There has been a noticeable change in recent months in where students on the valley road campus purchase their snacks and meals. Students now prefer Kenzip over the once-popular Sironi restaurant, which is a shell of what it once was.
Some of the reasons are that Kenzip has some unusual additions such as chicken wrappers, chicken pieces, and fresh juices. Its location is ideal for students because it is close to the freedom corner which has a good sitting area.
In the restaurant business, happy customers return and provide word of mouth to their friends. According to studies, restaurants that attract repeat business share six key characteristics; good food and service, consistency in both , diverse menu , a good price to value ratio, a pleasant ambience and cleanliness.
Food quality is also important from a business aspect. The standard of service you provide will shape your restaurant’s reputation and image in the community. Improving your menu can breathe new life into your business and bring in new, loyal consumers.
“A good cook understands your customers’ needs and works closely with the kitchen staff to guarantee that their dish is prepared just how they requested. Also the staff that engage with your customers should be courteous and have a positive attitude. The owner efficiently controls the business, increasing the likelihood that it can provide great food and service without interruption. We must manage our restaurant’s finances, keep accurate records, and stay up to date on legal requirements such as taxes and health inspections.”
When it comes to eateries, price is important. When choosing a place to have a meal, opt for one that offers good value for money. This option does not imply being cheap, but rather getting the best value for your money. You are satisfied with the results.
Israel Adesanya and Alex Volkanovski both retained their UFC titles with brilliant performances at UFC 276. The duo, who both train under Eugene Bareman and the City Kickboxing Gym, retained their Middleweight and Featherweight titles respectively.
Volkanovski put on a striking clinic against fierce rival Max Holloway, cementing his spot as the greatest featherweight in the world. He now has three wins over Holloway, none as magnificent and clear as the third one though. He left the fight almost flawless and seemed just to fast for a fast Holloway.
Volk now sits at the top of the featherweight rankings and having beat Holloway thrice, nothing seems to entice him more in that division. He has intentions to move up a division to lightweight and challenge for the title which is currently vacant. The Australian is on a slick twenty two fight wining streak and is yet to lose in the UFC after twelve fights. His MMA record is currently 25-1.
Israel Adesanya, popularly referred to as the last Stylebender stole the show as always in the UFC 276 main event. His walkout to WWE superstar and legend The Undertaker’s theme song was trending across the world on Sunday morning. He faced Jared Cannonier, who is one of the most powerful middleweights in the world. It was a challenge that Izzy brilliantly passed, making it out of the fight almost unscathed.
Even though he lost at his attempt to become champ-champ against Jan Blachowicz, Izzy still reigns supreme in the middleweight division. After the fight, he called out Alex Pereira, who has amazingly knocked Izzy out twice during his kick boxing career.
Pereira himself got a win on the same pay per view against Sean Strickland. That fight has got MMA fans drooling and they cannot wait.
The event was held in Valley Road campus on 10 June 2022 at DAC auditorium to interview and recruit more than 50 students/graduates for internships and jobs.
The event kicked off as from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Many students turned up in large numbers both from Athi and Valley Road campuses. Keynote speakers included Chinthana Thanthirige from Mas intimates, Rose Wanjohi from Royal Media Services, Cynthia Nabwire and Amaris Bii from Talent Soko, Phancy Maina from Brighter Monday and Christine Mweteeli from Soft Skills limited. They emphasized on students not just sitting in class and studying alone, but also learning other skills aside from what they are taught in class as well as participating in extra-curricular activities.
Nita Kihiro the acting placement and international relations officer was responsible for the event. During an interview with her, she had the following to say. “I am very happy with the turnout in today’s career fair. The other days we usually don’t have many students coming in for these kinds of events but today’s event has been a success. I hope that students continue coming in for the ones in the near future.”
Joel Mumo a communication student served in the placement committee in charge of public relations and branding. He was as well the master of ceremony and during an interview with him, he had the following to say, “the main focus for today’s event was to provide opportunities for students and to bridge the gap between the industry and the school for them not to struggle when it comes to getting internships or even jobs.”
Alice, an alumnus of DU, who also works with Brighter Monday spent the day beside her colleagues helping students correct their CVs and answering their questions. She advised students to obey rules and regulations since they help and prepare us for the future although we may not see it right now. She as well added and said the culture activated in school usually helps us in the organizations we join in future and most recommend students from Daystar.
“I have learnt a lot from this event and actually didn’t know there are professionals who review CVs,” a continuing student from Valley road campus said. “I learnt about this event from the school email and I urge other students to avail themselves when these opportunities arise,” she added.
The next event for this year will be held in early November and will be a Career fare mainly for the graduating class but everybody will be invited having their Curriculum Vitae’s along for them to be reviewed so that they can get jobs.
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) on Tuesday night held its 5th edition of the KUZA Broadcasting Awards. KUZA Awards is an initiative of the CAK to recognize and fete broadcasters across Kenya, who demonstrate excellence in their broadcasts in line with the regulatory requirements. The annual event seeks to reward responsible and responsive broadcasting as well as broadcasters who have demonstrated patriotism.
This year’s theme was Celebrating Excellence in Broadcasting. Daystar University’s own Shine FM radio proudly represented the school by winning the Compliance Award in the community radio category. All community radios in the country qualified to be in the pool but Shine FM emerged the top based on the monitoring of the broadcaster’s compliance with the regulatory requirements during the 2021/2022 Financial Year. In case you missed the magnitude of the competition Shine FM faced, there are twenty-four community radios in the country.
After a one on one with the elated station’s manager, Chris Avram Waweru, he said that this national recognition has set a cornerstone of brilliance for Shine FM. He continued to say that this doesn’t provoke possible adjustments in running the station but it guides and sets the pace at which the station should always be run.
“I would like to say thank you to the CAK team for the award. I would also like to recognize the Shine FM team for their hard work & dedication. This wouldn’t have been possible without them. We are elated and motivated, to say the least. More is coming from Shine FM especially as we rebrand”, Chris Avram said.
The Awards that started in 2018, enable consumer participation and encourage the use of the broadcasting platform for socio-economic development. It has three categories; the Regulatory Compliance Awards, Collaborative Awards and People’s Choice Awards where the audience gets to vote for their favourite radio and television stations.
Amongst other winners were, Citizen TV for the favourite free-to-air TV in Kenya and Radio Maisha, for the favourite radio station in Kenya.
The Daystar University Students Association Congress held its first sitting at the Main Campus, Athi River, on 26 May 2022, three months after they were elected. Their first sitting comes three months earlier than the 2021/2022 Congress’s first sitting, which was held on July 28, 2021.
The Associate Dean, Madam Susan Mbotto, DUSA President Walter Nalwa, Secretary-General Desmond Wyne, the Daystar Christian Fellowship (DCF) James Mburu, and Congress members were present for the sitting.
The DUSA President Walter Nalwa urged the Congress to work hand in hand with the DUSA Council to serve the students, “To serve students effectively, we need to work together. Listen to understand, and communication should be effective between the two arms. “
The main agendas of the sitting were the introduction of the Congress Members to one another, calling the house to order, coming up with a calendar of events for the Congress to aid in the budget proposal, which was captured in the first session, and consultations on the DUSA Congress Budget which will cover the DUSA Constitution Review Process which was discussed in the second session.
When addressing the house, the DUSA Congress Speaker, Evans Owino, urged the Congress members to start serving as they were elected to do so, “Politics are over, and now it is time to work. As we come up with our calendar of events, as congress members, you should also come up with a calendar of events for your respective schools. ”
From left: The DUSA Secretary-General Desmond Mwyne, The Sergeant at Arms Matty Odiwuor, The Deputy Speakers Flavian Muthaura and Charkouth Ding, The Congress Speaker Evans Owino, The Congress Clerks Brian Nyongesa and Oliver Tambo pose for a photo after the Congress Siting First Session.
“Most offices in the school administration requested a new document of the DUSA Constitution to provide answers to the loopholes in the current DUSA Constitution. This is why we need a Constitution Review. We want a constitution that is student-centered, “said Evans.
He went on to add that this will help outline how to go about key electoral issues, especially after what happened between the just concluded elections last semester.
“We need to understand the procedure, have the committee in place, and give them a timeline to enable us to meet our goal, “commented Congress Woman School of Arts and Social Sciences Sharon Odoyo.
The Constitution Review Process will include public participation where students will be involved, and their opinions will be considered in the review. This will then be followed by popular voting.
“Most of us are not in touch with the current constitution, and we need to go through it and understand it. This will help us know why we need the constitution review. With this, we will be able to help students easily and make our leadership easy. Understanding the process is crucial, “said the Deputy Speaker Flavian Muthaura representing the School of Applied Human Sciences.
The speaker read the procedure of a constitution review to the Congress Members as stipulated in the current DUSA Constitution.
Presented with a dilemma of when to set the Congress DUSA budget since, as stipulated in the current DUSA Constitution, a special sitting communication is to be communicated seven days before the sitting and the needed to come up with a budget to forward to the DUSA treasurer before 1 June 2022, opened the house for suggestions from the Congress Members.
“Let us read the constitution first and understand it before we come up with the budget since we need the committee to allocate funds to facilitate the review. This will help us know how many people we need in the committee,” said Congress Man School of Science Eugene Okanda.
After a discussion, the congress members agreed to have an online meeting on 28 May to discuss further the budget and constitution review for them to meet the 1 June 2022 deadline for submitting the Congress Budget.
Secretary-General Desmond urged the Congress Members to work in unity with the DUSA Council and to ensure respect is maintained among them.
The speaker adjourned the sitting with the next one yet to be scheduled.
The Daystar Rugby Falcons finally won promotion into the KRU Championship after a 22-o shutout of Mombasa RFC in their national semi final. Mombasa RFC, who are the Coastal champions, found it very hard to score against the determined Falcons. The determination most likely emanated from last year’s semi final loss to Shamas which denied them promotion.
Coming into the match, the Falcons had gone through a tough Bungoma RFC in what seemed like their hardest match of the season, thus had to train hard for Mombasa as many expected much of the same from them. There was tangible anxiety and intensity amongst the fans as the match began. At the end of the first half, the Falcons led 11-0 after the captain John Oliele put away a penalty and dropgoal. His points were supplemented by a try from Eric Miheso to close out the first half.
In the second half, John Oliele put away another penalty and dropgoal before Joshua Ngomeli scored the final try to close out the game. The Falcons will now face Zetech in the final with both team already qualified for the championship.
The championship is the second tier in the KRU League set up and it consists of twelve teams. The Falcons will now be a step closer to the top tier which is the Kenya Cup.
The poster for the Inaugural Daystar City Tournament. photo courtesy : @daystarcitycf on Instagram
The Inaugural Daystar City tournament was successfully staged at Public Service Club on Saturday 9th of April through the office of outgoing Campus Secretary Nairobi, Brian Achoka. The tournament, which aims to create funds to support players through their studies in Daystar saw twenty teams register to play.
The teams were pooled into two groups, A and B, with each team playing four matches. The opening match of the tournament was an exciting one as Kifo Cha Mende FC took on Makwapa Machafu FC. It set the tone for the rest of the day as the level of intensity of the match was very high even though it ended in a draw.
The tournament had a couple of teams from both Daystar City and Daystar Falcons namely Pioneer, Corinthians, Kifo Cha Mende, Makwapa Machafu, Game of Stones and City Legends. Only Makwapa Machafu advanced to the quarterfinals from the six teams, just showing how tough the registered teams were.
In the quarters, favourites Interdjinamory cruised past Medellin as Zone 2 managed to edge Foreign 9 on penalties. CPF managed to get past Badboys FC while Makwapa Machafu also edged Outlook FC on penalties setting up a semi final tie against Zone 2. The other semi final saw CPF meet Interdjinamory where the latter managed to ease past the former with two goals in regular time. Zone 2 beat Makwapa Machafu on penalties with Daystar student Marvin Kowero getting the winning penalty. Makwapa Machafu lost out 2-0 in the third place play-off to CPF meaning they finished fourth.
The final saw Zone 2 defeat Interdjinamory 1- 0 to see them crowned the first ever winners of the Daystar City tournament. They took home fifteen thousand Kenyan Shillings and a trophy from the tournament sponsors AA.
Volkanovski lands a punch on The Korean Zombie during their UFC 273 bout Photo courtesy : UFC KOREA instagram page
Reigning UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski defended his title in a one sided battle against the Korean Zombie. Volkanovski, who looked faster than ever on the feet, managed to win after a round four stoppage by the referee. Many at the arena seemed to back the Korean Zombie but it was not to be his day as Volkanovski put on a clinic. The win became Volkanovski’s third title defence and with the shape he was in, he seems to have more defences to come.
The co-main event saw Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling renew their rivalry. The two had met at UFC 259 in a fight which ended controversially after an illegal strike by Yan. Though Yan was very dominant in the first fight, things were different this time as Aljo showed heart and managed to completely dominate two rounds. Aljo used his wrestling and grappling skills to ensure he got the win. Without any controversy in the fight, the win means that Aljo is the undisputed UFC Bantamweight champion.
Gilbert Burns and Khamzat Chimaev put up an instant classic in the fight before the co-main event. Many had wondered how lowly Chimaev would do against the number two ranked burns and he surely held his own. Both fighters landed punches that dropped the other and showed heart to go the distance in what was the fight of the night. at the end, Chimaev won the bout by unanimous decision but that takes nothing away from Burns’ perfromance. The fight could probably even win fight of the year!
With the upsets and shocks experienced at UFC 273, it becomes one of the best events of the year thus far.
Daystar Students in Athi River Campus turn up in large numbers to vote at the PAC.
Electoral Commission Daystar clerk makrking a students finger to indicate that she has voted. Photo courtesy of Phicol KimutaiA student confirming her details before proceeding to vote. Photo courtesy of Phicol Kimutai
The following photos show students exercising their democratic right. Photos Courtesy of Gabriel Amani.
The DUSA congress elections were held on Wednesday 6April 2022 in Athi River Campus at the PAC and Nairobi Campus outside the DAC.
The elections exercise kicked off as from 8:40am to 5:00pm at the Athi river campus.
A student ID was required for students to participate in the exercise and only students who are in session for the January semester were allowed to vote. This was a challenge considering the ECD had a list that only had students registered for this semester and some who wanted to vote did not find their names on the list form the University Registrar.
During an interview with the Electoral Commission of Daystar (ECD) Chief Executive Officer Peter Sidika had the following to say; “The election process started off very well with a good turn up to exercise the voting right including students who have completed their hours but not yet graduated, in addition students are supposed to vote from their various campuses in order to avoid students voting twice.”
He went ahead to add that the rule of having only students registered for January semester voting was equivalent to the one where the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) , uses where they only need Kenyans registered as voters to vote. Students were allowed to vote from their respective campuses to avoid confusion.
A student casting their vote. Photo courtesy of Phicol Kimutai
The turn out from students in different schools was in large numbers.
According to Immaculate Chebet, the Vice chairperson ECD said that the voter turnout was good. “Students started coming to vote as soon as they finished classes with others turning up as early as from 8:40 am. The counting will take place in the presence of all ECD officials and each aspirant having their representatives then results will be approved after counting,’’ said Immaculate.
Some members of the Electoral Commission Daystar at the PAC . Photo courtesy of Phicol Kimutai
Counting of votes for Athi river campus was done at the senate room as from 5:00pm. Students and representatives of the aspirants were present to assure the aspirants the counting was fair.
The counting process was done at DAC in Nairobi Campus.
Speaking to a sample of 15 random students, Involvement Newspaper gathered the following, 3 students stated they would not participate in the election process since they felt there were no competent leaders, and their preferred candidates did not make it past the vetting level. The remaining 12 said they had fully participated in the voting process.
The DUSA council elections will be held on 7April at the Nairobi Campus. The elected Congress members will elect the DUSA council, with results being announced on the same day.
