Kisii County Governor James Ongwae has written a letter to the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), asking to be given reasons as to why they did not release results for three schools in the county source: Kisii county Speaking to the press, Ongwae said that he wanted investigations done on the matter, adding that the act of cancellation of examination is so much demoralizing to parents of Kisii County and to the students as well. “As the governor of this county, I want to ask them to conduct serious investigations and indicate what the causes for the cancellation are,” he said. He said that the students are affected, yet the county is not even aware of what the problem is, adding that it is completely unacceptable to the county. “The students performed well but they have not received any results. We have always had this very case with Kisii School each time they perform well, their result is either withheld or cancelled,” he said. The Governor said that he hopes the ...

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Oprah's about $300 million short Oprah Winfrey is no longer the world’s richest black woman. That distinction  now belongs  to Nigerian oil baroness and fashionista Folorunsho Alakija. Folorunsho Alakija attends a fashion show in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 27, 2012 Bennett Raglin—Getty Images Alakija is worth at least $3.3 billion — about $300 million more  than American television personality Oprah —  Ventures Africa  reports. The 62-year-old started her career as a secretary at the erstwhile Merchant Bank of Nigeria, but moved to England in the early 1980s to study fashion design. She then returned to her native country and set up a high-end label called Supreme Stitches. Although she amassed some wealth from the label, a significant proportion of Alakija’s fortune comes from an oil-exploration license granted to her company Famfa Ltd. in 1993. The 617,000-acre oil block would go on to become the highly lucrative OML 127, in which Alakija’s family ...

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