The sergeant-at-arms will be Atia Yahya.

The exhibition continues until February 29th.

Agenda: 1. Appeal for help for those affected by election violence: I wish to thank you for responding positively to the appeal to donate money, food and clothings to those affected by election violence. We are still receiving donations. contact Vice Country Chair Sudesh Walia on telephone 0733-626045 who will accept your donation on behalf of the Club.

2. This week, we shall induct David Hastie as a member of our Club. David is the Deputy Director of Administration and Chief, Budget and Financial Management, UNON. UNON administers approximately 1600 staff and deals with revenues and expenditure of approximately US$560 Million annually on behalf of UNEP, UN Habitat and UNON itself.

David is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Administration, Bradford University. He is the husband to Rotarian Jessica Kazina. He will be introduced by Rotarian Arthur Mattli.

3. Club Assembly on Thursday 24th January, 2008: for the benefit of new members, a Club assembly is a meeting of all Club Members, including its officers, directors and committee chairs. The Board has called this meeting to discuss and review the Club's programs for the remaining 2007 - 2008 Rotary Year. This is an important forum for purposes of

a) Setting goals and developing action plans
b) Co-ordinating Committees activities
c) Review the Club's strengths and weaknesses and provide solutions for those weaknesses.

4. Hon. Shakeel Ahmed, Member of Parliament for Kisumu Town East: Rotarian Shakeel Ahmed was elected a member of parliament at the last General election. We would like to congratulate him on his success. We would also like to commend Rotarians Evelyn Mungai and Barrack Muluka who fought gallantly at the elections. We wish them well in the future.

See you at the meeting this week

Yours sincerely,
James Mwangi, President RCN

Rotary does a lot of work in slums and other needy areas and we are grateful to Mr. Mugo for providing water to these areas, thereby making our work meaningful.

The programme for the day will be short and will basically be a drink and bitings after the secretariat is launched. The entire ceremony will last about one hour.

The secratariat is located at Hurlingham Park, Apartment C4, 1st floor, Argwings kodhek Road, Hurlingham. tel: 3565218 (Rachel Mwikali).

Kindly confirm your attendance.

The Sergeant-at-arms this week is Barrack Muluka

The seargent-at-arms will be Shaikh Ghulam Hussein.

Today, our club will celebrate Vocational Service month by recognising our secretaries and personal assistants and all those people who assist us run our offices. It is one way of appreciating the value of each and every vocation. SO treat them to lunch tomorrow. I will give time to introduce them, as is our tradition to introduce our guests.

The Sergeant-at-arms will be Kauli Mwembe.

Read more on the conference website

The date for the conference is approaching. It will be held between 19th and 23rd September 2007. Register if you haven't done so by paying Kshs. 19,600/-. Write the cheque in the name of Africa Rotary Presidential Conference. Bring the cheque to our meeting and give it to our secretary, Rachel or call our Assistant Governor Geeta Manek on 0733-699990. She will send her messenger to collect the cheque from you. Our Club will not have a meeting on 20th September 2007 as we shall be attending the conference.

See the conference website

Bring the entire family along. The cost per adult is Kshs. 1,000. Each child pays Kshs. 500/-. We meet on Sunday at 10am at the entrance to Nairobi National Park along Langata Road. Because the weather is good, even an ordinary car can be used for the game drive

John Konchellah and Family of Rotary Director Halima Shaiyah have completed preparations for this.

Purpose of the visit

i) We are going to launch a water project which we shall implement with the local community. This is an eminently worthy project with capacity to make a profound impact on the community. The promoter of this project, John Konchellah will address the members on it during our meeting of 2nd August 2007. As I earlier informed you, the local Community, through their own resources and the Constituency Development Fund, will raise more than 60% of the funds to finance it. Our contribution is about Kshs. 400,000/-, which is about 40% of the total cost of phase I of the project.

ii) After the launch on 17th August 2007, the Family of Rotary Committee Director, Halima Shaiyah and her committee have organised that all participating in this project proceed to the Masai Mara Game Reserve to watch the world famous Wildebeest Migration. August is the peak season for the migration. It is wonderful fellowship event and a get-away from the stress of modern living. There will be entertainment and game drives.

iii) We return on Sunday 19th August 2007 late in the afternoon.

ACCOMMODATION
We shall put up in tents in an excellent campsite. Each tent accomodates 2 people. All the hotels and lodges are full in this peak season.

Mode of Transport
We travel by tour vans. Each accomodates 6 people. You can also travel by air by Air Kenya.

Cost
The cost per person is Kshs. 28,500 full board (This was revised to give us excellent accommodation and game viewing facilites and comfortable means of transport).

For those who choose to travel by air, the cost is still Kshs. 28,500 plus an additional cost of US$221 for a return ticket. Those who travel by air will however not participate in the launch of the water project as the airstrip and the water project site are nearly 70km apart.

More information: any further information relevant to this project will be sent to you as soon as it becomes available.

The sergeant-at-arms will be Salim Fazal. He will speak on straw bale-building, a very unique project indeed. (See The Rotarian Magazine April 2007 for the full report).

There will be a brief presentation by Vice Country Chair PP Sudesh Walia on matters of siginficance which our Club should focus on. This is important because it is part of her job as Vice Country Chair, but most importantly because what she will say will help us live and achieve the Object of Rotary.

Guest Speaker: The Guest speaker will be Mr. Peter Mutie, Head of Communications, National AIDS Control Council. He will speak on the latest efforts and achievements made towards combating HIV/AIDS. He will be introduced by VP Kauli Mwembe while Josphine Ojiambo will give the vote of thanks.

PP Darsi Lotay will be the Sergeant-at-arms.

Induction: We shall induct a candidate by the name Eme M. Essien. Eme works with International Finance Corporation as a Senior Investment Officer. She is Nigerian by nationality and is sponsored by David Wafula.

Our very first speaker for the year is senior citizen Charles Njonjo.

He will speak on Kenya's political and socio-economic status and also give his forecast-take on the future.

For further information and to confirm your attendance, send us an email.

As usual, kindly attend with your family and friends.

Next week, Thursday, 5 July 2007 we have the investiture of President Elect James Mwangi into the helm of our esteemed club.

Please be punctual!

Hence, His Worship Councillor Dick Wathika will speak to us this Thursday while the US ambassador will speak on Thursday, 14 June 2007.

The Mayor's office informs us that he will speak on the council's strategic plan and the city's charter. Copies of these documents will be availed at the meeting.

Next week: Mr. Achim Steiner the UNEP Executive Director and the week after HE Michael Ranneberger the US Ambassador to Kenya.

Thereafter we shall meet at Village Market again at 11.30am or thereabouts for fellowship.

Kindly note this date in your diary and attend this event.

Contact PP Darsi Lotay for further information

Thereafter, Mr. Terry Davidson the outgoing Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) will share with us the secrets of his bank's success and his perspectives on the banking industry in Kenya and the region.

Prior to this we will have the induction into the club of Mr. John McWilliams the Regional Head for Family Health International.

As mentioned last time, in the ensuing meetings the treasure trove that is the club's senior members will be put to good use. And tomorrow PP Manu Chandaria one of this country's most famous sons along with that quintessential Rotarian PDG Mohamed Abdulla will be our guest speakers.

PP Manu joined Rotary in 1963 and led our club in the 1982-83 Rotary Year. He is credited with the founding of the annual Rally for the Physically and Mentally Challenged in addition to being an active participant in the eye camps at their inception among other projects.

Inducted in Mombasa on 10 December 1965 whilst in his 20s PDG Mohamed Abdulla as mentioned is your archetypal Rotarian who oozes Rotary. He has been an active participant in several club activities and is currently championing the Mathare and Huruma Rotary Community Corps.

How much?
USD 980—Single, USD 1500—Double
Visa: USD 40pp

Included:

• Flights,
• accommodation (B&B in a beach hotel),
• Fellowship

Extras:

• Sightseeing,
• Cruise to an island
• Creole Night,
• Dinner-dance with local Rotarians

Contact:
Rtn. Barbara Magoha for details or to book 0722-527009 or 2712844

Given the recognized tremendous contribution of the private sector to urban shelter and infrastructure development, cooperation with the private sector is increasingly seen as a necessity for the United Nations, and not just an option, to ensure sustainable urbanization.

Since this is the first formal meeting of the RI Institute organizing Committee, I will be grateful for a full participation.

Thanking you,
PDG Yusuf Kodwavwala, Chairman

So as a way of spreading awareness about Rotary, on Thursday, 22 February 2007 we will place a newspaper supplement in the Daily Nation. On this day, we will also be celebrating the founding of Rotary some 102 years ago.

Friends, Rotarian Dr. Dorcas Beryl Otieno will this Thursday give a presentation on her work at NEMA.

Additionally, we have a small birthday party for Ms. Gloria Hagberg. Gloria also known as "Granny of the airlifts" was instrumental in assisting the father of Illinois Senator Barrack Obama join the famous 'air lifts' to America. She is 94 years and it is quite befitting for us to honour her. Also present will be Ms. Kitty Menezes the spouse of a former District Governor.

And that’s not all, we will also be honoured by the presence of our current District Governor the one and only Francis Tusubira!

She informs us she may drag along some of her fellow female members of parliament and thus this promises to be an exciting meeting...

See you all on Thursday.

Your favourite Thursday lunchtime passtime is back and our guest speaker is Dr. Solomon Mbugua Mwangi. He is the Founder and Managing Director of COMAC Ltd a private consultancy undertaking construction projects in Kenya, Somalia and Sudan. He will speak to us on his work and experiences.

Once again, PP Darsi is up to some good.  Some very good deeds indeed.  PDG Yusuf, we thank you for introducing this man to Rotary!   

With the advent of the festive season Darsi has ensured that Xmas comes early to our friends at Mji Wa Huruma Home for the Aged in Runda along with the children in the nearby village.  We are having a Xmas party on Sunday, 17 December 2006.  Rtn. Charles Rogers will be playing Santa!  Thereafter, that creative DHL has organised a Koroga session at Smokies.  Want to know what Koroga is?  Join us!

Yours in Service,
David Githanga
Vice Pesident

For more details, or to pledge your contribution, please contact Rtn. David at: githanga@rotarynairobi.org

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Club's Constitution and Bye laws that the Annual General Meeting for year 2006/2007 will be held on Thursday, 14th December 2006 at 1pm at Grand Regency Hotel to transact the following business:

1. To receive and discuss the audited accounts for year 2003 - 2004 and 2004 - 2005 of Rotary Club of Nairobi. The accoutns for year 2005 - 2006 will be presented in January 2007 in a special AGM.
2. To receive the audited accounts for year 2005/2006 for Rotary Club of Nairobi
3. To receive a report about the Rotary Club of Nairobi Trust and its accounts.
4. To elect office bearers for the following offices:
   a) President Elect Year 2008/2009
   b) Vice president Year 2007/2008
   c) Secretary Year 2007/2008
   d) Treasurer Year 2007/2008
5. To transact any other business of the Annual General Meeting for which notice has been given

NOTE: If you want any other business to be discussed at the AGM, send notice accordingly to the club secretary not later than 30th November 2006.

By Order of the Board
James Mwangi
Secretary

Dubya (George Bush) recently said he was thumped by the his friends the Democrats during the mid term elections. Its our turn to thump some of our friends too.

These friends are members of the Rotary Club of Nairobi North who are organising a bowling tournament on Saturday, 2 December 2006 at the Village Market from 2.00pm. We promised to send a minimum of two teams. So far the following have signed up.

1. Elizabeth Maloba
2. Mohamed Rahemtulla
3. David Wafula
4. Diamond Lalji
5......any more?

Where are those expert bowlers like David Hutchison? Mari Nelson? David Githanga? And where is our expert bowler PDG Yusuf? Remember the attire is shorts! And our queen bowler Sudesh Walia where are you?!

Kindly sign up by appending your names above. Thanks.

Diamond

This meeting is also Family and Friendship Day and please bring along your leading ladies and men or friends or colleagues and children.

The Seminar is essentially to provide Rotarians and Rotaractors with updated information on the objectives and goals of the Rotary Foundation, on the programmes and project activities of the Foundation, its resources and on how Rotarians and Rotary Clubs could support the Foundation as well as how they could impove the conditions of their communities with support from Rotary Foundation resources.

The Seminar will also explain how to access resources from the Foundation for humanitarian projects.

Cost: Kshs 1500

Sergeant-at-Arms: Mike Burton/Atia Yahya

Sergeant-at-Arms: Barbara Steenstrup

Event: As DHL hinted earlier in the week, our guest speaker next week is an enigma in the socio-political realm in Kenya and maybe the region. He goes by many names but for now we will call him by his official title which is Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga the Member of Parliament for Langata.

Now, being the crowd puller that he is, we expect about 150 people or so. Thus, once again, we urge members to turn up early.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Romy Madan/Francis Njiri

Romy Madan, Charles Rogers, Sonal Sejpal

Event: This week we have a slightly packed agenda. Thus we will start early and the bell will ring at 12.50pm. Here is why:

We begin with 2 inductions.

Secondly, we have a brief presentation by Mr. Lee Bycel. Lee is a Senior Advisor, Global Strategy for the International Medical Corps (IMC). In addition, he moderates a variety of seminars for The Aspen Institute and the Federal Executive Institute.

Thirdly, we will have a newsflash! Friends, we will be honored to be the first to receive the latest opinion polling results in Kenya. With the impending general elections the season for opinion polling is here and Rotarian George Waititu the Steadman Group Managing Director will present the latest results and believe me it is BREAKING NEWS and we will be privileged to access the news even before the other 30 million Kenyans...

Sergeant-at-Arms: Sally Gitoho/Sudesh Walia

The exhibition opens on September 16 and remains open for 2 weeks (Sep 30).

Sergeant-at-Arms: Stephen Kionga Kamau/Koome Mwambia

Reception: Rahemtulla Mohamedali/Hari Nathwani/Melanie Richard

There will be a Citi Hoppa bus at the Grand Regency car park from 11.45am. It will depart at about 12.15pm. Please keep time so that the bus can beat the lunchtime traffic jams. For those driving it would be good to leave your offices a little bit earlier too.

For those who will stay after the meeting, we will get a chance to take a game drive and after 4.00pm we can visit our feline friends, the cheetahs, at the orphanage. We are told this will be just after they have been fed and would be in a good mood to be petted by Rotarians.

See you all tomorrow for what promises to be a day like no other for our club. And remember the secret word at the toll gate....ROTARY!

Thereafter he will be our guest and here is an opportunity to have a candid chat with DG Tusu.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Anantha Krishnan/Donati Valter

Reception: Roland Ramamonjiarisoa/Francis Njiri /Dan Poenaru

Event: Dg Tusu will visit our club and attend our fellowship. There will be an opportunity to chat with him.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Darsi Lotay/Salim Fazal

Reception: Anna Ramamonjiarisoa/Mari Nelson/Rhoda Orengo

Guest Speaker: Hon. Martha Karua the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. With the current heightened political activity it will be great to hear from one of the central players.

And... just in case Hon. Karua is unable to make it - as Thursday is the cabinet's meeting day - we will have fellowship and are requesting if any member would be willing to sing eh... I hope our official musician (Rtn. Arthur Mattli) can use this opportunity to release his new single at the meeting...!

Sergeant-at-Arms: Gautama Basdev/SH Ghulam Hussain

Reception: Atia Yahya/George Waititu/Klarissa Wills-Lang

Speaker: Rtn. Robert Foulser. Robert is one of the leading management consultants and trainers in town and he will take us through a session on how to organize ourselves plus a time management exercise.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Jessica Kazina/Nani Croze

Reception: Gori Rita/Winkler Vickie/Elizabeth Maloba

Event: Today is Family and Friendship Day at our club - so let's fish out the important people in our lives and bring them to Rotary. Family includes spouses, children, friends, colleagues etc. There will be a surprise for them and the Sergeant At Arms is under strict instructions to heavily fine those without a guest...

Speaker: Ms. Njeri Rionge, Director of Wananchi Online. (Oh, and our good aptly named President....DHL has just whispered to me that an additional special guest may be delivered to the meeting... )

Sergeant-at-Arms: Mohammed Rahemtulla/Asif Kassam

Reception: Hinga Waiyaki/Magoha Barbara/David Wafula

Reception: Hussain Ghulam/James Mwangi/Rose Simber

Reception: Sudesh Walia/Kazina Jessica/Sauthier Ioulia

Guest speaker: Today our guest speaker is Prof. Edward Kairu the Executive Director of Maji na Ufanisi (Water & Development) and he will talk about what his organization is doing in regards to this precious liquid.

The Community Service Committee will be having a meeting after the fellowship and the Director Rtn. Mohamed Rahemtulla requests your kind attendance.

Additionally, the Vocational Service Committee headed by Rtn. Sally Gitoho will meet briefly to build up on last week's 9/11 meeting. She requests your attendance.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Elizabeth Maloba

Reception: Amar Kantaria/Salim Fazal/Shaiyah Halima

Guest Speaker: Our guest speaker is one of Kenya 's foremost diplomats. He was instrumental in the formation of the Somali Transition Government as Kenya 's Special Envoy for the Somalia Reconciliation Conference. He is the chair of the Eminent Persons of the Africa Peer Review Mechanism. He is the Chancellor of Egerton University among many other positions.

Still, his recent undertaking will be the subject of his topic. Ambassador Bethwel Kiplagat is the Chairman of the Committee of Eminent Persons on the Constitution Review Process. And that will be the subject of his topic. The Constitution.

So good people, once again, let's amass ourselves and hear the good envoy discourse about his experience on this contentious issue of our time.

Fellow Rotarians, our guest speaker this week is LDP leading luminary and presidential candidate Hon. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka. He will be speaking on the current political environment in Kenya. And yesterday's by-elections are not only a pointer on our political environment but fodder for his talk!

So, lets all attend in large numbers along with our friends, colleagues, et al and hear Hon. Musyoka.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Josephine Ojiambo/Atul Shah

Sergeant-at-Arms: Ashif Kassam/Charles Rogers

We reckon that the cold weather that has set in as is traditional for the month of July shall not dent the large turnout we are expecting tomorrow, and you all must make sure that you don't let us down. This is going to be an exciting year "the year of the cheetah" and we therefore look forward to both your enthusiasm and participation.

Sergeant-at-Arms: David Wafula/Anantha Krishnan

Dress Code: Sunday Best!

Featuring Exotic Dancers, Live Band, Comedians & Sumptuous Food by celebrated Connoisseur Chef Rudi

Programme:
07.00pm: Cocktails
07.45pm: Raffle
08.00pm: Movie starts

sergeant-at-Arms: Nick Hutchinson/Romy Madan

Agenda (EGM):

• Presentation and adoption of RCN accounts 2004/5, by Rtn. Valter Donati.
• Report and financial status of Aids Orphan Project, by Rtn. Dinesh Kapila.
• Report and financial status of the RCN Trust Fund (may be postponed)

Romy Madan, Club Secretary

Please do invite all of your friends and relatives to view this 40 minute show with English subtitles on how one of our very own Rotarians has set up one of the most unique enterprises on the continent.

Sergeant-At-Arms: Jessica Kazina

Read more about this Community Service project

Sergeant-At-Arms: Jonathan Campaigne/Carmelo Cocuzza

Speaker:

Mr. Maina Kiai, Chairman, Kenya National Commission of Human Rights (KNCHR)