big as Hong Kong
Marathon registering 70,000 people in a
period two weeks only! I thank all those
who make it happen, working tirelessly in
the background; sponsors, volunteers and
service providers. Indeed we have a very
unique task …”One year of planning with
only six hours to showcase”
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Athletics Kenya happy with
strides the race has made
International Association of Marathon
Races (AIMS) also facilitates doping
control, timing, route checks and all
technical aspects. The association has
been working closely with the Standard
Chartered Bank’s race management and
organising team.
According to Okeyo, the marathon is
now the biggest sporting event in Kenya,
having filled the void left by the Safari
Rally which was dropped from the high
profile World Rally Championships in
2003.
In retrospect, the marathon has also
contributed tremendously in economic
empowerment of the youth.
David Okeyo, Athletics Kenya Secretary General outside Riadha House.
L
ooking at the flow of traffic on
Mombasa Road from his airy
Riadha House office, David
Okeyo, the Secretary General of
Athletics Kenya, reflects with pride the
road the Standard Chartered Nairobi
Marathon has taken over the last nine
years.
“It has taken Boston Marathon over 100
years to evolve into the biggest spring
race in the world, attracting the best
athletes after the London Marathon which
is 31 years old,” says the Chairman of
the Road Running and Cross Country
Commission
at
the
International
association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF).
“In our case we have fast-tracked in
all areas starting with hand timing
and developing to computer-chip
time recording in real time inside eight
years. “The Standard Chartered Nairobi
Marathon also has the distinction of
attracting the highest number of foreign
runners as part of what was known as
the Greatest Race on Earth circuit, and
effectively promoted tourism in Kenya
because foreigners also sampled
some of our major tourism attractions
and returned home to share these
experiences with relatives and friends.”
Okeyo predicts a bright future for the
city race as the country strives to meet
the goals of Vision 2030. Although lack
of proper roads has been Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon’s main
bottleneck, with the current infrastructure
development, he foresees a better and
bigger marathon in coming years.
“We have had problems with vehicular
traffic especially in the old route and I
urge Nairobians to change their attitude
by coming out in large numbers to cheer
the runners instead of endangering
their lives because when you have over
10,000 people on the streets running
for a cause, you should be bound to
support them,” said Okeyo who has
always headed the marathon’s technical
committee.
The marathon has unlocked the potential
of Kenya as a tourism destination for
locals and foreigners just like in other
major city races,” said Okeyo.
“We are already realising this through
participation of people of diverse fields.
It is also a cultural exhibition as the 10
or so Samburu youths who compete
wearing their traditional regalia have
shown,” added Okeyo. Athletics Kenya
is talking with the Kenya Tourist Board
to use, among other activities, the
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon
to promote the image of the country
locally and abroad.
Sports tourists will enjoy an itinerary
either beginning or ending in the city,
taking part in the marathon. Athletics
Kenya, which issues the license for
the annual race, now recognised by
“By all standards, Sh1.5 million is a lot of
money for the winner and has changed
lives. Take Chemokil Chilapong, the
winner of the 2004 edition, for example.
Today she is doing extremely well.
“If we can upgrade the Mombasa and
Kisumu Great Lake Races and attract
corporate sponsors, then athletics will
continue being a source of income for
many young people, event organisers
and medical personnel. “On our part
we shall continue to work closely with
the organisers to ensure standards
are followed, proper doping control
adhered to and crucially convince the
management of Standard Chartered
Bank why they should continue to
support the marathon by helping them
realise their goals.
We fully acknowledge their support.
Okeyo says AK will continue to offer the
necessary technical assistance.
“This is a winning team and as the
chairman of the IAAF Road Running
and Cross Country Commission, I am
indeed very happy that we have three
major athletics events which attract
international attention that is the National
Cross Country Championships, the
National Track and Field Trials and the
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon.
“AK will continue to liaise with the IAAF
and AIMS on behalf of the Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon organisers
to ensure that doping control meets
international standards, that the course
is measured to suit, and that the times
posted are recognised worldwide,” adds
Okeyo.
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Marathon world record holder Patrick Makau holds his trophy after being awarded the AIMS World’s
fastest time award.
e made Kenya proud when he
finished with a record time of
2:03:38 at the 2011 BMW Berlin
Marathon in September this
year. In winning the marathon, Patrick
Makau Musyoki set a world record time 21
seconds faster than the previous record.
He managed the win despite facing stiff
competition from Ethiopian world record
holder Haile Gebrselassie. Haile had
previously set the record on the same
Berlin track finishing at a time of 2:03:59.
Patrick who hails from Manyanzwani
in the Eastern Province of Kenya was
recognized as a world record holder by the
IAAF (International Association of Athletic
Federations) and AIMS (Association of
International Marathon and Distance
Races) on 8th September 2012. AIMS
awarded him the World’s Fastest Time
Award in recognition of his win at the Berlin
Marathon. AIMS has since 1985 awarded
world record holders.
he participated at the IAAF World Road
Running Championships in 2006. He
managed to finish in the 26th place at
the race which was held in Debrecen,
Hungary.
He first started running in 2001 but his
running finesse was made known when
Running in the Rotterdam Marathon in
2009, he managed to finish fourth with a
time of 2:06:14. In 2010, he participated
The following year, he took part in the Ras
Al Khaimah Half Marathon which was held
in Ras Al Khaimah which is one of the
seven emirates in the U.A.E. He managed
to finish second during the half marathon at
a time of 59:13 behind the late marathoner
Samuel Wanjiru who finished at 58:53.
In 2008, Patrick’s star continued to
shine when he won the City-Pier-City
Loop marathon which attracts 18,000
participants annually in The Hague.
In 2009, he finished first in the Ras Al
Khaimah Half Marathon which he had
previously taken part in 2007. His win at
a time of 58:52 made him holder of the
second best ever half marathon time.
again in the City-Pier-City Loop, whose
profile has been raised significantly over
the years by Kenyan runners. In that race,
he cloaked a time of 59:52.
Come April 2011, Patrick Makau ran in
the London Marathon and although he
fell during the race, he managed to come
in third after fellow Kenyans Emmanuel
Mutai who won and Martin Lel who was the
runners-up. It was in September of 2011
that he took part in the Berlin Marathon
and won spectacularly.
Patrick was attracted to the Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon and endorsed
the 2011 marathon which was held on
30th October 2011 under the theme Share
the vision-Run and give a child sight.
The 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi
Marathon theme is Run for a Reason.
Standard Chartered Bank’s main objective
for sponsoring the Nairobi Marathon is to
raise funds for the eradication of avoidable
blindness among children under the age
of nine years, through the Bank’s global
initiative ‘Seeing is Believing’.
Patrick Makau:
Blazing the marathon
trail
IAAF World record
criteria
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IMS proposed the World Record criteria, that the IAAF
has adopted, which is: Road World Records will be
accepted by the IAAF for the following distances: 10km;
15km; 20km; Half Marathon; 25km; 30km; Marathon
(42.195km); 100km; Road Relay (Marathon distance only)
The following conditions must be met:
a)The event must be sanctioned either by the IAAF and/or the
National Federation (Athletics Kenya) and conducted under
IAAF Rules.
b)The athlete achieving the IAAF
Road World Record must be
eligible to compete under
IAAF Rules.
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c)The course must be measured
by an “A” or “B” IAAF/
Association of International
Marathons
and
Distance
Races
(AIMS)
approved
measurer as defined in IAAF
Rule 240.3.
d)The start and finish points on
a course, measured along a
straight line between them,
shall not be further apart than
50% of the race distance.
e)The decrease in elevation
between the start and finish
shall not exceed an average
of one in a thousand, i.e. 1m
per km.
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f)Either the course measurer
that certified the course or
another “A” or “B” measurer
in possession of the complete
measurement data and maps
must validate that the course
measured was the course run
by riding in the lead vehicle.
g)The course must be verified
on site (i.e. within two weeks
before, on the day of the race
or as soon as practical after
the race), preferably by a
different IAAF/AIMS “A” or “B”
measurer from the one that did
the original measurement.
h)The athlete must undergo a
doping control on the date of
the race.
i)For the Road Relay, the race
should be run in stages of
5km, 10km, 5km, 10km, 5km,
7.195km.
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Road World Records set at intermediate distances within a race
must comply with the above conditions and be timed according
to IAAF Rules. The intermediate distances must have been
measured and marked during the course measurement.
It is recommended that Member Federations adopt the Rules of
the IAAF for the conduct of their own athletic competitions.
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“Running is part
of my life and each
year my passion
for running
increases. My
drive comes from
witnessing the
transformation in
the beneficiaries’
lives and benefit of
health that comes
with running.”
M
eet Maxwell Nyamu the staff runner who has participated
in all the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathons.
Maxwell Nyamu is no new name when the Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon is mentioned. The
Westlands Branch Operations Manager started running the
marathon from when it started back in 2003. Since that year, he
has run in all the 9 Nairobi Marathons as well as other Standard
Chartered races in other countries.
Maxwell says that the marathon’s story back in 2003 is similar to
the Israelites’ story in the Bible. “Just like the children of Israel who
were told to go to the Promised Land, that is the same way we
started. We started from scratch but I am glad that the marathon
turned out to be a huge success,”
His passion for running started when he was a pupil at Eldoret
Union Primary School. He was a good athlete and always emerged
top three in his schools cross country races. However, his father
was strict and wanted him to concentrate on his education rather
than athletics. Despite his father’s firmness, his zeal for athletics
never dwindled.
In secondary school, Maxwell was named school athletics captain
in his fourth year. His star continued to shine after he joined the
bank in 1998 at the Treasury Square Branch in Mombasa. In
2002, he was invited for a trial for staff runners in Kasarani and
he finished first. From that time, he has continually raised the staff
participation flag high.
“Running is part of my life,” Maxwell points out. He says that each
year, his passion for running increases. His drive comes from
witnessing the transformation in the beneficiaries’ lives and benefit
of health that comes with running. This has encouraged him to
take part in races that go to helping the less fortunate in society.
In 2004, he ran in the Tegla Lorupe Peace race in West Pokot,
participated in a run from Busia to Kampala to raise funds for an
orphanage in Jinja and during the bank’s centenary anniversary
last year, he ran in the torch run to Mombasa.
In preparation for the 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon,
Maxwell and other staff runners have been training throughout
the year, participating in other local races when the opportunity
arises. The team also trains on weekends and public holidays in
different areas outside the city. Maxwell has also embarked on
his personal training. Every morning, he runs from home to the
Standard Chartered Headquarters at Chiromo which takes him
about fifty five minutes.
Maxwell advises that for people who want to run the marathon,
being disciplined is very important. “You have to stick to your
training programme, eat a balanced diet and cut down on alcohol
and smoking.”
He is looking forward to great run as the marathon marks its 10th
anniversary. Maxwell encourages everyone to participate in the
Nairobi marathon. “Come experience and challenge yourself to
Run for a reason.”
By Mary Mutunga
Meet Maxwell Nyamu the staff
runner who has participated
in all the Standard Chartered
Nairobi Marathons
Standard Chartered Hongkong Marathon
T
he Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon,
started in 1997, it has grown from strength to
strength in the past thirteen years with a record of
entries achieved in each year. It has come to be a
signature international sporting event in Hong Kong and
was recognized as a “Brand Hong Kong Event” by the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region Government. In 2009 a
number of new categories were added to further enhance
the event including: the District Councils Challenge Cup, The
Best Costume Award, and Leaders Cup - a race featuring
senior executives, community leaders and celebrities
competing in a 2km course. In another new initiative, the
Media Challenge Cup was introduced in 2007 and the media
were invited to take part. The marathon is held on the month
of February every year since its inception.
The marathon held yearly in June has become the largest
marathon held in the country, with participants from more than
45 countries around the world.
Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon
The Mumbai Marathon is an annual international road running
competition over the marathon distance that is held in Mumbai,
India, each January. First held in 2004, the marathon was
honored with the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in 2010. The
course records set in 2011 were also the fastest times ever
run for the marathon on Indian soil. The marathon receives
national and international press coverage and attracts tens of
thousands of amateur fun runners each year.
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon
With an IAAF Silver Label Road Race tucked under its arms,
the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon has grown
tremendously since its inaugural race in 2002. Organized by
the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Singapore Athletic
Association (SAA), Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore
has been held annually on the first Sunday of December
since 2002 and is a key highlight in Singapore’s calendar of
established international running events. Since 2004 Kenyans
especially in the men’s category have remarkably dominated
the marathon by taking home the biggest prizes.
Standard Chartered Bangok Marathon
Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon.
Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon is a world standard
athletic sport of Thailand which is popular among Thai
and foreign runners and tourists. It is also considered the
Kingdom’s largest participatory sporting event held annually
in November. The marathon attracts participants ranging from
world class athletes from as far as Europe, America and Africa
to a mixture of enthusiastic international and local runners and
leisure joggers and walkers of all ages.
Did you know that David Barmaasai was the first Kenyan to win
the world’s richest race, Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
2011, since 2007? Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
started in 2000 and in April 2007 it was announced that the
2008 race would become the world’s richest long distance
running event in history, with one $1,000,000 offered for a
world record and $250,000 for first place for both the men
and women, thus the marathon dubbed ‘The world’s richest
race’. The marathon is held in January each year under the
patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE (United Arabs
Emirates) and Ruler of Dubai, and staged under the aegis of
the Dubai Sports Council.
Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon
From a modest beginning two years ago, the Standard
Chartered KL Marathon has now become a powerful platform
giving thousands of people a reason to feel extraordinary. What
began as a simple tour with only 800 full marathon runners has
increased by almost 220% to 1,900 full marathoners in 2011.
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Marathons
Unsung heroes Volunteers bring the
Nairobi Marathon to life
I
t is amazing to see people falling
besides themselves to serve others!
My initial assumption was that they are
religious people who read their bibles
and Quorans and are following the call
made by our master that for one “to be
first, they have to be last and the servant”.
medal cell, prize cell, left luggage cell, car
park cell, accommodation cell…even the
water and sponge cell that will oversee the
different aspects of the event and they will
all be manned by volunteers both outsiders
from institutions all across the country and
the staff of the Bank.
On hind sight though, I know atheists who
follow the 10 commandments to the dot so
maybe the thousands of volunteers who
turn up every year to offer free services to
ensure the smooth running of the Standard
Chartered Bank Nairobi Marathon aren’t
even that religious but just plain nice
people who are bent on doing good and
get satisfaction from it.
To kick-start the process of initiating
volunteers, cell leaders meetings are held
to discuss the strategy and deliverables
for the year and these are followed
by subsequent meetings and tours to
familiarize with the settings and what
everyone is expected to do.
As organizers, we receive several calls
on a daily basis especially from the staff
of Standard Chartered Bank requesting
to be assigned responsibilities to do
with the marathon preparations– a
very welcome gesture considering the
amount of work involved!
Obviously putting together a successful
marathon of an international calibre
requires several people coming together
and working together to meet and fulfil
the diverse demands required of such
an event. To ensure the smooth flow of
events, there are several ‘cells’ that work
together to coordinate the event. This year
we have organized 25 cells ranging from;
the transport cell, media cell, security cell,
Much as most volunteers have the best of
intentions, some never fully comprehend
the magnitude of their responsibilities and
the commitment and sacrifice it takes to
execute their assignments. This leads
to poor service delivery so the meetings
have to address the some-what not-sonice to hear aspects of this debilitating
phenomenon which rears its ugly head at
every marathon.
This year the meetings gathered full rooms
of enthusiastic and well intentioned men
and women willing to give of their time
and effort to contribute to the successful
organization of the Marathon. During
his inaugural remarks to the volunteers,
the Chairman of the Marathon steering
committee in his opening remarks candidly
informed all present that the free lunch
that was supposed to follow the meeting
was cancelled so anyone who had come
for the meeting with an ulterior motive of
getting a free meal was out of luck.
From the back of the room where I was
sitting, I sighed and must have unknowingly
done so loudly because of the stares I
got…”My word! The party spoilers are at
it once again, I uttered under my breath!
Doesn’t anyone know what volunteering is
all about? ‘You offer to perform a service
out of your own free will without expecting
anything in return!” If you are lucky maybe
you get a free meal, maybe a T/Shirt as
it’s in every one’s interest to have you
energized so you can work even harder.
Thankfully, after the announcement no
one stood up to leave the meeting so the
sympathetic Chairman reconsidered his
stance. After a long and fruitful meeting, a
free lunch was served – Halleluiah!
So this year, we once again have
committed cell leaders who will be assisted
by other volunteers from within the Bank
and various institutions – their only reward;
the satisfaction that they played a role in
the organization of a successful Marathon
as they might be too busy during the
Marathon to even enjoy that free meal.
True unsung heroes if you ask me!
By Cynthia Mpanga
Cllr. George Aladwa, His Worship the Mayor City Council of Nairobi
O
n behalf of all Council members, staff,
and the residents of City Council
of Nairobi, I congratulate Standard
Chartered Bank for achieving 10 years
of providing leadership towards organizing this
annual charity run.
This initiative has proved to be quite beneficial
by promoting unity, teamwork and healthy
competition among individuals from diverse
backgrounds and cultures. This not only fosters
local coexistence but also supports global
harmony. In this regard, I salute all those men
and women of goodwill, who have stepped
forward to participate, compete and contribute
towards this noble cause.
The marathon is not only about winning but also
winners participating together. All participants
are winners in their own right because of the
sense of self satisfaction and gratification
following participation in the charity event. Apart
from raising money to help young children restore
their sight through the ‘Seeing is Believing’
initiative, the marathon also enables Nairobi and
the entire country to capture the attention of the
entire world on this particular day.
As a city, we are proud to host this historic event.
This is the single largest local sporting and
charity event with the highest number of local
and international participants. Subsequently,
our visitors are encouraged to enjoy the scenic
view of the city as they participate. I hope our
visitors will be able to sample our recreation sites
such as City Park, Uhuru Park and Central Park.
Moreover, the city boasts of cultural sites such
as the Bomas of Kenya and National Museums
of Kenya. More importantly, Nairobi is the only
city in the world with a national park within its
boundaries. I therefore encourage you all to visit
the Nairobi National Park and enjoy what nature
has to offer.
Finally, ladies and gentlemen, I congratulate all
the participants and urge them to give their best
as the best man and woman wins.
All the best!!
His Worship the Mayor City Council of Nairobi George Aladwa recieves the
torch during the launch of the 2012 marathon.
“Nairobi is the only
city with a national
park”
From the typewriter to
the ipad, Velzian’s seen
it all
I
n his trademark tracksuit trouser,
sneakers and a casual IAAF polo
shirt, he stood out among the crowd
at Nairobi’s Sarit Centre where
conversation was made difficult by noise
from a group of visiting school pupils.
800 Kenyans,” recalls Velzian, reflecting
on the Standard Chartered Bank’s charity
objective of the race. “To me this is a noble
mission and I’m happy that we continue
to fine-tune our marathon to globally
acceptable standards.”
It is three weeks to the 10th Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon got underway.
Coming up with the route, Velzian
remembers, was a herculean task. It
snaked through densely populated areas,
including backyards of churches. The last
huge city race - the 1987 All Africa Games
marathon - was run under conditions quite
different on Thika Road and Kenya was,
at the time, engulfed in a carnival mood
generated by the games.
At this time of the year, John Velzian can be
seen along Mombasa Road dodging traffic,
pushing a surveyor’s wheel to ascertain
the correct measurement of the marathon
route, especially on roundabouts, to get the
proper measurements.
Leaning back and running his right hand
over his grey hair, Velzian recollected the
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon’s
struggles of the past. “It has been a long
journey through to get to the 10th year,”
recalls Velzian.
Velzian was given the onus of organising
Nairobi’s first marathon in 16 years with
minimal technical inventory. For three
months, he drove through the marathon
route in the company of his assistant at the
IAAF Regional Development Centre. Then
he decided to walk through the marathon
route with a surveyor’s wheel, from the
start outside Harambee House through Moi
Avenue, Kenyatta Avenue, Uhuru Highway
before rolling southwards through James
Gichuru and connecting to Ngong Road.
From here, it took a sharp U-turn back to
town from where it branched onto Mbagathi
Road into Langata Road down to Mombasa
Road, the Nyayo National Stadium
roundabout for the longest straight run up to
Airtel Centre before the runners raced back
to the finish at City Hall. Velzian slogged
to get the right measurements. He dodged
traffic, was abused by motorists and only
the cherry blossom of the Jacaranda trees
in Lavington cheered him. Here, he would
reflect on the beauty of the city. His only
companion was the water bottle.
Eventually, Velzian announced, at a
press conference, that he finally, had
identified a route.
On race day on October 25, 2003,
President Mwai Kibaki was hardly one
year in office. There was much hope in the
future and the Head of State showed his
support for the marathon by flagging it off
right outside his Harambee House office.
John Velzian
It had rained the previous night and, at
7:00am, Nairobi was basically asleep with
all major routes blocked for the smooth
movement of runners.
With a few exceptions, none of the
journalists on duty had covered a marathon,
and the media bus was instead a 4x4 truck
preferred by adventure seekers. Covered
with a tent, visibility was hampered. Velzian
knew after the President fired the starter’s
gun, the hour of the reckoning had arrived.
He hopped into a police patrol car, well
ahead of the leading pack, to keep stray
motorists off the route. Minus a two-way
radio, communication with the security
chopper flying low along James Gichuru
Road was impossible. At some point,
Velzian gestured to the pilot to increase
altitude after the chopper’s rotor shook the
morning dew from Jacaranda trees which
caused an instant, unwelcome shower on
the poor athletes. Worse still, motorists,
most of them traders, defied traffic police
and drove through Ngong Road. At the end
of the race, results were offered by Athletics
Kenya’s time keepers using hand timing.
They were unaccustomed to an event
of such a magnitude. Mistakes were
made, names were missing from the final
finishers’ list, but, by the end of the day, the
race was held and, generally, successfully
completed. “We had achieved our primary
duty of giving sight to the sightless. The
number was small but last year we saved
The Nairobi Marathon routes, including
those for the half marathon and 10km races
followed a different route after deviating
at Strathmore College. The marathon
continued to grow and electronic timing
finally arrived, and by 2007, the computer
chip timing system had been introduced.
Englishman Velzian, hired as a physical
education trainer in colonial Kenya, eight
years before independence, has seen it
all, right from the days of the typewriter,
to the ipad era. From the days of post
office mail to the times of twitter, facebook
and electronic mail. Indeed from the coin
box to the touch screen mobile phone,
Velzian, whose athletics career as a polevaulter saw him use the then fashionable
bamboo poles that have evolved into
today’s flexible fibre-glass implements,
has seen athletics evolve.
And he is strong enough for the tenth
time, overlooking the technical aspects
of 2012 Standard Chartered Nairobi
Marathon. Interestingly, the Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon’s “Seeing
is Believing” charity to help Kenyans
regain their sight fits very well into
Velzian’s age-old efforts to use sports for
charitable purposes.
Indeed, Velzian once organised a 24-hour
pram race with the aim of breaking the
existing record on the Guiness Book of
World Records and with Kipchoge Keino
part of the team on the Nairobi to Mombasa
road, the record fell by 100 miles! The
proceeds went towards helping the blind.
Thus, for Velzian, there couldn’t have been
a more noble way to help restore sight than
the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon’s
“Seeing is Believing” project that Velzian is
right in the heart of.
2012 Event Information
Date:
Sunday 28th October 2012
Venue:
Nyayo National Stadium
Assembly and Start Times
Assembly Time
Start Time
Tricycles 42km
6:30 am
6:50 am
Wheelchairs 21km
6:30 am
6:50 am
Full Marathon
6:30 am
7:00 am
Half Marathon
6:50 am
7:30 am
10km
7:30 am
8:00 am
Safari Junior Family Fun Run
8:00 am
9:10 am
YOU SHOULD PLAN TO BE AT NYAYO STADIUM AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR ASSEMBLY TIME.
Note: Roads used for the marathon will be closed from 4:00 am. Please use the traffic diversions and follow the
instructions of the Police. Traffic on the roads before 6:30 am is expected to be light.
“Early
bed, ea to
rise, w rly to
at sunre run
ise!”
BEFORE THE START OF EACH RACE ALL RUNNERS MUST ASSEMBLE IN THEIR DESIGNATED ASSEMBLY
AREAS. ASSEMBLY AREAS WILL BE CLEARLY DEMARCATED.
T r ic y c le &
Assembly Areas and Start Lines
After depositing your left luggage, you should proceed to your race’s Assembly Area. (NOT THE START LINE).
All Assembly Areas will be clearly demarcated and signposted.
If you are not sure where to go please ask an official or an attendant at one of
the information booths located inside the stadium grounds for assistance.
You will be able to warm up on Langata Road behind the 10 km Assembly area.
Please do not warm up on the Nakumatt side of Uhuru Highway.
Assembly for Elite Runners
The area at the front of each assembly area is reserved for runners with elite status. (Elite Runners are those with
recognised times in previous IAAF accredited marathons and are identified by a RED sticker affixed to their race
numbers) Only those runners with stickers affixed to their numbers are allowed to enter the zone reserved within the
assembly area for Elite Runners.
Road Closures October 2012.
11.00 pm Saturday 27th – 2.00 pm Sunday 28th
ROAD
From - to
Uhuru Highway
Bunyala Roundabout to Lusaka Roundabout
Aerodrome Rd.
Madaraka Roundabout to Bunyala Roundabout
4.00 am – 1.00 pm Sunday 28th
ROAD
From - to
Mombasa Road
Nyayo Stadium Roundabout to Enterprise Road
Langata Road
Nyayo Stadium Roundabout to Madaraka (Nbi South ‘C’) Roundabout
4.00 am – 11.30 am Sunday 28th
ROAD
From - to
Uhuru Highway
Bunyala Roundabout to University Way Roundabout
Haile Selassie Ave. Uhuru Highway Roundabout to Uhuru Park entrance
Uhuru Park
Haile Selassie Avenue to Kenyatta Avenue
Kenyatta Avenue
Uhuru Highway Roundabout to Kimathi Street
Harambee Avenue
Uhuru Highway Junction to Lt. Tumbo Road
Haile Selassie Ave. Uhuru Highway Roundabout to Railway Station Roundabout
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Single lane
open to
traffic
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Haram elassie Rd
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Roundabouts
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Upper Hill
Bunya
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2
3
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University Way
5
Mombasa/Enterprise
Road junction
Harambee Ave
Haile Selassie Ave
Langata Rd/South ‘C’
Enterprise Rd
Langata Rd
Mombasa rd
Barriers allow two way traffic
to enter/leave
Enterprise Road
Airport
North
Rd
5
From Mombasa
0
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1
2
3
4
Kilometre
Roads Closed
11.00 pm Sat 27th - 2.00 pm Sun 28th October
4.00 am - 1.00 pm Sun 28th October
4.00 am - 11.30 am Sun 28th October
11:00 pm Saturday 27th October to 4:00 am Sunday 28th October 2012
From
To
Traffic Diversion
From Embakasi, South ‘C’, Langata
To the City
Vehicles will be diverted at Lusaka Road Roundabout and proceed
to Bunyala Roundabout along Baricho Road.
From the City
To Embakasi, South ‘C’, Langata
Vehicles will be diverted at Bunyala Road Roundabout and proceed
to Lusaka Roundabout along Baricho Road.
4:00 am TO 1:00 PM, Sunday 28th October 2012
From
From the City Centre
From Westlands, Parklands
From Lavington, Kileleshwa,
Nairobi Hill
From Langata, Karen
From Embakasi, Machakos,
Mombasa
To
Traffic Diversion
To Westlands, Kileleshwa
Vehicles should use Globe Cinema Roundabout, Kipande or Ngara Road,
Museum Hill, Chiromo Road.
To the Airport, Machakos, Mombasa
Vehicles should use Landhies Road, Jogoo Road, Outer Ring Road.
To Langata, Karen
Vehicles can choose to go North (see routes above) or South. Use Landhies
Road, Lusaka Road, Dunga Road, cross the Uhuru Highway on the fly over to South
‘C’, Langata Road.
Into the City Centre
Vehicles should use Uhuru Highway, University Way.
To Langata, Karen
Vehicles should use Waiyaki Way/James Gichuru Rd or Riverside Drive.
Vehicles should use Ngara Road, Landhies Road, Jogoo Road,
Outer Ring Road.
Vehicles should use Uhuru Highway, University Way.
Vehicles should use Mbagathi Way, Muhoho Ave (in South ‘C’), cross the
Uhuru Highway to the Industrial Area, Dunga Road, Dar es Salaam
or Enterprise Road.
Vehicles should use Langata Road, Mbagathi Way, Valley Rd, Nyerere Road.
Vehicles should use Langata Road, Muhoho Ave (in South ‘C’), cross the Uhuru
Highway to the Industrial Area, Dunga Road, Dar es Salaam Road,
Enterprise Road or Mombasa Road.
Into the Industrial Area
Vehicles should use Mombasa Road (single lane diversion at Airport North
Road), Enterprise Road.
Into the City
Vehicles should use Mombasa Rd (single lane diversion at Airport North
Road), Enterprise Road, Landhies Road.
To Westlands, Parklands
Vehicles should use Jomo Kenyatta Airport Road, Outer Ring Road.
To South ‘C’, Langata, Nairobi Hill,
Kileleshwa
Vehicles should use Mombasa Road (single lane diversion at Airport North Road),
Enterprise Road, Dar es Salaam Road, Dunga Road, cross the Uhuru Highway
on the flyover to South ‘C’, Muhoho Ave, Langata Road or Mbagathi Way.
Traffic Diversions
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R O U T E T O F INI S H
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Half Marathon
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( C A R S T IC K E R
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Parking
All official car parks (indicated in the diagram) are manned by security guards (5am to 5pm).
Please be considerate when parking. Do not obstruct the normal flow of traffic.
Car Parks for Athletes
Marathon participants and spectators can park on Witu Road, Baricho Road, Chepkorio Road and off Lusaka Road,
outside Car and General.
Car parks for Officials, Sponsors, Exhibitors, Service Providers, Athletics Kenya, IAAF
and VIP’s
Nakumatt Mega
Located in front of Toyota and Nakumatt. Entrance to this car park is from Bunyala Road just before Bunyala
Roundabout.
Access to Nakumatt car park is restricted to cars with a Car Park Sticker affixed.
Vehicles without this sticker will not be allowed to enter.
Nyayo Stadium
Entrance to the Stadium Car Parks is from Aerodrome Road. Access after 4.00 am is for cars authorised to go on
route only.
PARKING IN ALL AREAS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK
RACE PRIZES
Category
1st
2nd
42 Km Men
1.5 M
42 Km Ladies
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
650,000 350,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 40,000
30,000
20,000 10,000
2.9 M
1.5 M
650,000 350,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 40,000
30,000
20,000 10,000
2.9 M
42 Km Tricycle Men
230,000
110,000 60,000
400,000
42 Km Tricycle Ladies
230,000
110,000 60,000
400,000
21 Km Men
150,000
100,000 50,000
300,000
21 Km Ladies
150,000
100,000 50,000
300,000
21 Km corporate challenge 100,000*
10th
Totals
100,000*
21 km Wheelchair Men
150,000
100,000 50,000
300,000
21 km Wheelchair Ladies
150,000
100,000 50,000
300,000
10 Km Men
110,000
60,000
30,000
200,000
10 Km Ladies
110,000
60,000
30,000
200,000
Total Prize Money – 8,300,000/=
*Corporate Challenge Team Money is donated to a Charity of choice of the winning team.
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Event Information
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 42KM 2012
Event Information
Event Information
Standard Chartered Safari Junior Family Fun Run 2012
Family Fun Run - Follow ORANGE signs
Water
Event Information
START
09:10
Water
Not to scale
Becoming an elite athlete requires good genes, good training and
conditioning and a sensible diet.
Optimal nutrition is essential for peak performance. Exercise is
important but the relevance of nutritional information cannot be over
emphasized as both components work hand in hand in establishing
an excellent athlete. What are the basic food types that should be
adequately incorporated into an athlete’s diet?
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrate is arguably the most important source of energy
for athletes. No matter the sport, it provides the energy that
fuels muscle contractions. Once eaten,
carbohydrates are gradually
broken down into
smaller
Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamins and minerals boost the immune system, support
normal growth and development, and help cells and organs to
function optimally.
Vitamins fall into two categories: fat soluble and water soluble.
The fat-soluble vitamins — A, D, E, and K dissolve in fat and can
be stored in your body. The water-soluble vitamins — C and the
B-complex vitamins (such as vitamins B6, B12, niacin, riboflavin and
folate) — need to dissolve in water before your body can absorb
them.
sugars
(glucose,
fructose
and
galactose). These
smaller sugars then get
absorbed and used as energy.
Any glucose not needed right away gets stored
in the muscles and the liver in the form of glycogen. Once these
glycogen stores are filled up, any extra gets stored as fat. According
to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado
Springs, endurance athletes on a high-carbohydrate diet can exercise
longer than athletes eating a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet. Foods
such as spaghetti, potatoes, milk, honey, cereals and other grain
products are excellent sources of carbohydrates for athletes.
Protein
Proteins are often called the building blocks of the body. Protein
consists of combinations of structures called amino acids that
combine in various ways to make muscles, bone, tendons, skin,
hair, and other tissues. They serve other functions as well including
nutrient transportation and enzyme production. In fact, over 10,000
different proteins are in the body.
Adequate, regular protein intake is essential because it isn’t easily
stored by the body. Various foods supply protein in varying amounts
with complete proteins (those containing 8 essential amino acids)
coming mostly from animal products such as meat, fish, and eggs
and incomplete protein (lacking one or more essential amino acid)
coming from sources like vegetables, fruit and nuts. Other sources
of proteins include beans, tofu, cheese and yoghurt.
Vitamins are easily found in fruits including oranges, mangoes
and apples.
Water
Water is also an important nutrient for athletes. Athletes should start
any event hydrated and replace as much lost fluid as possible by
drinking chilled liquids at frequent intervals during the event. Chilled
fluids are absorbed faster and help lower body temperature.
Water is a critical nutrient for athletes. Dehydration can cause muscle
cramping and fatigue.
A healthy combination of these basic nutrients accompanied
with exercise, sufficient rest, consistency and a healthy dose of
determination help athletes to be healthy and successful in any
sporting endeavour.
Having a healthy lifestyle can be achieved by anyone. Like any race,
it starts with a step in the right direction!
Remember
Health and Nutrition
Acknowledgments
Local Organizing Committee
Name Organization
Reuben Mbindu Standard Chartered Bank Chairman Local Organizing Committee
Annie Kinuthia
Standard Chartered Bank Area Head of Corporate Affairs EA
Regina Mukiri
Standard Chartered Bank Head of Sustainability Kenya
Elly Mitto Standard Chartered bank Area Head of Security EA
Emily Kaiga
Standard Chartered Bank Head of Brand & Corporate Communication
Isaiah Kiplagat
Athletics Kenya Chairman AK
David Okeyo
Athletics Kenya
Secretary General AK
J Kinyua Athletics Kenya Treasurer AK
Paul Mutwii
Athletics Kenya Vice Chairman AK
Peter Agwenyi
Athletics Kenya
Public Relations Manager AK
John Velzian
IAAF/AIMS
Race Director
Ibrahim Hussein
IAAF/AIMS
Deputy Race Director
Gordon Oluoch
Ministry of Youth Affairs
Commissioner of Sports
& Sports
Wilfred Marube City Council of Nairobi
Public Relations Officer
John Wainaina National Youth Service
Leonard Katana
Kenya Police Nairobi Area Traffic
Bosita Omukolongolo
Kenya Police Police Headquarters
Lilian Nzile Sports Stadia management Stadium Manager
Michael Hughes Drumbeat Limited
Event organizers
Sylvia Kings
Drumbeat Limited Event organizers
Special Thanks
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Athletics Kenya
City Council of Nairobi
Kenya Police
National Youth Service
Sports Stadia Management
Drumbeat Limited
Brainwave Communications
MAJESTIC
WORKS LTD
MAJESTIC
PRINTING
‘60 YEARS OF QUALITY PRINT’
M
ajestic Printing Works is one
of East Africa’s leading print
houses and is a proud sponsor
of
the
Nairobi
Standard
Chartered Marathon for the 10th year
running. We will be providing all print
material from start to finish.
This family business, established in the
1940’s from humble beginnings, visionary
leadership
and
re-investment,
has
developed into a successful, one-stop
printing house renowned for its quality and
services, providing a competitive edge.
We are proud of our reputation and our
success is attributed to hard work, quality
and perfection in everything we do through
the newest and finest equipment in the
world. Our unmatched experience in the
industry has led us to providing some of
the finest work and us being awarded Top
Quality Printers and Top Printing Firm.
We have been loyal sponsors of the
Standard Chartered Marathon in Nairobi
from the beginning and are much honored
to be part of a cause we strongly believe
in. We have been part of this event
from the start because as printers we
understand the value and importance
of sight as it plays a huge part in our
everyday lives. Print is a pivotal part in the
way we communicate between ourselves
and convey information and knowledge to
our youth.
as much as we can to improve the quality
of life of our listeners and the community.
This year we are also sponsoring a further
100 more runners that want to run the
marathon but are unable to afford the
entry fee so we want to help and support
them when they run towards their own
personal triumphs.
For the 10th year in a row, 98.4 Capital
FM is proud to partner & Support this
year’s Standard Chartered Marathon.
The marathon has become the signature
annual sport event that brings together
runners and supporters from all over the
country and international participants
to Nairobi, the beautiful Capital City of
Kenya and the home of the greatest
distant runners.
We believe that it is our social responsibility
to use the success of our business in
a way that will help the people in our
community, whether through employment
or sponsorship, so that together we can
help prosper our economy.
For further information contact our sales
department: Tel: (+254) 020 2222662,
Email: sales@majestic.co.ke, Website:
www.majestic-printers.com
We wish all the runners good luck for a fun
and rewarding experience!
Whether you need us to print a single
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content, visuals and design, Majestic
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Whilst our clients include major financial
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household-name companies, we take
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Our dedicated and highly skilled
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printing from paper and ink, to colour
separations and finishing’s.
Majestic Printing Works has always taken
great pride in its reputation as established,
high quality printers but we take more
pride in what we do for the community as
a whole.
Launched in 1996, 98.4 Capital FM has
been and continues to be the forefront of
social activities for the nation. From news
coverage, advertising and endorsement,
Capital FM has endeared to be involved in
projects that enhance the lives of Kenyans
and our International audience, be it on life
and social issues, rallying calls to help the
less fortunate, the challenged.
Capital FM supports the Standard
Chartered Marathon as the main Media
partner by ensuring that the 2012
marathon is communicated well on radio
and effectively to help:Restore the eyesight for the needy blind
people in the society
Create awareness to the public and
generate interest about the Standard
Chartered marathon.
Encourage registration and participation to
the listeners hence grow the numbers to
be more than the year 2011
CAPITAL FM
CAPITAL FM SUPPORTING THE 2012
STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON
98.4 Capital FM, the flagship brand of the
Capital Group limited considers its self a
Responsible Corporate Citizen.
As Kenya’s top radio station Capital FM is
programmed to be Entertaining, Educative
and Informative. One of the key pillars of
the station is to always ensure that we try
Help identify and provide opportunities for
the Kenyan athletic talent.
Capital FM will ensure that more eyesight’s
are restored from the worthy cause with
a lot Passion, Trust, Diligence, Unity and
Ownership.
Capital FM has participated in other
successful CSR campaigns and the
Standard Chartered Marathon is of no
exception.
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Sponsors of the 2012
Standard Chartered
Nairobi Marathon
ALPINE
Official Sponsor of 2012
Chartered Nairobi Marathon
Standard
Alpine Coolers has been refreshing
Kenyans for close to 20 years – and 2011
marks the 10th consecutive year that we
have been the Official Water Sponsor to
the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon
Almost One hundred thousand litres of
Alpine bottled water will be consumed
during what is considered to be the
premier racing event in the home of long
distance runners. Every year, participating
athletes consume an average of 5 litres of
water on race day.
Water consumption is vital for a healthy
body, with experts recommending a
minimum of 1.5 litres daily to help prevent
dehydration and maintain proper muscle
tone. Alpine Water comes from a pure,
natural underground water source and its
purity and hydrating properties makes it
synonymous with sport, health and fitness.
Jairus
Mbayi,
Alpine’s
Corporate
Communications manager, said “We
believe the Standard Chartered Nairobi
Marathon is the perfect sponsorship
for our brand – with its objectives of
raising funds for The Seeing is Believing
charity as well as being the most exciting
outdoor event in the Nairobi culture scene
matching our core values of returning
back to the community that has supported
us all along.”
“We are thrilled to be STATIONED along
the way….offering our support – and we
wish all the participants, best of luck come
race day”
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to make significant investments in local
production in Kenya – e g Idols, BBA,
Patricia Show, Changes, Great African
personalities featuring Prof Wangari
Maathai , training of EA script writers
workshop among other activities
KDN
Sport and soccer in particular is a critical
part of our winning local content mix.
SuperSport has a $5.5 million deal to
screen the Kenyan Premier League for
4-years - from 2008 in the richest rights
deal secured in the east and central
African region. This deal was recently
extended until the conclusion of 2015
Kenyan Premier League Season
With the 8 camera Outside Broadcast (OB)
van, SuperSport has continued to provide
state of the art live coverage of Kenyan
football and other sports. The investment
has included the training of ten Kenyan
cameramen and two directors who now
form part of the live broadcast crew.
The organisation believes that education
and access to information is the key
to development and has invested in
MultiChoice Resource Centres in 70
schools and 22 Teachers Training colleges
across
Kenya.
MultiChoice
Kenya
provides televisions, satellite and video
recording equipment as well the DStv
Education bouquet which enables access
to broadcast learning material to enhance
the learning experience in schools.
MultiChoice Kenya offers DStv subscribers
four packages of premium family
entertainment which cater for all income
levels:
DStv Premium -over over 69 Channels
DStv Compact- over 43 Channels
DStv Compact Plus- Over 50 Channels
DStv Family- over 35 Channels
DStv Access- Over 27 Channels
MultiChoice Kenya provides customer
care to DStv subscribers including:
A national call centre
Marketing and sales
Technical and installation support
Who we are and what we stand for
Kenya Data Networks is a “Full Service,
Data Communications Carrier” that was
licensed by the CCK in January 2003 as
a “Public Data Network Operator” with a
mission to build world-class infrastructure
in Kenya. At KDN we believe that we have
the ability to build our own future and we
are investing millions of dollars in that
future.
KDN, a Kenyan registered communications
company and part of the Altech Group,
operates the largest data and Internet
backbone in East Africa. Through its
customers, KDN is the primary provider
of Internet connectivity for millions of
subscribers in Kenya. KDN provides a
comprehensive suite of services over
its fibre optic network including Internet
Protocol
(IP)
services,
broadband
transport, infrastructure services and
collocation services. These services
provide building blocks that enable KDN’s
customers to meet their growing demands
for advanced communications solutions.
KDN’s customers include some of the
Region’s largest financial, healthcare,
mobile and technology companies. Clients
rely on KDN to build and operate highly
redundant and geo-diverse WANs for
data-centric operations. The company
differentiates itself with its unique
fibre footprint, dynamic bandwidth reprovisioning and rerouting services, and
simplified pricing model.
Our philosophy is to take the headache
out of Data Communications. We want
to give IT professionals the tools so that
they can concentrate on developing
and maintaining the crucial business
processes that run their networks, while
we focus on maintaining the 99.9 %
network availability that we GUARANTEE
to our customers.
Our mission is to be the market leader
in the wholesale Telco infrastructure
provision market, through a focused
range of services, in the East and Central
African region, delivering sustainable
JUBILEE
From humble beginnings in 1937,
Jubilee Insurance has spread its sphere
of influence throughout the region to
become the largest multi-line insurer in
East Africa, handling both long-term and
short-term insurance. Today, Jubilee is the
number one insurer in East Africa with over
250,000 clients. Jubilee Insurance is also
the largest provider of medical insurance
across East Africa that includes many of
the region’s blue chip companies.
Jubilee Insurance is the only ISO
certified insurance group listed on all
three East African stock exchanges – the
Nairobi Stock Exchange, Dar es Salaam
Stock Exchange and Uganda Securities
Exchange. Its regional offices are highly
rated on leadership, quality and risk
management and have been awarded
an AA- in Kenya, and an A+ in Uganda
and Tanzania.
AAR
AAR & Standard Chartered Marathon
Since inception, AAR has been involved in
various community engagement projects.
We have heavily invested finances
and manpower in programmes like the
Employee Volunteer Programme (EVP)
which allow our staff to take time out to
engage in various charitable initiatives.
AAR a pioneer in managed healthcare
services in Eastern Africa marks 26
years this year. It is the largest and most
successful private health care company in
the region.
AAR started its operations in 1984 as
a company dealing with evacuation of
medical and accident casualties both
by road and by air. As its membership
increased, the requirements of its clients
expanded. Very soon the evacuation
service became only one of the many
innovative and quality health care services
offered to members and was no longer the
core business of the company.
AAR has since expanded into the region
with presence in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
& Rwanda. We have substantial members
in Somalia, Southern Sudan, Burundi
and Eastern DRC as well. AAR is broken
down into several companies each with
specified roles. AAR operates at least 21
health centres providing preventative and
curative health care to clients in all income
brackets, whether they are members or
non-members, as well as offering a rescue
and evacuation service to its members
worldwide with the fastest/ best equipped
emergency and evacuation ambulances.
This is supported by our 24 hr emergency
telephone help line service.
Over 140,000 members have subscribed
to AAR as their provider of choice because
of the innovative health Insurance plans
ideal for every segment of the population.
AAR Vision is to be the provider of choice
for innovative and quality health care
solutions in Africa and the AAR Mission to
provide health care solutions that make a
difference to life.
Besides providing health insurance
products, AAR also deals with delivery of
quality healthcare. In such a competitive
industry, AAR provides a fairly complete
package of rescue, in-patient and outpatient services. AAR has developed
relevant products for the market to be able
to appeal and retain its esteemed clientele
some of which include fund management
and first aid training.
AAR has been the official sponsors for
all medical and emergency services for
the annual Standard Chartered Marathon
since 2003. The marathon takes place
every year in October and the proceeds
of the same are used to help the blind or
partially blind children to receive medical
care and sight restoration surgeries
where possible.
Our products which include Gold, Silver,
Bronze, Platinum (International coverage),
Cover me, Afya Cards, Serenity Cards are
all modeled to suite the different clientele
and fulfill and satisfy their medical needs.
There are other supplementary services
offered to our members for example health
promotion programs.
Our staff participate in the race by running
for this charitable cause as well as by
volunteering their services as part of the
medical and emergency teams spread
out through the course of the marathon. It
has so far been a wonderful initiative for
the AAR fraternity, not only is it a great
experience to give back to children their
sight in this way, but also for team building
and keeping fit among staff.
AAR has and will continue to maintain
the leadership position in provision of
Health care solutions in Africa because all
employees and by extension stakeholders
have integrated timeliness, caring, quality,
and integrity as pillars and ways of their
life. AAR continues to be responsive to our
customers as we re-live our slogan, ‘Your
health – Our priority’.
SUBARU KENYA
Subaru Kenya is a division of ECTA
(Kenya) limited a limited liability company
incorporated in 1965 and an established
and experienced motor vehicle importer
and distributor in East Africa with over
40 years experience in the automobile
industry. Since 1985, ECTA has been
the sole franchise holder and exclusive
distributor of the Subaru range of motor
vehicles in East Africa and has taken the
initiative in introducing the latest models
suitable for our country as and when they
are released from Japan.
Subaru has always insisted on delivering
an enjoyable driving experience, backed
by a sure sense of safety and reliability.
With the belief that its proprietary
technologies such as the SUBARU BOXER
and Symmetrical AWD are ideal as the
base platform for vehicles, Subaru has
continued to refine these elements in the
quest for unparalleled driving pleasure
and superior safety. Why is Subaru so
focused on this unique method of vehicle
production? The answer to this can be
identified with an understanding of the
philosophies and significance that lie
within the Subaru technology.
Subaru is a proud sponsor of the 2012
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon.
For further information, contact us on Tel:
(254 20) 652266-8 / 651500-1 or http://
www.subarukenya.com
PARAPET CLEANING SERVICES
Parapet Cleaning Services is the leading
professional cleaning and allied services
company in Kenya and part of the elite
Top 100 companies in Kenya. Parapet
is committed to providing modern,
professional, environmental-friendly and
efficient service to commercial, industrial
and domestic cleaning service clients.
We lead the industry by providing
integrated
world
class
cleaning
services and support solutions through
efficient use of resources & technology,
using sustainable products and an
empowered workforce.
value to our customers, whilst meeting
shareholder requirements. Core values
that will guide the organization towards
achieving this goal will be dynamic
management
of
the
organization,
continuously
providing
sustainable
value to customers, providing equal
opportunities and engaging in activities
that have long-term impact on society.
used by millions of people around the
world, helping them to do more, feel better
and live longer.
NAKUMATT
Nakumatt Holdings Ltd East Africa’s
leading Supermarket is proud to partner
for the first time with Standard Chartered
Bank in supporting the Nairobi marathon.
As the largest retail market player in
East Africa, Uganda and Rwanda, and
still expanding to the wider East African
region, Nakumatt has 36 stores dealing in
general retail merchandise.
Established in 1987, Nakumatt Holdings
Limited stays ahead of competition by
providing quality, value, service, variety
lifestyle. Nakumatt’s store formats range
from convenience stores, supermarkets
to hypermarkets which showcase distinct
world-class shopping floor layouts
and amenities. All our branches hold a
range of over 50,000 quality Products,
thanks to our rich heritage and passion
for retail excellence, Nakumatt stores
countrywide have carved out a niche
for themselves as the ideal shopping
and entertainment centers for the whole
family. We pride ourselves in delivering
Quality, Value, Service, Variety and
Lifestyle enhancing products.
Besides
our
corporate
endeavors,
Nakumatt operations are tailored to be
highly sustainable on all fronts. We take
particular effort to ensure that our operations
impact positively on our customers
and the environment for generations to
come. Nakumatt is also an active social
development
investor,
spearheading
community development projects on
aspects such as health, entrepreneurship,
sports, culture, environment, education
and urban restoration and given the role
that the retail sector is currently playing
in the East African economy, Nakumatt
is committed to enhancing economic
development by adopting world-class
retail store management standards. This is
a model for how business should be done,
and it has undoubtedly contributed to our
string of corporate awards, certifications
and achievements on coveted and
prestigious rolls of honour.
For further information, contact us on Tel:
+254 733-632130, +254 722-204931,0203599991-4, Email: nakumatt@nakumatt.
net or website nakumatt.net
GSK – LUCOZADE
GlaxoSmithKline is a science-led global
healthcare company that researches and
develops a broad range of innovative
medicines and brands. Our products are
We have three primary areas of business in
pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer
healthcare. Our commercial success
depends on creating innovative new
products and making these accessible
to as many people who need them as
possible. By achieving this, we will be
able to grow our business and provide
benefits to patients, consumers, society,
our employees and our shareholders.
First launched in 1927, Lucozade is fuel
for body and soul. Over 80 years later we
have expanded our range to offer a range
of products. Lucozade Energy lets the
good times roll. It’s the quickest way to get
things going.
Lucozade Revive contains a blend of B
vitamins. B3 fights tiredness, while B5, B6
& B12 help with everyday energy release.
And with just 50 calories in every naturally
flavoured bottle, it’s the lighter way to lift
your day.
Lucozade Sport raises your game and
gives you everything you need to perform
at your peak. Lucozade Sport has a
long history of working with sporting
ambassadors, from individuals such as
Daley Thompson and Steven Gerrard,
to the Premier League and Football
Association (FA).
Lucozade Sport Lite helps you to get more
from your workouts and stay sharp as you
exercise – for 50 calories.
GlaxoSmithKline is a sponsor of the 2012
Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon. To
find out more visit www.lucozade.com
PESAPAL
PesaPal is proud to be associated with
this year’s Nairobi Standard Chartered
Marathon set to take place on the 28th of
October 2012.
In a colorful launch held at the Standard
Chartered Bank headquarters in Chiromo
on the 12th of September, PesaPal stood
out as the preferred online payment option
endorsed by the standard chartered bank
to handle payments towards the marathon. We are excited to a be a part of this
great event. ‘Participants can now log on
to http://www.nairobimarathon.com and
make payments through PesaPal’ said
Rachel Nguli Business Manager Pesapal.
Pesapal will also handle donations for the
SEEING IS BELIEVING initiative having
successfully handled the same since
the inception of online payments for the
Marathon.
“We are looking forward to running
alongside world marathon champions and
raising funds for a worthy cause, “said the
Pesapal team.
Our sponsorship in this great event
demonstrates
our
commitment
to
improving people’s lives as we ensure that
everyone in Kenya is able to save time and
money by being able to make payments in
a simple, secure and reliable way and at
their convenience, as well as the greatest
contribution; ensuring the children get life
changing eye surgery.
For more information contact us on www.
pesapal.com or info@pesapal.com
G4S
G4S is the world’s leading international
security solutions group. From risk
assessment to delivery, we work
in partnership with governments,
businesses and other organisations to
provide integrated solutions to security
challenges.
Our heritage goes back over a century
and, with over 635,000 employees, we
are the second largest private employer
in the world. We protect rock stars
and sports stars, people and property,
including some of the world’s most
important buildings and events. From
advising on stadium building plans to
crowd control and ensuring event tickets
are not forged; From delivering pay
packets to ensuring ATMs have enough
cash to meet your shopping needs;
From delivering cash to bank branches
and retail outlets to managing the flow
of cash for central banks and major
retailers; From ensuring travellers have
a safe and pleasant experience in ports
and airports around the world to secure
detention and escorting of people who
are not lawfully entitled to remain in the
country;
In more ways than you might realise,
G4S is securing your world.
For further information, contact us on
http://www.g4s.co.ke
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