Pamela Jelimo 800m

Pamela Jelimo is anothe Kenya with high hopes of wining a gold medal in the London Olympic 2012.
Jelimo was born on  5th  December 1989 she won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot. She holds both the 800 m world junior record and the senior African record over the same distance. Jelimo is also one of the youngest women to win an Olympic gold medal for Kenya.

She won that 800 m Olympic gold when she was only 18 years old.

Pamela Jelimo Olympc Beinjing Olympic champion

She made her breakthrough at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics at the age of 18years. Her time, 1:58.70, was a new national junior record.

On 25 May 2008 she won 800 metres at the Hengelo Grand Prix event and set a new Junior World Record of 1:55.76. The previous record was 1:57.18 set by Yuan Wang of China in 1993. It was also a new Kenyan record, Janeth Jepkosgei held the previously one at 1:56.04 which she set in 2007.
On 1 June 2008 she ran an impressive 800 m race in Berlin and won the ISTAF Golden League in 1:54.99, a new African record. The previous African record 1:55.19 was set by Maria Mutola in 1994.
On 18 July 2008 she lowered  the record slightly to 1:54.97 in Paris. It was also her fourth consecutive win in ÅF Golden League, where she was one of only two remaining jackpot contenders.
On 18 August 2008 Jelimo won gold in the 800 metres at the Beijing Olympics. Her time was 1:54.87, again a record. She became the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
She continued her unbeaten streak by winning the Weltklasse Golden League meeting in Zurich on 29 August 2008 improving her personal best to 1:54.01. This is the third fastest performance ever, behind Nadezhda Olizarenko and the world record of Jarmila Kratochvílová. At the Memorial van Damme competition in Brussels, the ÅF Golden League final, Jelimo won the 800 metres with a time of 1:55.16.
As the only athlete to win the same event at all six Golden League meetings, she won the competition's jackpot of $1,000,000.
She is the first Kenyan to win Golden League jackpot.
She crowned her unbeaten season by winning her race at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. After the event she returned to Kenya for the first time since the Olympic trials and was welcomed by major festivities. On 18 September 2008 in Kapsabet Town, she was rewarded with a street – Pamela Jelimo Street – .

David Lekuta Rudisha

David Lekuta Rudisha is Kenya main hope of wining the gold medal at the London Olympic 2012, he qualified from a very competative filed at nyayo stadium with a time of 1:41.54

David Rudisha,world record holder 800m

Born in Kilgoris, Trans Mara District, Rudisha went to St. Francis, Kimuron Secondary School in Iten, Keiyo District, which is known for nurturing several top runners including Wilson Kipketer the previous 800 m world record holder. 

Rudisha competed at the 2009 World Athletics Championships, reaching the 800 metres semifinals. In September 2009, Rudisha won the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Rieti, Italy, posting a new African record of 1:42.01, beating the 25-year old record of 1:42.28 set by compatriot Sammy Koskei. That effort put him in fourth place on the all-time list.In the 2010 IAAF Diamond League, he took on Abubaker Kaki of Sudan at the Bislett Games in June. He defeated Sebastian Coe's 31-year-old meet record with a run of 1:42.04, giving him another place in the top-ten fastest ever 800 m  On 10 July 2010, Rudisha ran the 800 m in 1:41.51 at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium; this new personal record placed him at number two all-time in the world for the 800 m.
Rudisha currently holds the world record for the 800 m. He broke the record at the ISTAF IAAF World Challenge meet in Berlin on 22 August 2010, with a time of 1:41.09.The previous record, held by Kenyan-born Danish Citizen runner Wilson Kipketer, had stood since 1997; Rudisha broke the record by 0.02 seconds. Rudisha claimed that it had been his "first real attempt" at breaking the record, and that he was capable of improving the time. This was proven one week later when he set a new WR of 1:41.01 in Rieti, Italy. In November 2010, at the age of 21, he became the youngest ever athlete to win the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award.

Potters' area

Potters' area, a photo by Peter M Njoroge on Flickr.

Along Ngong road in Nairobi, near the world famous Ngong Race Course -There are some young men with an amazing talent of making clay pots. These pots can be used for many activities, the most common one being for keeping flowers, within a residential compound or inside the house.
The beauty of those pots is enhanced by the fact the they are made from red clay.

Nairobi river

Nairobi river, a set on Flickr.

This is my way to remember you Sir, what you did will for ever be remembered by all Nairobi river friends, Bye Bye RIP Hon John Njoroge Michuki.

Kihoto IDP Camp-Gilgil

Kihoto IDP Camp-Gilgil, a set on Flickr.

During the post election violence of 2007 in Kenya thousand of people were displaced from their homes. Kihoto IDP camp is one of these camps, its situated near Gilgil along Nairobi -Naivasha road.
I visited the camp and these pictures tell what and how these Kenyans live. Its pity that some Kenyan are living like kings while others cannot afford a meal or a shower, am ashamed of this great African nation.
Hope one day something will happen and this will just be remembered in history.

Engine

Engine, a photo by Peter M Njoroge on Flickr.

In every Christmas families living in towns have a very special urge of wanting to visit their families in rural areas, this makes every family that owns a car to service it(if he cares) and those who do not own, some usually hare vehicles.
I work in Nairobi and God has blessed me with my lovely Nissan B12 manual, as from December 0112.2011, i started checking and serving areas that i know needed re-check.Area of concerns were engine oil, brakes, cooling system, tyres, gear oil, electrical, etc.
On 23/12/2011, at 09.30am, i woke up and checked again for engine oil, water for colling and brake fluid, i also checked headlights which i confirmed were all working.I parked some few things that i needed on the way, i also took my tool box and kept it safe inside the boot.
I passed through a gas station and made sure i had enough fuel to reach me Elburgon, about 200kms away.At the gas station i also checked the tyre pressure, and after confirming that all was good i sent off on my journey.
|I passed through Naivasha and i got curios after i noted a third car with it's hood opened and the driver trying to fix something. By the time i reached Gilgil, about 100 from Nairobi i had seen not less that eight vehicles with drivers trying to fix them along the road.
I was disturbed at Njoro (about 183Kms), when i saw a young lady driver with two young children
stacked with a open bonnet, she was trying to call someone on her cellphone and she looked worked up.
I reversed and decided to ask her what was the problem, the time was now around 03.00hrs GMT, she told me she re-filled gas at a fuel station in Nakuru and asked the pump attendant to check for her water.
After about 15kms she noted the temperature gauge rising up,unfortunately she did not stop or go back to the fuelling station to check what happened, but she proceeded on until she had some fumes coming from the bonnet.
As a trained mechanic, i asked to restart the engine so that the engine will maintain the temperature and to avoid damaging the cylinder head and burning the gasket.
Slowly by slowly i showed her how to control just a situation by adding little by little water water at a time. The whole recovery oparation to cool the engine took me about two and half hours, by now the time was approaching 06.30hrs and good enough the lady was going the same way as me towards Elburgon.
She begged me to trail her behind along the road just in case, but i assured everything was OK, i even give her my cellphone number just in case of anything as she was heading towards Molo while my journey was ending at Elburgon.
To date i have not hard from her which i assume that she had no problem.
Am back in Nairobi and today(09/01/2012), i witnessed a very ignorant driver or maybe he did not know what he was doing, this caused me to write this blog on drivers and vehicles.
Today as i was going to my place of work, i saw a car parked at a petrol station along Kimathi street, a pump attendant was refuelling while the driver was at the hood, he was holding the bonnet with one hand and i think i saw the other hand was at radiator cap. I thought he was just checking if it was properly tighted, BUT La's... i herd a bang and when i looked back i saw the guy running away and boiling water with steam was been blown out from the cars radiator.
I thought of going away, but another thing told me no, i went back and talked to the guy/driver how he was damaging his car engine by releasing the water and temperature from the engine, i asked him to put back the radiator cap and re-start the engine, and refill the spilled water slowly by slowly.
Am saying this to all vehicle owners and drivers, please NEVER EVER OPEN THE RADIATOR CAP WHILE THE ENGINE HAS BEEN RUINING OR HOT, not only will you burn your self but the main thing is that you will damage the cylinder head and burn the gasket, which in turn you will need thousands of shilling to repair, while you needed water and the collect procedure to re-fill the radiator and all would be fine.
Remember an engine and its component is all metals, and every metals expands while on heat,so when you open the radiator cap, you make the hot water that controls the engine temperature to escape, this in turn makes the cylinder head which is made of soft metal(mostly iron cast), to cool down an even, when this happens, you will find water and engine oil mixing due to uneven contact between the cylinder head and engine block.
So my dear drivers. never open an hot engine or add water using the radiator cap,usually you will find a water reserviour near the radiator that you are supposed to re-fii to a mark on the side, do not fill this reserviour to the neck, NO its wrong as when the water will expand after boiling inside the engine ,it will find no where to go, yet this tank is meant for that job.
I hope this small tip on radiator re-filling will help you and your car

BBC Wazir Khamsin

BBC Wazir Khamsin, a photo by Peter M Njoroge on Flickr.

Wazir Khamsin is one of few journalists master of Kiswahili language in Kenya, his efforts were noted by "Wasta Kituo cha Kiswahili" based in Ngong Nairobi and he was awarded a certificate on 07/10/2011 for the good effort in developing Kiswahili language.
All the best.