Meet Kenya’s youngest MP- Kinoti Gatobu.

Buuri MP- Honourable Kinoti Gatobu’s story is extraordinarily inspiring. Without paid employment he has, at 26 years, become Kenya’s youngest MP.  Although a top student and achiever in whatever he has tried, he chose to be a modern day missionary in his Buuri constituency- a constituency in the Upper Eastern region. He has been a volunteer teacher in local primary and secondary schools.

He has raised thousands of books for more than 60 primary schools, which have benefitted thousands of pupils. He has started village ICT training centres for many who had never seen a computer.
This young man has achieved more than any Kenyan politician has done at this tender age despite his very humble background. His grandfather was a squatter. His father, Moses Gatobu, a secondary school teacher, went to a simple high school (Miathene) in Meru; and his mother, Agnes Kinya Gatobu, joined a diploma teacher training college after giving birth to Kinoti, leaving him in the care of his Aunt, Gladys Njiiru.
He is everything you like to see in a leader; youthful, humble, selfless, determined, pro-people, visionary. He is true testimony to the youth and those not endowed with money, that it is possible to make it as a politician; he will inspire many to go for political office.

Many thanks to the voters of Buuri and his hard working campaign committee for appreciating him as the great blessing that he is to them, Meru and Kenya. Thanks also to those media houses that told his

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Business Devt Executive Job Openings

Sales Marketing Jobs in Kenya 2013

Job Description    
Designation: Business Development Executive
Reports To: Commercial Manager

Overall Objective of this Position:
Generate and develop of both in bound and out bound new business opportunities.

Duties/Responsibilities
1.    To develop new business relationships, generate and negotiate new income for PHBI to an agreed
monthly target.
2.    To represent PHBI to potential clients through direct communication, in face to face meetings, telephone calls, emails and presentations.
3.    To actively and successfully manage the sales generation process: lead generation; credentials pitch; asking questions; solution pitch; negotiation; close; handover to the account management team
4.    Act as a representative of PHBI in marketing events and tradeshows.
5.    To create and account for all client proposals, contracts and any further documentation, following PHBI procedure and in consultation with the Institute Marketing Consultant.
6.     Respond to client inquiries and requests for information in a timely manner

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5 Ways to Find the Right Career.

For many professionals, it reaches a time in their lives when they feel they are no longer moving in their careers. It becomes dreary to wake up in the morning and go to the same desk or factory floor. So, here’s how you can revitalize a career which is headed downhill.

1. Research the future of your Profession.
The first and perhaps most important step that all workers should take right now is to begin researching trends in their industry.
"Many employees don't realize that industry downsizing will affect their jobs until it's too late. But in this Kenyan economy, you should be on the lookout for telltale signs,". "One key question to ask yourself is if there have been major layoffs or consolidations in companies similar to yours."
Not only is this a good way to forecast your job security, it could give you clues about the next big thing in your industry or a related profession so you can begin searching for opportunities there.

2. Focus on Your Skill, Not Your Industry
If you find out your industry is in trouble, it doesn't mean you need to spend a lot of money going back to school. Instead, focus on what you are particularly good at and see where you can apply the skills you have already learned.
"The people who do best in a difficult workforce are the most flexible, so focus on where you're flexible. Even if you are in a dying field, you can use certain skills within the dying profession to apply for jobs in other

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