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PART2: MALAWI'S PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA DIES, BUT HOW DO WE TELL THE PEOPLE? THEN THE DRAMA STARTED. It could make for a blockbuster Nollywood movie: "The Death of a President" The body of the president was then covered in linen, moved to a side room and hooked to a ventilator to give the false impression that he was still alive. A South African air ambulance was summoned and arrived in Malawi at 8pm, but the air ambulance doctor said they were not taking the body to South Africa. He explained that they had came thinking that they were evacuating a patient, which was clearly not the case. Still, around 9 pm they moved Bingu's body to the airport and loaded it onto the plane but the pilots refused to fly because they did not have clearance to fly a dead person. They refused to fly a dead body out of Malawi until they were given express authorisation and clearance. So the pilots demanded that the body be taken off their plane. The air ambulance medical personnel al...

PART1: MALAWI'S PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA DIES, APRIL 2012:  MOVIE LIKE HAPPENINGS-, POWER PLAY, PILOTS, SOUTH AFRICA, A BROTHER, - THE PREDICAMENT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT!    Credits: Idriss A Nassah THURSDAY, 5 APRIL 2012 the scenes unfold, get your cup of coffee fam, its about to go down. Bingu wa Mutharika, was fine at the beginning of the day on Thursday, 5th April 2012. He had his breakfast with the First Lady as usual. While in the office, he attended to some few telephone calls and started meeting some of the people who had appointments with him that morning Then, around 11:10 am the president collapsed in the audience room while having audience with a Member of Parliament from his party at the State House in Lilongwe. Pandemonium then ensued: He was immediately carried to his office but at that point the he could neither speak nor respond & was breathing with difficulties. State House only had first aid kits, did not have facilities intended for the medical ca...

In the early hours of a night in 1987, one of Africa’s youngest leaders, President Thomas Sankara, was murdered and quietly and quickly buried in a shallow grave. He was only 37 years old.  But first who is Thomas Sankara?  Born Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara on 21 December 1949 in Yako French Upper Volta. He was the third of ten children to Joseph and Marguerite Sankara.  In his teens, the bright Sankara an excellent student in mathematics and French defied his parents' wish to become a catholic priest and opted for the military that was very popular at the time.  So, at age 17, he took the military entrance exams, passed, and joined the Kadiogo military academy. He met Adama Touré, the academy's director who taught history and geography and was known for having progressive ideas. Adama Toure invited a few of his brightest and more political students, among them Sankara, to join informal discussions about imperialism, neocolonialism, socialism, and communism, the Sovie...

CAVINA SCHOOL: This is a British Christian Preparatory School located in Nairobi, Kenya for children aged three to thirteen years of all nationalities and backgrounds. In this school, Christian Truth provides the foundation upon which the school stands and becoming an integral part of each child’s daily experience. SCHOOL DIVISION: The school is divided into four main sections, • Pre-prep Unit, • Junior School, • Middle School, • Senior School. THE SCHOOL VALUES DISCIPLINE: Many schools are unleashing upon society a generation of young people who are unable to discipline themselves because they have never been trained correctly at school. Cavina school seeks to correct this, according to them, since it has a biblical foundation, they we believe that character is strengthened through discipline, not reason. They promise to provide an environment that will make you child happy, pleasant, self-motivated and well behaved because s/he will develop within an ordered, disciplined and loving e...

  BROOKHOUSE SCHOOL: is one of the top elite learning institutions in Africa and belongs to kids whose parents have serious financial muscle or on scholarship. To show how serious the institution is, they imported a rare type of wood from Holland to construct a log house consisting six classrooms, a multi-purpose hall and several administrative offices.   This is the only school in East Africa to be invited to join the prestigious  G-30   schools  group, Brookhouse Karen Campus caters for the professional, business and diplomatic communities of the region. THE ALUMNI: You want to know the Brookhouse Alumni? Brookhouse alumni have gone on to achieve prominance in many fields of endeavours, including The Arts, media and communications, law, medicine, engaging in politics and roles in public service such as Musician: Kagwe Mungai, Member of the East African Legislative Assembly : Kennedy Kalonzo (Former VP Kalonzo Musyoka's son), Media Personality: Janet Mbu...

THE iPROMISE SCHOOL - An initiative that I so love! I am doing a review of this school because I find it very unique and as a parent you are going to love it iPromise school, is one you would want your kid who struggles academically to attend. It focuses on kids with difficulties in reading, mathematics and other essential academic areas. The school in based in Akron, Ohio  Basketball legend, LeBron James opened this school with an idea to have it dedicated to those students who are already falling behind and in danger of falling through the cracks.  All the students attending the school are under-performing in reading, mathematics and other essential academic areas. The curriculum is STEM-based and will educate the kids through hands-on approach. Knowing LeBron James here is some great facts about the School. 1. Every kid at the school gets a free bicycle and helmet, because LeBron says his own childhood bike helped him get out of dangerous neighborhoods and explore his city ...

THE 600-YEAR-OLD BRITISH DURHAM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: Opens doors in Africa, Kenya to be specific! In search of quality Early Years Foundation education for your kids? One of the world's oldest schools the prestigious Durham School has announced they are making entry into Africa through its first African Campus in Kenya. Durham School is over 600 years old and was home to top distinguished personalities in different fields such as Sir Peter Vardy Chairman Vardy Group plc, Sir Robert Owen UK High Court Judge, Sir Donald Limon Clerk to the House of Commons, and Peter Lodge Transplant Surgeon. The school that was first founded in 1414, and later re-founded by King Henry VIII of England in 1541, will begin operations in January 2021 and will offer the British curriculum starting with nursery and prep-school for ages two to six Welcoming the announcement, British High Commissioner to Kenya, Jane Marriott says, “As a former student of History at Durham University, I am delighted Durham w...