Muthaiga Country Club Magazine Jan-Mar 2020

The M u tha i g a Country Club M agazi n e

January – March 2020

Front Cover Photo Detail of painting

by Mary Collis entitled ‘Pink Petals in Pots.’

Oil on Canvas.

Pinks’ Art Corner (see Page 6)

C o nten ts

page 6

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Letter from the Chairman

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Letter from the Secretary

page 3

Membership Matters

page 4

Balloting Report & Finance Report

page 5

Roving Eye

page 6

House Wines & Messing

page 7

Staff News

page 17

page 14

page 8 Events page 10

Forthcoming Events Chart

page 11

Muthaiga Sports Round-Up

page 14

Prohibition Party

page 16

Members’ Honours

page 18

Members’ Achievements

page 20

Opera & Ballet

page 21

Library Book Reviews

page 22

A Life in the Day of Bob Munro

page 16

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page 18

page 24 MCC Christmas Draw Prize Winners 2019 page 26 page 9

Bird Quiz

pages 22 & 23

page 27 Obituaries The Muthaiga Country Club Magazine is published by MCC for Members Editor - Yoyo Volak Magazine Production - Matthew Rudd, Lucy Muregi, Diana Waithaka, Eunice Mulwa, Yvonne Magambo. Vincent Ford, Martin Musyoka.

Contributors – Stephen Mills, Julia Lawrence, Peter Usher, Edita Camm, Colleen Outram & Julie Church.

Design & Layout by Shelleys the Printers.

Printed by Graphite Lounge.

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From the Chairman Greetings to all Members and Happy New Year!

After a very busy autumn at the Club and I am delighted to report that we have refurbished some further rooms in the West Wing, which are now ready for use.

I am pleased to announce that we have refurbished the former Reading Room, next to the Members’ Bar. The colour of the room is green and so in true Muthaiga fashion we have called it “The Green Room”!

It has been upgraded and converted into a dedicated meetings room with in-built screen and projector for conferencing. Further refurbishment is planned in other areas and we will keep you informed.

Usage of the formal Club Dining Room and the Private Dining Rooms has increased very positively latterly, nevertheless, I encourage more people to come and enjoy the use of them. I regularly dine there myself and I particularly like the new shorter menus.

The recent AGM went off very well, thank you to all those that attended. A huge expression of gratitude for Committee Members who have stood down after so many years of the most loyal service to the Club - the indefatigable Gail Paul and the irreplaceable David Stogdale. I’d also like to extend a very warm welcome to Daniel Ndonye as a new Committee Member.

Let us not forget the record-breaking Christmas Draw, what a turn out! Thank you, particularly to Richard Markham, who was the MC for the event and entertained the troops royally, to the Draw organising Committee headed by Yoyo Volak and to the incredibly generous prize donors, and particularly to Qatar Airways who donated the spectacular top prize of two Business Class tickets to anywhere in the world.

Looking forward, we have some wonderful entertainments on offer in the coming months, including the Valentine’s Ball; a Mardi Gras themed party and the Nairobi Brass Quartet. Details will be provided by the Secretariat as well as information on the many other events and functions.

The Interim Secretary has added a lot of dash to everything around the Club, for which we are most grateful. There are fantastic new Spa facilities, to be launched shortly. Christian sees big growth areas in all we have to offer, but particularly in the use of our sports facilities and let me just remind you what sports we do offer; tennis, squash, snooker, gymnasium, spa, swimming pool and bowling (the best green in the country!)

Finally, I am sorry to report that we have lost several old friends and long-standing Members recently, including Stewart Vetch who also served as the Club Secretary from 2006 to 2012. During his tenure here he was very instrumental in the creation of Pinks, the Business Room and the Fitness Centre. He passed away on Christmas Day. We also say farewell to Allan Njoroge Ngugi, Berit Hollister, who was 100 years old, and to Gordon Bell, Gillie Kennedy, the Hon. Dr. Charles Wanyoike Rubia and Dr Vera Somen, among others.

We thank them all for their many years of loyal Membership and we send our sincerest condolences to their families.

Hoping you all enjoyed a very happy festive season, I now wish you all a very prosperous and peaceful New Year.

Philip Coulson, MCC Chairman www.mcc.co.ke

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From the Secretary Dear Members Firstly, I wish all of you a wonderful 2020 filled with success, health and happiness for you and your loved ones.

As the saying goes, “if you do what you love, time flies” and time has indeed flown since I took over in August 2019.

133 days later, I am happy to say: I loved every single day. And the reason for it is threefold: Firstly, you as Members have been incredibly welcoming, supportive and trusting towards me and I would like to thank you for that.

Secondly, my team of 262 members of staff have been tremendously motivated and hard-working.

Thirdly, and most importantly, we achieved a lot in the past 133 days and made good progress across my Top 10 priorities with the aim of making our wonderful Club even more wonderful.

One of our Club’s most amazing characteristics is how highly identified, caring and interested all Members are in our Club, hence this time, I would like to share with you the developments across all of my Top10 including what to expect in 2020.

1. HR – our team: We have focused on committing and living a shared MCC vision, mission and values (IBEST namely Integrity, Belonging, Excellence, Stewardship, Teamwork) and cemented it with the creation of the “IBEST Employee-of-theMonth” Awards and the monthly “Genius Idea” Awards to tap the wonderful potential of our team to improve our Club.

2. SOPs – Standard Operating Procedures: We have reviewed, amended and introduced new SOPs across the entire MCC Member-journey from security at the gate to Clubhouse dining, Pinks, Events and Gym with the aim to improve your experience at each touchpoint. With these clear SOPs and corresponding reports, we can now measure performance and quality better, make every team member accountable and offer you better service.

3. Service & People: Since November 2019 - our team asks you to rate and comment on the service you received from them at each Point-of-Sale (Pinks, Clubhouse, etc.) We also conducted various surveys, which have shown us shortcomings and areas for improvement. Thank you all for your support, we are now systematically addressing all issues raised with more and specific training and processes to make our team better and improve service and products.

4. Offerings: We have introduced a series of new products and services ranging from offering you breakfast at the Clubhouse from 5am as well as room-service orders till midnight to cater for late arrivals. We have introduced a healthy alternative menu at Pinks which includes non-dairy, gluten-free and vegan options, as well as Protein Shakes and Kombucha. Please come and try them!

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5. CRM - Customer Relationship Management: The better we know what you like and dislike, the better we can serve you hence we are constantly improving our databases to provide you with information on products and services that matter to you. It is a process, so kindly accept our sincere apologies in case we have accidentally “swamped” you with too much information, texts or emails. We will be getting better swiftly.

6. Members: We are delighted to see more Members have been coming back to the Club, enjoying our events and using our facilities in record numbers over the past months. The highlight was Christmas Day Lunch 2019, which became not only the most successful day in terms of sales in the 107-year history of Muthaiga Country Club, but also the best attended Christmas event in the whole of Nairobi! I'd like to thank the Members who have volunteered to join our newly launched Family Committee as well as the Sports Committee task forces which aim to improve our Club’s offerings for families, children, teenagers and sports enthusiasts.

7. Rooms: We now have all 22 West Wing rooms beautifully refurbished to 5 star-standard, so please bring your friends, family or business partners to stay in them. And remember, you do not have to stay with your guests at the Club, you can simply book them in, and our team will offer you room rates customer-friendly place in Kenya. We want Muthaiga C you simply can’t refuse…

away from home” so, trusting our Members must becom

8. Events: Our New Year’s Eve Ball was a huge success featuring own NYE firework display with Members celebrating Onour thefirst Event front, we had record-breaking sell-out eve and dancing into the Golden 20s.

Get our fullyshow ever Stones, “The Hootenanny,” with ready theirfor biggest packed 2020 Event calendar, which by williconic include anthropologist a Valentine’s to the best-attended talk ever D Day like never before. launched exciting new events and partnerships such as

trendiest pop-up barWeon continent the fines 9. Club House Dining: willthe continue to offerfeaturing you our MCC theclassics new Last-Thursday-of-the-Month series, while adding new menu items every eight weeks.Fishbowls@ And by you ourcan awesome new Youth which kicked o also look forward to someCommittee, of the finest Michelin-star andvisiting beautiful Members and their friends who came to d chefs coming to MCC in 2020.

3am in the morning making MCC the place to be.

10. Gym & Spa: like We have extendedyou our all Gymfor opening hoursmemorable And I would to thank the most Monday – Sunday from 5am to 10pm every day.

We also Sunday 29 September 2019 - only 4 weeks innow charge allow our teenage Members (from age 13) access to the gymhistory o we experienced the most successful day in the – subject to conditions. off with new classes, highest turnover ever2020 and will thekick Club brimming with joy. instructors and offers, so please come and try them out. Andmore to And we have only just started, there is so much

if you like a real treat, please try our wonderful massages at our new Massage Parlour!

Many of you know that I love our Club and have been a

Member for many years, so in closing I would like to ma For the remainder of my day tenure Interim Secretary and my tenure I will do180 in the best asinterest of you I,as our Mem the entire MCC team, will continue to do our utmost to provide you Members always come first.

with exciting offerings and excellent service for numerous pleasant and memorable days atto ourseeing wonderful ClubatinMuthaiga 2020.

Looking forward you Country Clu Looking always, forward to seeing you at Muthaiga Country Club!

Yours

Christian Vater Christian Vater, Club Secretary Club Secretary www.mcc.co.ke

MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP ATTE RTSE R S MM AT With Anodyne the winding down of a increasing communicationsennui, committee, this page devotedchosen to being more Uncle – With I note youis have to redact offence and weed

winding down of a communications committee, is on devoted to beingImore ofhumour, an opinion page, where prevailing and sentiments of page Members current Club out all apparently inmoods the name of athis certain “Uncle Anodyne”. don’t know who issues, expressed in comments and mails, are echoed.

As always, we want to know what’s on ion page, where prevailing moods and sentiments of Members on current Club might have and been by anyyour of your previous issues, but your magazine grows dull. Are your mind, willupset always welcome feedback. pressedyou in determined comments and are echoed.

As always, knowawhat’s to bemails, so “woke” as to prevent any ofwe uswant fromto having laugh?onAre your d, and readers, will always welcome your feedback. my fellow Members, so fragile as to take offence at the slightest slight? To display mock outrage and take umbrage at the gentlest tease? If so, this is no longer the Club I joined and is the poorer for it. Bring back “Aunt Beryl” and let’s have a chuckle.

PS. I don’t know if the stories in Roving Eye are made up or true but I like them.

Pinks at [Ed: This view has been expressed by several others. Aunt Beryl is seeking legal advice.]

R E C E N T LY, A D E C ISIO N WA S MA D E TO O MOVING MOUNTAINS O F F E R B R E AKFAST O N LY AT P I NK S …

DRESS CODE Although I very much enjoyed the I notice our new Interim Secretary has made quite an excellent in your last issue evolutionary leap in his sartorial choice moving from Breakfast at Pinks only is a mistake.

Do away article with the chafing dishes and cook to order as it used MO RE G E N E RAClassical L LY to Avant Garde in his ‘first 100 days’ in office…

by Sam Taylor on his remarkable to be. TP ascent of Mt Everest, I was sorry Your German sausage has not seen Germany thought it appropriate to A D EC I S I ObyNpeople’s WAS MA DatEyou TO O Appalled behaviour Pinks, and and the saurecraut [sic] was not cooked. It title the piece No one to have breakfast I amas you did. … there…

AKFA disappointed S T O NLY AT toPIhave NKS… tasted ok as I was very hungry. PE “conquers” an overseas Member and come toever the Club for the a mountain; you Club, not to come to an average hotel. mightFPattempt it, scaleWhy it, ascend is it that there are never any ice-creams it, with even summit – but any nks only is a mistake. Do away in thefeeling fridge? Also, never any low-fat milk. RH While I agree with the economic reasons for having of accomplishment isMalways shes and cook to order as it used ORE GENER AL LY only one venue for breakfast, I do not agree with accompanied by an appropriate Not the place it used to be. WR the argument that economy alone justifies sense of respect and awe. climber dreams of claiming he dispensing with breakfast in the No old restaurant in a child-free environment. might ever overcome,RSlet alone conquer a mountain.

There German are only threesausage things wrong Pinks: Your haswith not seen Germany 1. Service. 2. Service. 3. Service. DN eople’sBW behaviour at Pinks, and and the saurecraut [sic] was not cooked. It

inks

not laid, multiple trips required, to haveNo towaiters, havetables breakfast there… I am tasted ok as I was very hungry. PE no logic to layout, food in chafing dishes cold, AGM embertable andnotcome thefinished, Club for clearedto as food coffeethe Congratulations on organising the AGM. It was an ome todisgusting.AB an average hotel. FP impressive turnout. I was interested in the long-term Why is it that there are never any ice-creams strategic plan of our Interim Club Secretary. While it looks WA S N ’ T Also, A L L B AD… inB UT theI Tfridge? never any low-fat milk. RH perfectly reasonable, I wonder if the Board has already with the economic reasons for having confirmed Mr Vater this position. planning you to the team for a wonderful Red e for breakfast, I do notinagree with Is the BoardThank to offer the job to anyone else? Is no one else allowed to placeIt made Roomthe dinner… for ato special Not it used be.evening WR and that economy alone justifies apply? a great meal. DB …meanwhile, these future Young Members get to grips with th breakfast the Club's dress code - at Halloween Trick or Treat Night BM in the old restaurant in a ironment.

RS DGthree things wrong with Pinks: [Ed: The full-time position is being advertised in local media in January and There are only www.mcc.co.ke April– June 2017 Muthaiga Country Club 3 Members will be informed of the closing date for applications in1.due course.]

Service. 2. Service. 3. Service. DN COMMUNICATION bles not laid, multiple trips required, It was good to hear the Club Sec’s plans for the Club.

Please, is it really necessary to bombard Members with so out, food inthey chafing cold, I hope will bedishes realised. many text messages about what’s going on in the Club? The ed as food CM finished, coffee email info service is excellent and surely that’s enough? I

The subject of the Library has come up at every single AGM for the last ten years, and still nothing has been done. I must say that you should not be building a faddish Spa at the expense of expanding and modernising the Library.

AS www.mcc.co.ke

know older Members may not have computers but then they may not have mobile phones either, so what’s the point?

JL

B U T I T WASN’ T AL L B AD…

ESTIMATION Do we really have to be addressed as ‘Dear Esteemed Member’? we inherently esteemed anyway, Thank you to Aren’t the team for a wonderful Red just by being Members?

EM Room dinner… It made for a special evening and

a great meal. DB

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balloting c ommittee

in. That would create about 240 new You’re in the Club, minding your Members, right off the bat. Others say a own business, when an acquaintance waiting committee list is no bad thing, and that the approaches and asks if you would endorse balloting vetting process should become even more a candidate that he/she is proposing. rigorous. For the time being, we will You’ve never met the candidate before with balloting – there are no many years, diligence continue meeting candidates at the rateand of her terrific and there is no signinvolved of the candidate cuts. Feeling is probably what has made about 20 a month. you’rethebeing asked short to favour. easy. The rest you doofthe right thing, which There is a perception that itchairmanship takes only look sorotten, Finally, crucially, weisurge Members t the committee have enjoyed and are to refuse.

Flat no. take Walk away.

Don’t one objection from a Member to bar a the time to examine the names o apologise. for her friendly, forthright candidate from joining the grateful Club. This Candidates when they are posted on leadership – we’ll missIther. is not correct. Written objections from is the role of Proposers and Seconders the Board and, if there is the slightes at least two Members are required before (oflike whom, admittedly, weabout ask atheir lot) ‘clubbability’, to doubt to So now it’s me, and I’d to begin an investigation is carried out, with ensure that their candidate is endorsed voice any concerns to the Secretary. with a few words about the waiting list sensitivity and in utmost confidentiality.

by Members them are andtreated are with the stricte objections for prospective Members.

It is long.who know Ultimately, if there is any doubt, then prepared to vouch for them.

That means confidence, and are followed up Candidates can expect to wait at least There were several questions raised at the there is no doubt, and it seems Members the candidate – assuming he/she isn’t do want to ensur diligently.

We really 18 months between being proposed AGM regarding the balloting process. It generally approve of the notion that we already known to Members – needs to be the selection bar for prospective and being invited to attend a balloting is perhaps worth rehearsing some of the should aim to “keep the bar high”. introduced to Members, just as they are Members is maintained at a very high meeting – and will then wait a further answers here. introduced to the Balloting Part of the new process requires Proposers level. two months while their names are Committee. It’s our Club We have a waiting list that lasts, start toIt’s finish, important, handingtoover thetheirmade andwhen Seconders have candidates known to Members. and we should all be for nearly two years. This includes time reinson of any endorsed committee,bytosix assure your other Members of the in this together, the list (about a year), candidates’ names on The second point to note is that there wide-eyed successor that Club. In the“It’s lasta doddle: issue of this magazine, as onerous the noticeboard (two months), meeting are(surely no short cuts. Members are and I related shock/horror hugethe fun, doesn’t takeamuch time, all story difficult committee (two months), followed bypretty timestraightforward strongly up advised use theiras tasks apocryphal) of a Seconder putting a not to really”. like thismove might as a Pink Card-holding candidate (three to to have up candidate whom he’d neverinfluence met before – Candidates Yeah,toright. seem. six months), while clubability continues the list more quickly.

However friendly and later regretting his action. Now, in be assessed by Members.

Gail Paul hasthis done an outstanding job (hypothetical) Matthew R your relationship might be with the issue, I have another overseeing the committee taleBalloting to unfold that willfor freeze young – or with anyone else Some say that if the Club is desperate ChairmanRudd Balloting Commi Secretary Matthew blood… for money we should just let them all Chairman Balloting Committee

house & finance

finance

various initiatives that we hope will appeal to, and attract a better turnout from these sectors.

In terms of projects, we are making From a performance perspective, the Our focus for the remaining six reasonable headway on our security last quarter has been very positive financial year will be to project and expect tomonths completeofinthe early in terms of utilisation – forMay….on the firstbudget! The achieve the cumulative topline budget library project has been revitalised and we hope to time in some time, we are surpassing (currently 7 percent behind) and, on a present next AGMbasis, later itachieve an operational budgets (on a monthly basis) in a plan at themonthly he year. both Main Dining and Pinks. We are break-even before entrance fees – our Finally, we expect toultimate complete the convinced this trend will continue objective. In order to do so, Mukutano Room this quarter, which given further refinement of our revenues will need to continue to rise will offer Members a state-of-the-art The Club continues to make offerings – ourgood vegan and healthy and we look forward to your “ Icontinued can complete the Meeting Room. progress in our key strategic initiatives. options have been notable additions support in this regard. project under budge So we have plenty of work in progress Revenues are on budget and our cash and ahead that have proved very popular. but defining the desires and our gratitude to the interim of schedu Finally, position is ‘safe’. We do however you’ll requirements diverse operate on very thin margins at three In addition, accommodation numbersof ourSecretary, Christian, and hisbut team for need to allocate additional tim Membership remains paramount and per cent profit on turnover.

Dear Members have grown achieving 68 per cent in steadying the ship post transition and our success will lie in our ability to ” and money fo that.

Our challenge remainsand howabove to increase number budget satisfy in terms of for being visible and approachable.

First and foremost, thank you to all these. utilisation of the Club, particularly the those Members who attended the Main AGMDiningoccupancy.

I hope we continue to report good Room and the sports – it was great to receive feedback from facilities. We are still below budget in terms of news in the coming quarters! the membership – this motivates us revenue per sectors available room (revpar) We to have identified certain of the Gidoomal VVijay ij Gid Membershipwhich that dohas notan useadverse the Clubimpact on improve. Importantly, the inflationary Chairman House & Finance frequently, and we are working on increases to subscriptions and entrance margins.

Notwithstanding the current fees were also passed and this is critical priority is to grow occupancy and usage to the financial sustainability of our and, as we continue to improve, we will Vijay Gidoomal www.m 4 Muthaiga Country Club April–June 2017 club – a big thank you. massage revpar upwards.

Chairman Finance

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roving eye

Your roving spy was looking forward to the Annual General Meeting in November and stationed herself strategically to observe the full trajectory of rotten vegetables headed for the top table. What a disappointment! What a quiet affair! Where were those dastardly fellows of gingerish hue, hell-bent on making mischief and upsetting apple-carts? Nowhere to be seen…

Instead Eye heard talk of challenging times, of top lines and bottom lines, sub-optimal utilisation, short-term sustainability and longterm relevance. Standing in for the Chairman, a standing-down stalwart performed admirably – standing up, speaking up, shutting up – in a fine swansong. Everyone clapped politely. Increased subscriptions were approved. Still no ripe tomatoes.

And then a Tour de Force. Bright blue suit, Club tie, no socks, fringe swept back, ringlets dancing, the interim Club Secretary took the floor. Genteel folk gazed agog while a ten-point Teutonic plan unfurled. SOP! CRM! SPA! Service! Dining! You! Me! Youth!

Them! All together now: it’s the Best Club in the World! In a whisper of the Donald, we learned of the yooge opportunity in front of us, the fantastic results already achieved, the beautiful Members, the even more amazing staff.

Did monocles fall to the floor? Were defibrillators activated? Not a bit of it. Eye watched, astonished, as the assembled throng stamped and cheered approval.

Today Muthaiga, tomorrow a new world. It’s peace in our time. Mr Vater’s drive and passion is quite infectious, Eye hopes some of the other Committee Members will catch it.

Well, kind of. Eye’s phone has been pinging off its charger, inundated with text messages and lengthy mails, all advertising the latest wonderful this or amazing that at the Club – which culminated in a 6am wake-up ping advising Eye of the last opportunity to buy yet more bloody tickets for the Christmas Draw.

Cunningly, that text came with the Opt Out option removed. Eye tells you, these canny marketing types are too much for Eye. But Eye gathers it was the greatest Draw. Ever.

COMPETITION Question: Name this building and the year this photograph was taken?

Prize: The first correct entry that we receive will win dinner for

two with a bottle of House Wine in either Pinks or the Club Dining Room. Please send your answers to communications@mcc.co.ke Answer to our Oct - Dec 2019 Competition QUESTION: Who is this? What made him famous? And in which decade was the photograph taken?

ANSWER: John Boyes – King of the Kikuyu, 1930s.

WINNER: Tanja Chopra

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DID YOU KNOW? Boyes exemplified the renegade African adventurer. He was opportunist, explorer, hunter, ivory poacher, trader, gambler, reprobate, soldier - and even king. Born in 1875 in Hull, England, he ran away from home at the age of 14 and went to sea. He ended up in Mombasa in 1898 and immediately saw an opportunity to transport provisions for the Indian workers working on the Uganda Railway. Travelling over the Aberdares, Boyes met Kikuyu leader Karuri wa Gakure and the two struck a deep friendship, even becoming blood brothers. The friendship was largely one of mutual convenience as Boyes saw it as an opportunity to access the rich food resources and ivory with which he could continue his lucrative trade supplying the railway, while Karuri eyed the powerful artillery in Boyes’ camp that would prove very effective against his enemies. Boyes quickly integrated himself into the Kikuyu community living a simple life and marrying three young Kikuyu maidens. Because of his military prowess and powerful modern medicine Boyes was almost deified by the Kikuyu and news of his powers spread throughout the Mount Kenya region. He even claimed that Chief Wang’ombe, leader of the Kikuyu, had sold Mount Kenya to him for the princely sum of four goats, and felt that he deserved to be recognised as its rightful owner and King of the Kikuyu. Boyes died in 1951 and is buried in Forest Road Cemetery in Nairobi.

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wines & mes sing

Pinks’ Art Corner An Art Corner has been made available in Pinks to showcase the abundant artistic talent within our Membership. Artists and photographers are invited to send in their artwork to display in Pinks.

Each artist will have the space exclusively for their work for two weeks at a time.

To reserve your space in Pinks’ Art Corner, artists and photographers should contact secretary@mcc.co.ke Pictured here in the Pinks’ Art Corner are two of Mary Collis’s works, entitled ‘Petals of Pinks’ (left) & ‘Pink Petals in Pots.’

Anyone interested in paintings displayed in the Art Corner should contact the artists directly.

New Healthy Specials at Pinks Pinks has introduced a delicious new range of Healthy Specials on the Menu.

Whether you’re calorie counting, detoxing, need an energy boost, or just want to try something deliciously different and healthy, Pinks has a range of dairy and gluten-free Protein Shakes and Healthy Specials.

Come and try the Green Protein Shake with spinach, banana, pear and almond milk or, for an energy boost, the Peanut Butter Protein Shake with banana, peanut butter, vanilla and soy milk.

Feel like a healthy salad option? Then Pinks is also offering, vegan, gluten-free and low carb salads.

You’ve been so good you can finish off with a little indulgence – the 100% Sugar-free, vegan Chocolate Mousse Dessert. Isn’t ‘Sugar-free Dessert’ an oxymoron? Probably, but it’s a healthy oxymoron.

MCC Achieves Prestigious BLUE COMPANY Certification

The Club has been certified as a Blue Company after a detailed and thorough training on the various forms of corruption and the effects of corruption on Club profitability, reputation and productivity.

MCC is the first Private Members Club in Africa to obtain this certificate.

Christmas Draw 2019

Delighted Member Maria Cunningham is pictured here with Club Secretary Christian Vater and Fadi Talat Zuraikat, Qatar Airways Country Manager for Kenya, at the Christmas Draw Lunch after winning two Economy Class tickets to anywhere in Europe on Qatar Airways. She was one of 262 lucky winners.

See Pages 25 & 26 for full list of prize winners.

First Wine Sommelier at Muthaiga Country Club Pinks Waiter Vincent Mutuku Kitonyi has become MCC’s first Sommelier.

He recently completed a professional wine training course at the globally recognised WSET institute.

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Vincent’s training covered all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing. His role is to provide Members and their guests with a professional wine service and to improve their experience and appreciation of wines.

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staff news

New Employee Evalyne Nduta Shimei Assistant Security and Safety Manager Evalyne has seven years’ experience in the Security field, having previously worked at Crowne Plaza, Radisson Blu and Villa Rosa Kempinski.

She joins our Security team to ensure a safe and secure environment for Members and employees and to facilitate the smooth implementation of Club security procedures.

Senior Staff Christmas Outing

Long Serving Employee Awards From left – Long Term Service Awards were presented to Gardi Onyango Okello, Senior Fitness Instructor 10 years; Enock Muyembele, Fitness Cleaner 10 years; Faith Kanana Kirigia, Procurement Assistant 10 years; Samuel Miheso Keya, Tennis Instructor 10 years; Julius Njuguna Mbur, Barman 15 years.

Genius Idea Awards Staff who come up with good ideas that will help streamline service or reduce costs for the Club are now being recognised for their Genius Ideas with an award.

The first Genius Idea Awards were presented presented by Club Secretary Christian Vater.

(From left) Betty Nyokabi in F&B for her suggestion to introduce stainless-steel teapots to reduce breakages as currently experienced

with the ceramic teapots; Elkanah Mutula Makau in F&B suggested room service hours be extended from 10pm to midnight, to cover any late arrivals; Daniel Mukwala in Housekeeping suggested the Club use internal casuals to cover events since internal staff understand the Members better thus providing consistency in quality of service for our Members; and Stanley Ruoro in Maintenance suggested putting up tents at Pinks during rainy days so that Members visit the Club all year round whatever the weather.

The Senior Management team went to Lerruat Lodge in Kajiado County for their Christmas outing, where they had team building excercises followed by lunch.

Wedding Belle

Junior Staff Party Congratulations to Pinks Chef Evans Muuo, who married Susan Chepkorir in December 2019. The happy couple is pictured here at their reception in Machakos County. www.mcc.co.ke

MCC Junior Team Party was a happy occasion this year with Senior Management and Club Members volunteering to serve behind the bar, including Club Chairman Philip Coulson, pictured here with Director HR Lilian Wambui and Chef Maria Awori.

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events

Popp y Ball 2019 The Muthaiga Country Club Poppy Ball was a glittering affair once again, with medals and uniforms much in evidence. A Remembrance Service was held the following morning at the War Memorial to honour the fallen of the Great War in East Africa.

The Club Poppy Appeal and Poppy Ball together raised over Ksh 550,000/- this year to support the annual Askari and British Legion Kenya appeals.

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events Santa arrived at the MCC Children’s Christmas party on horseback this year with eager elves more than willing to assist him…

…and all good girls and boys received a present from Santa.

Book Club Members Enjoy G&Teatime Nairobi Brass Quartet Live Friday 28th February 2020

7.30pm – 9.30pm in the Ballroom Two trumpets, a French horn and a trombone make up the Nairobi Brass Quartet who will be performing a spectacular live repertoire of different genres including classical, jazz and pop music. Accompanied by the Nairobi String Quartet and a solo performance by Kenyan trumpeter Samson Maiko, this promises to be a fabulous show of brass talent.

Valentine’s Dinner

Mardi Gras Ball

14 February Chairman’s Lawn

9th February Chairman’s Lawn From 10am.

Members wishing to participate please register with the Events Office by 17 January www.mcc.co.ke

22 February Chairman’s Lawn From 7pm until Dawn

After reading ‘The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane’ by Lisa See, the Muthaiga Book Club enjoyed a special preChristmas evening get-together by partnering with the NYC Mulberry Project Gin Experts who shook up a selection of tea infused gin cocktails to enliven the evening.

Pictured here Book Club Members Irene Mukiri, Grace Kibaki & Beatrice Kiptanui enjoying G&Teatime concocted by the Mulberry Project Mixologists.

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forthcoming events

Photographic Exhibition of Raptors

by Shiv Kapila Born in Nairobi, Shiv obtained a Masters in Conservation from University College London, and then joined the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association as a certified Safari guide.

Shiv now manages the Kilimandege Sanctuary in Naivasha on the shore of the lake, and runs the Naivasha arm of The Kenya Bird of Prey Trust, which he helped to establish in 2014. A happy by-product of his work is an interest and affinity for bird photography.

His photographs have been published in many publications, but his prime motivation now is to help as many people as possible see the beauty of Africa and all the wildlife it contains.

Shiv will be exhibiting photographs of his birds at the Club on 26-29 March in the Peristyle.

JANUARY 2020

Fo r t h c o m i ng E v e n t s

Tennis vs Squash Challenge MCC Book Club – Meet with the Author – ‘Dance under the Jacaranda Tree’ by Peter Kimani Film Night – ‘Pavarotti’ Book Launch – ‘They called Us Bloody Foreigners’ by Cecilia K. Holtkotte Bowls Section AGM Kamili Quiz Night EAWLS Speaker’s Evening – Imre Loefler Lecture Speaker’s Evening – ‘The Ilemi Triangle’ by Philip Winter Back to the 80s The Best of Rock & Pop by DD-lite

11 January, Squash & Tennis Courts, 9.30am 14 January, Blue Room, 7.00pm.

16 January, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

23 January, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

21 January, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

24 January, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

29 January, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

30 January, Ballroom, 6.30.

31 January, Chairman’s Lawn, 5.30 – 7.30pm.

FEBRUARY 2020 Special Sunday Brunch Tennis Tournament – Australian Mixed Doubles Alto Wine Pairing Dinner - hosted by Victoria Munywoki *Car Boot Sale Special Valetine’s Dinner Tedx Talks Opera Night – ‘Tosca’ Mardi Gras Ball Tennis Tournament – Ladies’ & Men’s Doubles Bellingham Wine Pairing Dinner Live Concert – Nairobi Brass Quartet Club Night – Happy Hour (50% off all drinks)

2 February, Pinks & Poolside, 10.30am.

2 February, Tennis Courts, 9.30am.

6 February, Yellow Room, 7pm.

9 February, Chairman’s Lawn, 10am.

14 February, Chairman’s Lawn, Happy Hour 5.30 – 7.30pm.

19 February, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

20 February, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

22 February, Chairman’s Lawn, 7pm.

23 February, Tennis Courts, 9.30am.

27 February, Muthaiga Room, 7pm.

28 February, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

28 February, Popsy Bar, 5.30 – 7.30pm.

MARCH 2020 Special Sunday Brunch Speaker’s Evening - Rhodia Mann EAWLS Speaker’s Evening Ballet Night – ‘Giselle’ Tennis Tournament – “Matata Cup!” Photographic Exhibition – Shiv Kapila Live Classical Concert – ‘Le Cygne’ Club Night – Happy Hour (50% off all drinks)

1 March, Pinks & Poolside, 10.30am.

3 March, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

4 March, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

12 March, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

15 March, Tennis Courts, 9.30am.

26–29 March, Peristyle, TBC. 27 March, Ballroom, 6.30pm.

27 March, Popsy Bar, 5.30 – 7.30pm.

*Any Members who wish to participate in the Car Boot Sale should register with the Events Office – eventscomms@mcc.co.ke by 17 January 2020 latest.

Dates and times of events were correct at the time of going to Press.

They may change post printing so please check with the Events Office events@mcc.co.ke when making your bookings.

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2019 MCC CHRISTMAS SQUASH HANDICAP CUP The Handicap Christmas Cup was played for the second time during a two-day event at the newly renovated Club Squash courts in the first week of December.

The MCC Handicap Cup is a competition where players of different levels get a chance to compete against - and maybe beat - superior players. It is also a great opportunity to play against new opponents and meet other Club Members. However, out of the eleven players that took part in the tournament, playing in a Best of Five games format, six were former MCC Challenge Cup winners, therefore making it a very competitive field. Nevertheless, there were no real surprises or upsets this year, as all higher-ranked players won their matches despite their handicaps.

The Semi-finals were played on the second day of the tournament, between No.1 Seed Kunal Bid and Jonathan Somen (No.3 Seed) which became a thrillingly close match where Kunal kept upper hand finally Jonathan by 3:2 games.

Daniel Slapak (No.2) was awarded a walkover win in the other Semi-final as unfortunately, Spence Dry (No.4) was held up in heavy traffic and arrived late, so the 2019 Christmas Handicap Cup Final was played between Kunal and Daniel, both playing at an equal handicap.

The match was a close affair and fiercely fought between two players of the same level until the third game, which Daniel suddenly surrendered due to a personal commitment, much to the surprise of the spectators!

Though everybody would have liked to see more of the thrilling game the Cup was reclaimed by 2018 winner, Kunal Bid.

NEW SQUASH CAPTAIN We bid farewell to the outgoing Squash Captain Walter Kuoni with many thanks on behalf of the entire MCC Squash Section for his commitment, enthusiasm and dedication to the Section over the past two years. Walter handed over the Captaincy to the new Squash Captain Kunal Bid who will further promote the game and try to encourage more young players on to the MCC Squash courts.

Out-going Captain Walter Kuoni (left) hands over Captaincy to Kunal Bid

FORTHCOMING SQUASH EVENTS 11 JANUARY 2019 – Tennis vs Squash Challenge KSRA SQUASH LEAGUE 2020 www.mcc.co.ke

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BOWLS REPORT During the final quarter of the year the Bowling Section was extremely active. The annual ‘Triples’ kindly sponsored by Maria Cunningham was played in September with Oliver Fowler, Maureen Lilygreen and Patricia Killian emerging as the very worthy winners this year. Then, in October, we had the annual ‘Singles’ sponsored and won by Ian Stamp.

In November the annual ‘Handicap Singles’ kindly sponsored by Oliver Fowler and this year won by Oliver. All competitions were well supported with the Bowling at a very high standard.

In October, twelve of our members travelled to Johannesburg for five games of Bowls against some very stiff competition. Five different Bowling Clubs hosted the five games and the hospitality was outstanding. The tour was organised by Eric and Gail Langton and we hope very much that there will be another.

We are, as always, very open to new bowlers and extend an open invitation to any interested members to come and enjoy the bowling green, with many willing enthusiasts who can offer coaching and support.

Ian Stamp Bowls Captain

December brought huge rains and our end-of-year Ladies vs Gents challenge was postponed until January when the green re-opens after its annual Christmas closure for maintenance.

In January 2020 we will have our AGM where I will stand down as Captain having now moved to Mombasa and take this opportunity to thank all who joined us at the green this year and wish everyone a happy 2020.

From left - Maureen Burns, Sheryl and Oliver Fowler at the Handicap Singles prize-giving.

F I T N E S S C E NT R E Many Members requested for the gym to be opened earlier and closed later, so that they could have early morning and/or late evening workouts.

The Committee listened and now the new Fitness Centre opening hours are from 5am-10pm Monday-Sunday.

Remember too, that the Swimming Pool is now open until 9pm every day and there is a 15% Discount on Massages for Club residents.

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TENNIS REPORT ‘Cup of Nations’

‘Christmas Crackers’ Competition

This competition has always been a very popular event amongst our players of many nationalities. Some twenty participants were involved this year in what was a most enjoyable session of tennis. Teams represented Brazil, EU, Kenya, UK and the USA with each country providing two mixed doubles pairs. Pairs competed in two separate Pools and, throughout the morning, played against each other within their own Pool.

By the end of the morning, after some fierce and exciting play, we were able to determine the overall winning team by combining both sets of points from each Pool. Unexpectedly, a tie was finally announced between Brazil and Kenya - both attaining 45 points each.

In order to break this deadlock, all eight players returned to the courts for a play-off and were introduced to the wonderful game of “Beach Tennis”. This involved four players on each side of the net (two volleyers and two baseliners) playing first to win 21 points. After a close start, Team Brazil eventually managed to forge ahead with some dynamic volleying and won 21/14.

Cup of Nations Champions Team Brazil from left Alexandra Lehmberg, Philippe Dongier, Zuzana Vuova & Claudio Acioly.

“Les Grands (+55) Combatants” Competition

A record of sixteen players competed in this highly competitive event (which probably just means we are all getting older!) As an alternative format, four pairs competed in two mixed ability Pools. Once the preliminary stages were completed, we then switched to a ‘Rankings’ Format to determine the overall positions of all eight pairs. Winners of Pool ‘A’ Rupert Mclellan & Alec Davis challenged winners of Pool ‘B’ Chris Shaw & Tessa Mclellan. In a nail biting final, Rupert & Alec emerged as the outright winners with a 6/3 result. Congratulations to Rupert & Alec but also, to all players for a most enjoyable morning of tennis. www.mcc.co.ke

Unfortunately, due to the ‘El Niño’ pattern of weather, the Christmas Crackers Competition had to be postponed as the tennis courts were completely flooded. With the rescheduling we only managed to recruit fourteen players, owing to the school holidays, nevertheless, we had a very enjoyable and most successful morning of competitive tennis. With the help of two of our ball-collectors (Sammy and Dennis) to create two graded groups of four mixed pairs, the various pairs competed against each other in their respective Pools.

Both sets of results from each Pool were combined at the end of the morning to determine the overall winning team and the mighty ‘Little Angels’ (Chris Shaw & Aida Kimenia and Jonathan Shaw & Makenna Kimenia) were the outright winners of the Christmas Crackers Competition 2019.

From left Jonathan Shaw, Makenna Kimenia, Chris Shaw & Aida Kimenia.

Finally, Omega and his assistants must be congratulated for their hard work in maintaining and preparing the courts throughout the year. Much appreciated by one and all!

John Goodwin Tennis Captain

Forthcoming Tennis Events

11 JANUARY Tennis Vs Squash Sections 02 FEBRUARY MCC’S ‘Australian Mixed Doubles Tournament 23 FEBRUARY Ladies & Men’s Doubles

15 MARCH “Matata Cup!”

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members’ honours

Kuki Gallmann Receives the Eccellenza Donna Belluno Award 2019

On World Peace Day in September 2019, an Italian organisation based on the Dolomiti Heritage site in Italy, conferred the prestigious Eccellenza Donna Belluno Award to MCC Member, Kuki Gallmann, in recognition of her lifetime of dedication to the protection of the flora and fauna of Ol Ari Nyiro (the Place of Springs) in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, her home for almost 50 years.

Ol Ari Nyiro is world renown for its indigenous forests, endemic plants and insects and its water springs, and is a vital watershed for the Great Rift Valley Lakes Unesco World Heritage Sites.

Kuki has been a Member of Muthaiga Club since she moved to Kenya with her family in 1972 and has lived in Ol Ari Nyiro in Laikipia – where her husband and son, who both died tragically, are buried. In their memory she dedicated her life to the protection of the Kenyan Environment and she founded the Gallmann Memorial Foundation and the Laikipia Nature Conservancy for education, conservation and community service.

The Eccellenza Donna Belluno Award acknowledges Kuki’s major contribution to the curbing of climate change and her determination and resilience in overcoming the numerous challenges in her endeavours to do so. Kuki is an example to those who do not realise the devastating effects of climate change, and the importance of alleviating the damage through conserving the forests and the natural world.

Thanks to her sustained environmental protection for over a generation against many odds, Ol Ari Nyiro has been declared a Key Biodiversity Area for its exceptional variety of Flora and Fauna by Nature Kenya and Birdlife International.

Kuki is a best selling author and recipient of numerous international environmental awards. She is an Ambassador for the Migratory Species for UNEP/CMS, she has been an Honorary Warden with the Kenya Wildlife Services for twenty years and a Member of Muthaiga Club since 1972.

Kuki, who originates from Veneto in Italy, but has been a Kenya citizen for over a generation, is famous worldwide for her environmental activism.

Having dedicated my life to protecting the biodiversity of Ol Ari Nyiro - its forests and waters - I am honoured and proud for Kenya that this contribution to curbing the global threat of climate change that affects the entire planet, has been recognised.

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members’ honours

Sirikoi Lodge in Laikipia has been voted No. 1 Luxury Resort in the World in the 2019 Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards.

Sirikoi also came in tops as the No. 1 Safari Lodge in Africa

Built by long-standing Muthaiga Club Members, Sue and the late Willie Roberts, Sirikoi has a main lodge, a threebedroom house, a two-bedroom cottage and four luxury tents facing a watering hole. As well as a beautiful place to stay, Sue has created an exquisite organic shamba, which supplies the Lodge daily with everything green from salads, herbs and vegetables, to berries, citrus fruit, avocados, bananas and flowers.

Over the years, the luxury and lifestyle travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler has recognised Sirikoi’s exceptional luxury safari experience, and has included Sirikoi on the prestigious Condé Nast Gold List (an exclusive list of “favourite hotels in the world”) for the last three years. But his year, Conde Nast Traveler readers - 600,000 travelers and safari-goers from all around the globe - placed Sirikoi at the top of the charts as best luxury resort in the world and #1 Safari Lodge in Africa.

Located on a spring-fed waterhole on the 62,000-acre Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Northern Kenya, Sirikoi Lodge beat approximately 10,000 hotels, resorts, and destination spas from around the world to emerge as the best of the best.

Kenya did extremely well this year in the votes and other luxury lodges to be included in the top 50 list are Richard’s River Camp (created and built by Sue’s son, the late Richard Roberts and his partner Liz Fusco) located in Maasai Mara and ranked 6th, Elsa’s Kopje in Meru National Park and Elephant Pepper Camp also based in the Maasai Mara and both designed and created by MCC Members Liz and Stefano Cheli, were ranked 11th and 30th respectively.

We are incredibly humbled and proud of this recognition – we are delighted that as a small, hand-created and family-owned safari lodge, the personal and exclusive element of Sirikoi Lodge continues to ensure the highest quality luxury safari in Africa, and the best luxury travel experience in the world. This is an extraordinary accolade and, on behalf of the whole team at Sirikoi, I thank all of our supporters.

Sue Roberts Sirikoi Lodge The late Willie and Sue Roberts at Sirikoi Voted No. 1 Luxury Resort in the World and No.1 Safari Lodge in Africa 2019. www.mcc.co.ke

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members’ ac hievements Last August, 15 intrepid cyclists, among them six MCC Members, set off on Cycle4Seas – a seven-day, off-road cycling expedition, from Kajiado to Watamu. Colleen Outram and Julie Church peddle the story here.

15 participants, 6 MCC Members, 587km, 2 million shillings.

Cycle4Seas - An epic off-road cycle ride from Kajiado to Watamu

The cycle route took us through some of the most beautiful countryside in Kenya - through its parks and amongst its wildlife. Starting from Kajiado at the foothills of the Ngong Hills, we rode through Amboseli, alongside Kilimanjaro, through Selengai, Amboseli and Tsavo conservation areas, following the Mbagathi River as it flows into the Athi, Galana and Sabaki rivers and on to the Indian Ocean and the Marine Parks at Watamu – a total of 587 rugged kilometres.

Apart from being an epic personal challenge of stamina and determination, the aim of Cycle4Seas is to raise awareness for Kenya’s waterways that feed into the ocean and to raise funds to support the new and dedicated Kenya marine conservation non-profit, Seas4Life Trust and its initiatives.

Seas4Life Trust has been set up by MCC Member Julie Church to fund initiatives that help to conserve Kenya’s waterways and coastline, and which promote the wellbeing of the biodiversity and ecosystems that we need in order to survive on Earth.

The current rate of deforestation in Kenya threatens key water catchment upon which the entire country relies.

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breath we take we are dependent on the oceans.

In an effort to connect the land and the seas, the Seas4Life Trust is dedicated to supporting and investing in initiatives that promote healthy forests and river ecosystems and developing and improving marine conservation along the Kenya coast by removing plastic and other pollutants from our waterways and seas with the participation of local communities who rely on the seas for their livelihood.

Cycle4Seas was the inaugural fund-raising event for Seas4Life, and was the brainchild of the late Jonathan Seex, who died last year, and who was also a Member of MCC. Over fifty percent of the proceeds from Cycle4Seas will go to support Seas4Life Trust projects. This year we raised two million shillings and funds went towards the Annual International Coastal Clean Up event in September.

The Trust has also produced a Seas4Life Calendar with www.mcc.co.ke

members’ achievements artworks by children from the Banda and Kuruwitu schools.

Funds raised from the calendars will go to the Kuruwitu Conservation and Welfare Association.

it to be done. Anyone interested in connecting the dots between waterways and oceans; who loves adventure; who enjoys cycling and anyone that wants to make a difference, is invited to participate in the next one-of-a-kind Cycling4Seas epic off-road cycling expedition from 16 – 22 August 2020. It is a truly African wildlife and sea experience.

The Rockin’ Recyclers Team – MCC Members Steve & Colleen Outram, Chris Outram, Carla Ulyate and Dave & Karen Mousley.

The best part was riding through all the beautiful rugged landscapes that we can’t appreciate in the same way from inside a vehicle.

Seeing the red flag being waved to indicate that our refreshment stops were there – every 20km – was always a heart-lifting moment!

The worst parts were the corrugations, wind, loose sand, heat, punctures and saddle-sores!

We were accompanied (and helped along) by some very talented Kenyan riders. Most of them had never seen the sea or much of the wildlife we passed along the way. After a litter collecting session along the highway, we have all become ambassadors for the cause, seeing at close hand the massive problem we have in Kenya with rubbish and the threat it poses to wildlife and waterways.

Colleen Outram (left) and Julie Church - Founder of Seas4Life Trust at Sala Gate in Tsavo.

Kenya is leading Africa with its ban on plastic bags, the creation of the internationally famous Flipflopi boat, its recent ban on the coal plant in Lamu, and the imminent ban on single-use plastic in the National Parks. It’s amazing what Kenya has accomplished so far. The country is already well placed to clean up its waterways and seas, recycle its plastic waste, protect and manage its coastline and contribute effectively to its huge blue economy potential. The ultimate aim of Seas4Life Trust is to build a ‘Blue Replenishment Zone’ of connected Marine Protected Areas along Kenya’s coast, to create thriving local communities who will become the stewards of these areas. By protecting the marine ecosystems, which are key carbon sinks, Kenya can reduce the effects of climate change for its people.

Julie Church - Founder Seas4Life Trust

This inaugural Cycle4Seas event was very much in memory of Jonathon Seex and we hope to continue this annual fund-raiser with his passion and in the spirit he dreamed www.mcc.co.ke

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edita’s ballet and opera programme I must start by offering a few words of explanation about the reasons the beloved Moipei Sisters did not perform here in December as we all hoped. The sisters had every intention of coming home for a visit, but the sudden death of their agent, the consequent career upheaval and problems this entailed, made it impossible to keep to this plan.

The latest news is that the new agent, as we look forward to our programme of events for the beginning of 2020. is like a “bulldozer” (their word) pushing their career forward. They are conquering New York right now, but still thinking of home…next Christmas perhaps. In the meantime we wish them every success with their new agent.

Year’s Day 1993, to hundreds of countries.

The events of Tosca - partly historically accurate - take place exactly on Wednesday 17 June 1800 when the news of the Battle of Marengo (won by Napoleon) was reaching Rome. The hero Cavaradossi is played by Placido Domingo in his prime, both in voice and looks.

Film/ballet in the Ballroom

Thursday 12th March 2020 at 6.30 for 7.p.m introduced by edita camm

‘Tosca’ will be screened on Thursday 20 February in the Ballroom at 6pm.

Film and Canapés: Members: KES 1,500, Members’ guests: KES 1,800 Dinner charges KES 1,950

Giacomo Puccini’s

presents

TOSCA

introduced by Edita Camm

on Thursday 20th February at 6.30 for 7.00 p.m.

Placido Domingo, Catherina Malfitano Ruggero Raimondi Contemporary Rome is the setting for this unique and highly innovative version of Puccini’s Tosca performed in roman locations and times as its historical political background dictates and Puccini wrote into his score.

The events of Tosca take place exactly on Wednesday, June 17, 1800 - when the news of the battle of Marengo (won by Napoleon) was reaching Rome - and the dawn of the following day.

‘Pavarotti’

The latest much awaited film about the unforgettable, inimitable ‘Pavarotti’ finally came available in November and I hasten to share it with my MCC audience.

As the cover says it is ‘the ultimate story of the man behind the voice.’

It is a moving in-depth portraiture of the man, the voice, the drama, the legend.

The film is illuminated throughout by glorious excerpts of his greatest arias.

‘Pavarotti’ will be screened on Thursday 16 January in the Ballroom at 6pm.

‘Tosca’

Puccini’s opera ‘Tosca’ is arguably the most popular and well-known opera in the repertoire.

This production has something more, something extraordinary - it was performed and filmed in Roman locations in three parts, each corresponding to the time of day consistent with its historical, political background and simultaneously broadcast live on Eurovision on New 20

with Albrecht and his release from the vengeful justice of the Willis family.

The ballet is intensely dramatic and emotionally powerful. Mesmerising, absorbing, tremendous.

‘Giselle’ will be screened on Thursday 20 February in the Ballroom at 6pm.

Film and Canapees for members KES 1,500 and Kes 1,800 for members’ guests Dinner KES 1,950

‘Giselle’

“Acclaimed dancer choreographer Akram Khan speaks tremendously of tremendous things” (Financial Times) and I find this phrase so expressive of this new ‘Giselle’, which re-imagines the classic narrative ballet for the 21st Century.

Giselle has become a migrant worker in a garment factory, Albrecht is a member of the wealthy family that owns the factory.

An abandoned “ghost” factory haunted by the memory of female migrant workers who were victims of industrial accidents, replaces the traditional glade of Act 2.

There Giselle’s desire to break the cycle of violence will lead to her reconciliation

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‘Le Cygne’

I am in correspondence with the duo “Le Cygne” - German concert pianist HaikeAngela Moser and Italian violinist Angela Faccani. Although nothing is confirmed yet, I am confident that we will have a classical concert at MCC on this date.

‘Le Cygne’ is scheduled to perform on Friday 27 March in the Ballroom at 6pm. www.mcc.co.ke

book reviews

New Arrivals THE STRAWBERRY THIEF by Joanne Harris The ‘Chocolat’ saga continues. Vianne Rocher is now settled in and accepted by the older residents of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes.

Her ‘special’ daughter, Rosette, finds herself heir to a forest, left to her by an old man, Narcisse. His family is bitterly resentful and tries to regain it. Rosette knows it has been left to her because she both loves it and will care for it, whereas the family have plans to ‘demolish and develop’. Narcisse also leaves a written confession about his difficult life as a child, which his son, the parish priest, reads with growing apprehension. What will his parishioners say when they find out what Narcisse has done? Once again village life is thrown into disarray, more so when a tattooist rents Narcisse’s old flower shop. Harris tries hard to maintain the brilliance of ‘Chocolat’ in this her fourth novel in the series, but has failed.

THE SNAKES by Sadie Jones Jones’s novels have won many awards and the latest really is spellbinding. Bea, daughter of a fabulously rich family, and husband Dan, son of mixed-race parents, set out on a much anticipated European holiday. Their first stop is with Alex, Bea’s ne’er-do-well brother who, to keep him occupied, has been given a hotel to run in Burgundy. Business is nil with no visitors, and there is an attic with snakes in it. Catastrophe occurs; police are brought in and Bea’s parents arrive. The grieving family returns to Britain with no information on the recent tragedy. Bea refuses any offers of financial help from her father, but Dan feels she should be more accepting. They return to France and the scene of the crime and then…. The end is unexpected. A satisfying read.

THE BINDING by Bridget Collins Emmet, son of a farming family, is apprenticed to the obscure world of bookbinding. The book’s title has a double implication – the literal one and the fact that the books Emmet binds contain dark secrets of many, who are told that if they record their story, they will lose any guilt that their conscience causes them.

Emmet’s sister falls in love with aristocrat Lucian Darnay, who appears to reciprocate her love, but Emmet is doubtful of the liaison. A muddled, troubled tale ensues, sometimes difficult to grasp. Although Collins’ prose is exquisitely crafted, the story is given no place in time, although one assumes mid-nineteenth century England.

The preponderance of deep snow and perishing winters lends added depression to an already gloomy story.

THE FALLEN SWORD by Ben Kane It is 198 B.C. Rome continues to consolidate its conquests in Greece. This was then a country far from united, consisting of a number of city states, such as Athens, Corinth, Sparta and others, frequently in some form of disagreement with each other. The book contains excellent maps, and a glossary, both essential in understanding the geography and characters of the story. Roman General Flamininus, humiliated by a defeat at the hands of Philip V of Macedonia, is determined to fight back to regain control. Common soldiers, Felix, Roman, and Demetrius, also tell their stories, which are filled with the petty jealousies and the more serious ones that exist within both Roman and Greek armies. Kane’s research is meticulous: consequently his writing is convincing and his characters genuinely lifelike. Kane even walked vast distances in Roman soldier’s uniform to experience what it must have been like participating in a long and difficult march. The result is another ‘extra-special’ historical novel. www.mcc.co.ke

Written by Colin Church Mel-el-Lek’s Mountain is a book of scholarship and fascination, told through the eyes of Mel-el-Lek, a member of the Wandorobo tribe. He is portrayed as a mystical representation of his people, crossing multiple generations and appearing at the beginning of most chapters with his eyes carefully observing the events taking place on his mountain home – the Aberdares.

Mel-el-Lek bares witness to a selection of the most dramatic events – stories of people and circumstances – in which the Aberdares Mountain range has played a compelling part in Kenya’s unfolding story.

The stories take the reader from the past into modern times, up to the building of the Rhino Ark fence and its dramatic impact for conserving the vast mountain range and is interspersed with Colin’s personal experiences that link to Aberdares and the earliest beginnings of Rhino Ark. The story of Mel-el-Lek’s Mountain is a story of Kenya as well. It encompasses many events – some of hardship, others of great achievements, times of war, injustices and civil strife.

It is Colin’s hope that the tales introduced by Mel-el-Lek will give a striking vista into one of Africa’s most dramatic natural regions and how the Aberdares have played - and continue to play – a pivotal role in the unfolding events of modern Kenya.

Essential reading for anyone dedicated to protection of our environment.

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a day in the life of...

Interview

A Life in the Day of …

Bob Munro -

Managing Director of XXCEL Africa Ltd. Bob Munro is the Managing Director of XXCEL Africa Ltd. Since 1985 he has lived and worked in Africa as a senior policy adviser on sustainable development for African governments and the United Nations. He is also the Founder/Chairman of the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA), the Founder/Chairman of Mathare United FC (MUFC) and a founding Director of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL).

In 2011 Bob was nominated as one of the top 85 high achieving men in Kenya. He and his wife Ingrid live in Nairobi and have five children. They were adopted by three Kenyan brothers in 1988 and now have five Kenyan grandchildren.

What does your work entail?

I am the founder and Executive Chairman of the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) in one of Africa’s largest and poorest slums. Sport is used in combination with community outreach and development activities to give young people the skills and confidence they need to aim higher, achieve more and build brighter futures for themselves.

Without those kind volunteers and the early life-lessons and the social skills I learned while playing in youth leagues, my character would have had much sharper edges. As they made sport such a force for good in my life, I owed them a debt of gratitude that I wanted to repay some day. Three decades later the Mathare Youth Sports Association became my payback, giving the poor youth in Mathare the same chance as I had had.

In the Mathare Slums, over 30,000 boys and girls now participate in the MYSA self-help youth sports, environmental cleanups, AIDS prevention, leadership training, jailed kids rehabilitation, photography, slum libraries and other community service projects. In addition to helping themselves, the Mathare youth also help youngsters in similar projects across Africa. There are now over 150,000 MYSA members and alumni in Kenya and abroad.

A major reason for MYSA’s success is the fact that it is owned and run by the youth themselves. The elected youth leaders, coaches and volunteers average 16 years old and half of them are girls. My work now mostly involves advising and mentoring MYSA and long-term strategic planning and donor diplomacy.

How did you come to do this?

For me and many other boys growing up in the small Canadian town of St. Catharines in the 1950s, school was what we did in between Saturdays. With our fathers as voluntary organisers and coaches, on Saturdays we put on our team colours to play baseball in summer or ice hockey in winter, with or against our friends. On those eagerly awaited Saturdays, we won or lost the bragging rights for the next week.

Through sport, we learned vital lessons and social skills. We learnt that achievement is our reward for self-discipline and training, for getting fit and, most importantly, for extra effort and teamwork. We learned to cope with losing as well as winning, gaining insights into our weaknesses and self-confidence from our victories. We also learned to respect the rules, our coaches, our referees, our team-mates and even our opponents. Our leagues were also a miniature United Nations in which multiculturalism thrived, as many players were young refugees from far away places. Once we put on our team colours, though, they ceased being foreigners and became our team-mates and friends.

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Bob presents trophy to 2018 MYSA U12 Champions Your typical day starts at…?

I try to avoid alarm clocks, I like to wake naturally. It is the birds and light that dictate my waking. I get up at about 4.30 am, make myself a hot water and lemon drink then do ten minutes of yoga breathing exercises. I always stop and listen to the dawn chorus, this eases me into the ‘deep end’ of the day. I loiter on the Internet to get my head into gear and prioritise my list of things to do that day. Between 5.30 and 9.00am is my ‘thinking time’ when I tackle the things that require careful thought without being distracted. Then, when the phones start ringing, I feel I can cope better with the interruptions.

I finish my first eight hours at 1pm with a light lunch and a power nap. Then I start my second day of the day! As I age, I find my days are too long and www.mcc.co.ke

a day in the lifeInterview of... too short at the same time. I try to finish up by 7pm and devote the evenings to my family, but after dinner I often have to work on reports or proposals.

In the public and private sectors MYSA alumni include, among many others, the Head of Technology Enterprise Services in Safaricom; the Communications Advisor for Medecins Sans Frontieres; an award winning investigative journalist at Africa Uncensored; the President of the Actuarial Society of Kenya; several Nairobi County MCAs; and a lawyer and State Counsel in the Office of the Attorney-General.

My grandfather’s footballing hero was Sir Bobby Charlton. When he became a Board member on the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, inspired by MYSA he came to visit Kenya. As I walked with him through the Mathare slums, I looked heavenward and hoped grandfather was watching!

What is your most memorable occasion in your career?

The youth from the Mathare slums were the global pioneers in using sport as a force for good by bringing people together to celebrate athletic achievements. In 2004 Mathare United Football Club (MUFC) and MYSA were Nobel Peace Prize nominees alongside such hopefuls as Bono and the Pope. Since then, sports have been used to tackle a wide range of health, social and environmental challenges and conflicts around the world.

But one of my proudest moments was in 2006 when inter-ethnic violence flared up in the Mathare slums with hundreds of innocent women and children fleeing to camp on a field near a MYSA office. As the government and nearby UN agencies initially ignored their desperate situation, the Mathare youth took funds intended for MYSA’s 20th anniversary celebrations and instead used the money to rent tents and buy blankets, clothing, food and medicine for the displaced families.

Similarly, during the devastating post-electoral violence in 2008 the MYSA youth also organised special Football4Peace tournaments and activities throughout the slums. When the government and the Kenya Football Association declared that, after the violence, they lacked funds for the national team to join the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds, the 16 Kenya Premier League teams agreed to fund the national Harambee Stars team themselves using money earned from SuperSport broadcasting rights, to try to heal their divided country. Over the next six months national pride and unity intensified and the Harambee Stars rose an astonishing 52 places (from 120th to 68th) in the FIFA world rankings. It was the first time in world football history that a national team had been funded entirely by the clubs. All Kenyans should be proud.

What is the best part of your job?

Helping to create new heroes and role models and then meeting them. There are over 120,000 MYSA alumni in Kenya and abroad and many now hold prominent positions in Kenyan football including CEO of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL), the CEO of the Kenya Football Federation (FKF), the Head Coaches of both the national men and women’s teams and top KPL/FIFA Referees. www.mcc.co.ke

With Sir Bobby Charlton and other Laureus World Sports Academy Award Winners in Lisbon 2004.

What is the worst part of your job?

Dealing with corruption, politics and mismanagement in Kenyan football. Those who plunder are not just stealing money, but stealing the dreams of the youth and preventing families from getting out of the slums.

What do you enjoy doing in your downtime after work?

I’m a compulsive reader, I like historical books and biographies and books that help one see the world differently. A top UN official once remarked that I’m one of the few people working at the highest policy level and in the slums simultaneously. Working in both extremes offers me an extraordinary and privileged perspective. I like to try and figure out what’s wrong with the world, figure out what needs to be done about it, and then get someone to pay me to implement it – that’s pretty much my definition of happiness!

But my favourite downtime is Sunday lunch with my grandchildren, poolside at Muthaiga.

What ambitions/future plans do you have for your work?

We need to reduce MYSA’s donor dependence and start to be self-sustaining. In 2020 we plan to launch a series of income generating projects which include up-grading and renting our main sports field and sports hall, reducing our power costs and carbon footprint by installing solar panels, providing commercial on-line sports and leadership training courses. We want to continue producing more good leaders with sound values as role models for Kenya.

If you weren’t Chairman of MYSA, Chairman of MUFC and a Director of the KPL, what would you like to do?

I would like to be an editorial cartoonist. I love the fact that one tiny illustration can express so much and with memorable humour.

And as a child, what did you want to grow up to be?

Well, I didn’t want to own a football club in Kenya!

I wanted to be a professional Ice Hockey player. At 17 I had to choose between school or going professional.

While I was thinking about that, my parents made up my mind. At the time I wasn’t happy with their choice, but I have many reasons to be happy about it now – for example, in the late 1950s Ice Hockey players didn’t wear protective helmets, so today I still have all my teeth.

Bob with his 'UNICEF' family.

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christmas draw winners Once again this year’s Christmas Draw was a tremendous success, in large part thanks to the number of spectacular prizes so generously donated by our Members. Many thanks to you all for helping to make this such a winning event.

On the day, over 150 Members and their friends attended and enjoyed a sumptuous pre-Christmas Lunch and Mini Draw (also with great prizes). This was the first of many happy occasions hosted by the Club during the Festive Season.

Prize Winner

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2 x Qatar International Business Class Tickets to any Worldwide Destination 2 x Qatar International Economy Class Tickets to any destination in Europe 3 x Nights for 2 guests Blue Bay Beach Resort with 2 Return Air Tickets 1 x Dinner for 8 guests in Red Room at Muthaiga Country Club 1 x 49” LED Smart FHD TV 2 x Nights for 4 guests at Driftwood B&B 1x iPhone 11 Pro 256 GB 1 x iPad Pro 12.9”, 64GB WiFi 1 x trip for 4 to Ragati Conservancy for 2 days fishing with accommodation 1 Night for 4 guests FB at Treetops Lodge in the Aberdare NP 1 x Ceramic Breakfast Set, Bakuli Blue 1 x Case of mixed wines 1 x Christmas Hamper, Farmer’s Choice 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1 x Mosaic Mirror - Linda Camm 1 x Car Breakdown Accessories 1 x Dinner Voucher at the Chophouse Restaurant at Radisson Blu 1 x Tote Ladies Handbag - Bush Princess 1 x Hotpoint 10,000/- Voucher 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Set of 3 Persian Ornamental Handcrafted Bowls 1 x Set of 2 Ornamental ‘Kukus’ 1 x Safari Chair 1 x Night B&B for 2 guests at Safari Park Hotel 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Set of 2 Voyager Suitcases 1 x Handmade Resin Salad Bowl (Limited Edition) 2 x Nights for 5 guests Self-catering, The Coach House, Devon, UK 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Leatherman Surge Tool 1 x 60 x 75” Slumberland Serenity Seal Mattress 1 x Safari Chair 1 x Set of 3 Persian Ornamental Handcrafted Bowls 1 x Original Water Colour Painting by Frances Simpson 1 x Manicure, Pedicure & Massage, Salon Malibu 1 x Bakuli Blue Ceramic Hanging Flowerpot 1 x Set of Tanzanite Earrings by Joo & Co Jewellery 1 x Dinner for 4 guests at Nyama Choma Ranch, Safari Park Hotel 1 x Bakuli Blue Ceramic Hanging Flowerpot 1 x Kenwood Juice Extractor 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1 x Set of Kitengela Water Jug and Glasses 1 x Blow-Dry, Manicure & Other Services, Danielle’s Hair Design 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Voucher 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Handcrafted King Size Printed Cotton Bedcover from India 1 x Set of 3 Arty Craftz Trays 1 x Night for 2 guests, all - inclusive at Turtle Bay Beach Club, Watamu 1 x Braun Blender Tribute Collection Blender 1 x Embroidered Kilim Carpet 1 x Original Painting by Bettina Roedling 1 x Bravecto Pet Supplies Cooper (K) Brand 1 x Persian Handwoven Carpet 1 x Kindle E-reader plus protective cover 1 x Braun Blender Tribute Collection Blender 1 x Barbeque Grill and Cooking Tools 1 x Bosch Washing Machine F/Load 6kg 1 x Night for 2 guests Full Board at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge 1 x Handpainted Ceramic Mini Storage Box from India 1 x Kindle E-reader plus protective cover 1 x Set of Kitengela Water Jug and Glasses 1 x Case of mixed wines 1 x Friday BBQ for 2 guests at The Edge Restaurant 1 x GoPro Hero 7 Camera with Harness Set

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Sanjay Gidoomal Maria Cunningham William Woodley Chris B. Kariuki Susan Harries Susan Haworth Paramjeet Mhajan Christopher Kinyanjui Caroline Thouless Michael Evans Eric Mungai Frances Simpson Barry Koenecke Alan Gachukia Alastair M. Addison Ian Barrah Susan Haworth Richard Collins John Muhoho Marinella Donati Peter Njoroge Graham Dean James Clark Brian Haworth Marc Lawson Bashir Awale John Syekei Stuart Millar Isabelle Musat S. R. Shah Walter Hollas Anthony Mills Stephen Strong Caroline Horne Martin Dunford Walter Hollas Frances Simpson Lau Larsen Willem Dolleman Oliver Fowler Michael Kilby Shakuntala Kimatrai Tanvinder Dhariwal Ronald Beaton Bruce Scott Antony Church Philip Hechle Christopher McLean Robert Clarke Matthew Barton Paul Wythe Roger Allen John Muhoho Angela Kamau Prem Gidoomal David Kiathe Benedict Clay Dan Putar Christopher Taylor Nicholas Nesbitt Anthony Clegg-Butt Terence Davidson Lawrence Sessions Roger Allen Philip Toye Kush Nathwani John Muhoho

1 x Cactus Sunglasses with Polarized Lenses, Optica Kenya 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Set of Kitengela Glass Jug & Glasses 1 x Tote Ladies Handbag - Bush Princess 1 x Full Mouth Cleaning & Polishing, Muthaiga Dental Care 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1x Luxury Food Hampers from Green Spoon 15,000/- 1 x Night for 2 guests at Lions Bluff Lodge Tsavo 1 x Original Ink Sketch Sophie Walbeoff 1 x Philips Shaver Unit with Wash Bag 1 x Set of 2 Voyager Suitcases 1 x Voucher 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 2 x Nights for 8 guests at Chingwede House, Msambweni 1 x 53-piece Cutlery Set 1 x Set of Table Lamps with Ornamental Shades 1 x Coffee Capsule Machine, Safari Lounge 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Handmade Resin Salad Bowl (Limited Edition) 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Ornamental Brass Lantern 1 x Mouth Cleaning Session, One Oak Dental Studio 1x Kenwood Chefette Hand Mixer 1 x Set of 2 Small Dalle Side Stools 1 x Set of 3 Arty Craftz Trays 1 x Case of mixed wines 1 x set Cocktails plus Sundowner Tumblers 1 x Hotpoint 10,000/= Voucher 1 x Weekend in Villa Kwako, Diani for 8 guests 1x Nikon Monarch 5 8x42 Binoculars 1 x Handwoven Persian Kilim Carpet 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x LG 100L Chest Freezer 1 x Brown’s Cheese Hamper, 1 x set Cocktails plus Sundowner Tumblers 2 x Safarilink Return Flight Tickets to Coast 1 x Bakuli Blue Ceramic Table Lamp + Shade 1 x Sandstorm Leather Moshi Backpack 1 x Set of Kitengela Water Jug and Glasses 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1 x Voucher 10,000/- for Healthy U 1 x Phillips Vacuum Cleaner 1 x Dinner for 2 guests at Sarova Stanley Thai Chai Restaurant 1 x Whirlpool 38 Litres Microwave 1 x Hotpoint LED 32” Smart TV 1 x Bose Soundlink Colour II (Lime) 1 x Sandstorm Long Weekender Bag 1 x 60 x 75” Slumberland Serenity Seal Mattress 2 x Safarilink Return Flight Tickets to Laikipia/Northern Kenya 1 x Voucher 10,000/= for Mr. Price 2 x Return Flights to Masai Mara, Safarilink 1 x TaylorMade 2018 Golf Bag plus Umbrella 1 x Hand carved Mirror - White Heat 1 x Voucher 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Bose Soundlink Revolve 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x Day Big Game Fishing and accommodation for 2 guests, Pemba Channel Safaris 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1x Luxury Food Hamper from Green Spoon 15,000/- 1 x Sunday Brunch for 2 guests at Hemingways, Karen 1 x Patrick Mavros Voucher 40,000/- 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x Bathroom Scales and Luxury towel set 1 x LG Microwave & Hotpoint Kettle 1 x Hotpoint 10,000/- Voucher 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand

Kevin Rodrigues Emma Caddy Parmindar Lotay John-Paul Ogalo S. R. Shah Mark Tilbury Angela Kamau Annie Dunn Stuart Hutchison John Gent Salome Mwangi-Kang’oro David Hutchison Nafisah Adamali Anthony Clegg-Butt Stephen Smith Gordon Weston Susan Deverell Philip Kinisu Douglas Morey Jan Thoenes Duncan Mitchell Valerie Taylor Caroline Horne Paul Van Brussel Sally Share Ashok Shah Lynn Tundo Naomi Poulton Andrew Smith Paul Van Brussel Robert Kimbui Les Baillie Sarit Raja-Shah David Rogers Neville Warren David Hutchison Stuart Hutchison Michael Norton-Griffiths Udi Gecaga Frank Mwongera David Stogdale Donna Hurt Philip McLellan Parmindar Lotay Simon Ball Joyce Karanja Tillmann Proske Margrit Von Lekow Jon Cavanagh Charles Ogalo Stella Mwangi Caroline Horne Ernest Kamau Nicholas Nesbitt Mahmood Manji Ashok Desai John Syekei Matthew Barton Elizabeth Tsakiris Wangui Mbugua Mathew Koech Mathew Koech Jane Parmley Charles Ogalo Ken Waibochi Harvey Croze

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christmas draw winners

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1 x Brown’s Cheese Hamper 1 x ChumaWorks Towel Rack with Luxury Towels 1 x 100% Cotton King-size Duvet Set 1 x Dalle Kitengela Glass Table and Chairs 1 x Wooden Carved Salad Bowl with Mountain Oils 1 x Turkish Handcrafted Glass Mosaic Vase 1 x 15% Discount on any Dental Treatment, One Oak Dental Studio 1 x Kenwood Prospero 900w Kitchen Machine 2 x Nights for 2 guests B+B at Hodi Hodi, Zanzibar 1 x Hair Cut & Other Services, Danielle’s Hair Design 1 x Ladies Handbag - Bush Princess 1 x Hotpoint 10,000/= Voucher 1 x Kenwood Toaster plus Black Decker Kettle 1 x Bose Soundlink Colour II (Blue) 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Single Duvet Cover Sets with throw 1 x Single Duvet Cover Sets with throw 1 x Case of mixed wines 1 x Sandstorm Canvas Adventurer Bag 1 x Philips Shaver Unit with Wash Bag 1 x Set of Medium Table Lanterns, House of Treasures 1 x Turkish Handcrafted Glass Mosaic Vase 1 x 15% Discount on any Dental treatment, One Oak Dental Studio 1 x Wooden Carved Salad Bowls with Mountain Oils 1 x Brown’s Cheese Hamper 1 x Hotpoint Hand Mixer & Kenwood Sandwich Maker 1 x Turkish Table Lamp with Ornamental Glass Shade 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Handcrafted King Size Printed Cotton Bedcover from India 2 x Nights for 2 guests FB at Sarova Lionhill Game Lodge 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Car Breakdown Accessories 1 x ChumaWorks Bird Feeder 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Handwoven Persian Kilim Carpet 1 x RAC Digital Tyre Inflator & Umbrella 1 x Voucher 10,000/- for Healthy U 1 x Ceramic Breakfast Set, Bakuli Blue 1 x Turkish Handcrafted Glass Mosaic Vase 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x set Cocktails plus Sundowner Tumblers 1 x set Cocktails plus Sundowner Tumblers 1 x Set of Kitengela Glass Garden Jewellery 2 x Nights for 4 guests Self-Catering at Takashak House, Takaungu 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Original Painting by Bettina Roedling 1 x Hotpoint Fridge 190 Litres 1 x Polycotton King-size Duvet Set 1 x Lunch for 2 guests at Sarova Panafric Flame Tree Restaurant 1 x Hotpoint Stand Fan with remote 1 x Brown’s Cheese Hamper 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Set of Dalle Square Coffee Table, Kitengela Glass 1 x Case of mixed wines 1 x Hotpoint 10,000/- Voucher 1 x set Cocktails plus Sundowner Tumblers 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1 x Langstroth Beehive plus Starter Kit 1 x Turkish Handcrafted Glass Mosaic Vase 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 2 x Nights for 2 guests FB at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge

Esther Ndisi-Bertolli Muhammed Hemraj Regem Lugonzo Stella Mwangi Chris Ngovi Susan Deverell James Coulson Margaret Muigai Derek Oatway Peter Low Susan Deverell Udi Gecaga Martin Dunford Jeanne Lee Finestone David Hutchison John Armitage Charles Ogalo David Hutchison Vickie Luckhurst Tillmann Proske Suzannah Goss Caroline Horne John Atkinson Stuart Millar Eliud Njoroge Rikie Muhoro Jacqueline Collins Varun Kapila Richard Collins Anthony Clegg-Butt Paul Rees Giovanni Parazzi Ashok Shah Christopher Bannister Hope Vater Alastair Addison David Hutchison Samson Kuria Kamau Kelly Jean Haigh Homer Combos George McKnight Betty Mwangi Jilan Shah Harshad Patel Richard Fox Kevin Rodrigues Mary Ndegwa Eric Mungai Jonathan Evans John Armitage Brian Lees Zena Nzibo Stuart Hutchison Matthew Barton Heather Samuels Regem Lugonzo John Muraya Gethi Lesley Wartnaby Emma Withey Eric Mungai Maina Wanjigi James Taylor Jolyon Mills Andrew Hamilton

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1 x Hotpoint 10,000/- Voucher 1 x Set of Stainless Steel Saucepans 1 x Dinner for 2 guests at Herbs & Spices Restaurant, Nairobi Serena Hotel 1 x Apple Airpods by Switch 1 x Leatherman Wave Tool 1 x Sandstorm Ladies Work Bag 1 x Christmas Hampers, Farmer’s Choice 1 x Voucher Craig’s Sports 30,000/- 2 x Nights for 8 guests self-catering at Kweisos House, Koru 1 x Case of mixed wines 1 x Samsung Galaxy S10 128GB/8GB RAM 1 x Brother Printer T310 1 x Sandstorm Leather Shopper Bag 1 x Christmas Hampers, Farmer’s Choice 1 x Set of 3 Persian Ornamental Handcrafted Bowls 1 x Nikon Monarch 5 8x42 Professional Binoculars 2 x nights for 2 guests FB at Ashnil Samburu Camp 1 x Hotpoint 3 Gas + 1 Electric Cooker 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1 x Voucher 10,000/- for Healthy U 1 x Hotpoint 260 Litres Chest Freezer 1 x Voucher 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Set of Beats Studio Wireless Headphones 1 x Complete Teeth Bleaching Session, Philips Zoom 2 x Return Flights to Laikipia, Safarilink 1 x Revival Mini Robert’s Digital Radio 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x Free Last Will Legal Consultation 1 x Night for 2 guests at Kitich Camp 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Kitengela Glass Water Dispenser 1 x Gift Voucher Kitengela Hot Glass 1 x Voucher for 30,000/= Joo & Co Jewellery 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x Couture Sunglasses Optica Kenya 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x ChumaWorks Hanging Karai Chair 1 x 3 Man Tent + LED Rechargeable Camping Lantern 1 x Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, 32GB 1 x Taylormade 2018 Golf Bags plus Umbrella 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x RAC Digital Tyre Inflator & Umbrella 1 x Luxury Christmas Hamper 1 x 10,000/- Voucher for Carrefour Supermarket 1 x Brother Printer T510W 1 x Bean Bag plus Matching Safari Blanket 1 x Set of 10 litres & 30 litres Thermos Cooler Boxes 1 x Sandstorm Odyssey Large Bag 1 x ChumaWorks Bird Feeder 1 x GoPro Hero 7 Camera with Harness Set 1 x Home-made Christmas Cake with Cake Stand 1 x Hotpoint Fridge 331 Litres 1 x Brown’s Cheese Hamper 1 x Bravecto Pet Supplies Cooper (K) Brand 2 x Nights self-catering at Samawati House, Msambweni 1 x Vouchers 10,000/= for Mr. Price 1 x Full Mouth Cleaning & Polishing, Muthaiga Dental Care 1 x Fitbit Wrist Band 1 x Hotpoint Stand Fan with Remote 2 x Leather Travel Wallets

Michael Rubia Thomas Pye William Pike Sarah Orr Peter Low Matthew Barton Nicholas Harrison Roberto Bonanno Imran Rattansi Ross Withey Andrew Smith Peter Scholes Ashe Ahluwalia Ursula Brenneisen Mark Charleson Pratul Shah James Kimondo Charles Ogalo Philip Toye Stella Mwangi Michael Barker Mark Tilbury Simon Jones David Hopcraft Michael Hopkins Frank Mwongera Tom Mboya Philip Mason David Gray Susan Deverell Violet Kairu Tanvinder Dhariwal David Hutchison Shaleen Keshavjee Shahira Alibhai Susan Rupia-Kidha Thomas Hext Kitili Mbathi David Hay-Smith Deborah Fowler Nina Michaelides Judith Lindgren Robert Andrew Angela Kamau Piers Winkworth Eric Goss Simon Jones Peter Nyakiamo Alastair Addison Jonathan Evans von Henriette Horace James Burnett Irene Wamakau Bimb Theobald Stefan Andersen Michael Matu Margaret Muigai Sue Evans Walter Hollas Philip Toye Jolyon Mills Stefano-Antonio Dejak David Hutchison

CHRISTMAS DRAW WINNERS – The Christmas Draw store will be open Mon – Sun from 12.30pm – 2pm.

Please try and collect your prizes during these hours. Out-of-hours collection will be possible with advanced notice.

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bird quiz

Bird’s Eye View You know what to do!

A recent bird quiz had the theme “BLACK”. I promised you one with the theme “WHITE” and, with a nod to Christmas, here it is!

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Assign the names White-backed; White-chinned; White-fronted; White-headed; White-starred and White-winged correctly to the six images and then, of course, identify each species.

Top row: White-winged Tern; White-headed Mousebird.

Middle row: White-chinned Prinea; White-fronted Bee-eater.

Bottom row: White-backed Duck; White- starred Robin.

Answers to Bird Quiz 26

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obituaries

PAUL CAPSTICK Paul Bryce Capstick was the youngest of four boys, born in Somerset, UK. At the outbreak of WWII they were evacuated to Penrith in Cumbria, where Paul attended boarding school. He enjoyed academic and sporting success, and set the school record for the fastest mile. After gaining a place to study Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow he first had to complete two years of National Service, serving mainly in Egypt.

Paul graduated from Glasgow in 1954 and married Alice, a schoolteacher, a year later. Despite enjoying veterinary practice, he wanted to pursue a career in research and applied for a colonial scholarship.

After a period of training at the UK Government’s Animal Virus Research Institute at Pirbright, Paul moved to Africa and took up a position in the Veterinary Department of the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, based in Nairobi. This marked the beginning of his love of Africa.

His work included developing the first ever vaccine for the control of lumpy skin disease. In 1962 he returned to Pirbright, where he focused on successfully developing an improved vaccine against

Richard Roberts

August 1929 - May 2018 Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and the manufacture of a rabies vaccine. These major scientific breakthroughs were of immense importance, enhancing the international reputation of British science.

Paul joined the Wellcome Foundation in 1969 where he continued to contribute to the effective control and eradication of FMD in numerous countries. In 1985 he returned to Kenya as Deputy Director of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, working on tsetse and tick borne diseases. In 1977 he co-founded Analabs, a private Kenyan company, initially working in veterinary pathology and diagnosis, but expanding to include microbiology for the dairy industry and toxicology for fruit, vegetable and flower farming. He also consulted on wildlife, particularly crocodiles, ostriches and elephants and in 2004, he was awarded a medal by UN-FAO for outstanding contributions to development of new vaccine production methods, and for services to international control of FMD. Paul reluctantly retired to UK due to ill health in 2015, where he died at the age of 88.

Paul was an inspirational and dynamic

April 1977 – August 2019 He believed with utmost passion and total focus that the people of the Mara were the guardians of one of the greatest wilderness areas on Earth and he dedicated his life to the conservation of the greater Mara region.

He attained his pilot’s wings when he was 18 and his plane became an extension of himself. Three years later he and Liz Fusco, his partner of 20 years, set up Richard’s Camp, a small, luxury tented eco-camp in the heart of the Maasai Mara.

Richard Roberts was born in April 1977 to Sue and the late Willie Roberts.

He was brought up living in a tent in the Maasai Mara, and it remained his preferred style of accommodation throughout his life. After attending Pembroke School and then Allhallows, Michaelhouse in South Africa, Richard returned to Kenya and channeled all his energies into wildlife conservation.

A true son of the Mara region where he had spent his earliest life, he fought for its best future. www.mcc.co.ke

leader and he will be remembered for his outstanding scientific and technical achievements, but he was also kind and generous and a devoted family man. His hobbies included carpentry, beekeeping, bird watching, fishing and golf. He was also an expert sailor and was asked to represent Kenya in the Olympic Games in Italy in 1960, but had to decline due to work commitments.

Paul is survived by Alice and his daughters Alison and Shirley, and three grandchildren.

He was a Member of MCC for 33 years.

Richard’s Camp won the Conde Nast Readers’ Choice Award last year and was voted sixth in the Top 50 Best Resorts in the World, and third in Africa. Adventurous and fearless, Richard ran a very successful safari company and pioneered trips throughout Africa opening up otherwise unknown destinations, his most recent trip was to Chad with three helicopters.

In 2011 he founded the Mara Elephant Project (MEP), which is instrumental in mitigating human-wildlife conflict

and anti-poaching. As testament to Richard and the team’s work, there has been a marked decline in the number of elephants poached within the Mara Ecosystem since MEP’s establishment.

Richard loved the great outdoors and enjoyed hang-gliding, skydiving and sailing. He was also funny and kind with an encyclopedic knowledge of the flora and fauna he dedicated his life to protecting.

His colleagues at MEP described him as “a conservation giant of his generation.”

In 2017 Richard was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Remarkably sanguine about the prognosis, he accepted his own mortality with courage and dignity and never lost his wicked sense of humour and wonderful capacity for happiness. He died at the age of 42 and, as well as his remarkable legacy in the Mara, he leaves behind his partner Liz and his children Willoughby (Willow) and Ivy, his mother Sue and sister Caroline (Withey.) He was a great family man and he will be sadly missed by them and the many friends he made and inspired from all around the world.

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obituaries

Gordon Bell

December 1935 – August 2019 in the firm when AMT merged to become Price Waterhouse.

his son Gavin, which merged with Tamarind Group in 2017.

Throughout his career Gordon never gave up his passion for sport and in 1962 joined the Old Cambrians Rugby team at Impala Club. Under his Captaincy Impala won several Enterprise Cups, and Gordon went on to play for Kenya and East Africa and later stood as Chairman of Selectors of KRFU and RFUEA.

Gordon earned the respect and reputation of being an astute financier and businessman as well as a man of complete integrity, good judgement and fairness to all those he came across in business. Testimony to this was his election as Chairman on several Boards including Old Mutual, Gertrude’s Garden Children’s Hospital, which named its Child Care Centre after him, and the Board of Management of Nairobi Hospital.

In 1961 Gordon married Evelyn Hanrahan and they had three children, Angie, Corinna (Nina) and Gavin.

Gordon Bell was born in Nairobi to Margaret & Charles Bell. He went to Nairobi Primary School and later boarded at Prince of Wales School.

He loved school life, excelled at sports and went on to be Captain of Hockey, Cricket and Rugby as well as Head Boy. After finishing school Gordon did two years National Service in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). In 1956 he joined Alexander McLennan Trundell & Co and trained to be became a Chartered Accountant. Gordon became a partner

Patrick Fox Patrick (Foxy) Fox was born and grew up in the Wirral with all his summer holidays spent on Anglesey. After school at Wrekin in Shropshire, he joined the British Army. He spent two years at Sandhurst where his love of horses began and he enjoyed eventing and competing in pentathlons for the Army.

After Sandhurst he joined 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers in Germany as a Platoon Commander but his army postings went from Germany to Scotland via Cypress with the UN Peacekeeping Force, to Gibraltar, where he met and married Dee in 1969. From there Foxy was posted to Northern Ireland and Singapore, and then to Uganda, Kenya and Namibia, after which he retired from the Army, but he and Dee decided to settle in Kenya.

This was the beginning of 12 years with the UN in various posts in many countries. He started in Northern Kenya where he was in charge of the 28

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In 1976, Gordon retired as Senior Partner from PWH and plunged into the entrepreneurial world with his long time business partner and friend Don Stalker. They started up several businesses including Manpower Ltd - a recruitment and HR training agency, a Dry Cleaning agency, a Video Rental store and Manstyle, the first Men’s Hair Salon in Nairobi. With his friend, the late Bill Parkinson, he started the Banda School and finally, in 1998, he started Kengele’s Restaurant with

Gordon became a Catholic and staunch member of the CIC community when he married Evelyn and was a life-long stalwart of the Kenyan Irish Society. He continued to enjoy sport right to the end, playing golf to a 6 Handicap and was a member of the 1st X1 for 42 years.

Gordon was a devoted family man who is remembered for his humour, kindness and ready laugh. He is survived by Evelyn, Angie and Gavin and his six grandchildren. He was a Member of MCC for 35 years.

December 1944 – August 2019 security for an operation to airlift food and resources into troubled Somalia.

He was then offered the post of Head of Security for UNICEF East Africa, which took him all over Africa. His final post with the UN was Head of Security for Kenya. In the last six years before he retired he worked for ICRC teaching International Humanitarian Law and the Rules of War to the armed forces of countries who had just signed up to the Geneva Conventions. His first post was in Tashkent in Uzbekistan and was the first of the many ‘Stans’ he worked in including Pakistan and Afghanistan.

After his retirement from the UN, with his vast knowledge and experience, Foxy was kept busy as a Consultant on numerous projects around the world, but it was during one of these consultancies that Patrick was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Foxy was an accomplished horseman and, as a young man, played polo, hunted frequently and took part

in hunter trials and team eventing whenever he could. He loved trout and salmon fishing and sailing and enjoyed golf and some shooting. He read widely and served diligently as Chairman of the Club Library Committee for 5 years.

When diagnosed with his brain tumour Patrick showed immense courage and resilience in facing up to what became his last battle. He is survived by Dee, his wife of over 50 years, and he will be missed by his many friends around the world and fellow Club Members. He was a Member of MCC for over 30 years. www.mcc.co.ke

candidates being considered for membership CANDIDATES BEING CONSIDERED FOR MEMBERSHIP 1ST NOVEMBER TO 31ST DECEMBER 2019

CANDIDATES BEING CONSIDERED FOR MEMBERSHIP 1ST DECEMBER 2019 TO 31ST JANUARY 2020

Proposer

Candidate Category

Proposer

Candidate Category

Deborah Sickmueller John Koech John Koech Isabelle Spindler

Kijana Muriuki

Rafiq Shariff Salim Suleman

James Gitoho

Alton Rego Jason Dunford Isabelle Spindler Salil Patel Transition to Full Membership

Transition to Full Membership

Paige Myatt-Taylor Sheila Koech Betty Koech Jasreet Patel – Omi Patel – Ella Patel Job Njiru – Nkirote Njiru – Nia Njiru – Anisi Njiru Bente Krogman Paul Kavuma – Zebib Kavuma – Kaleb Kavuma – Ezana Kavuma – Aida Kavuma Wilfred Njoroge – Sylvia Macharia Amit Shah Amar Shah Jennifer Sassi Tulsie Patel Habib El-Habr – Monique El-Habr Catherine Collin – Dan Putar – Lea Putar – Zoe Putar

James Mathenge

Alex Chege

Full (18-29)R

Charity Mwangi

Tracy Atieno

Full (18-29)R

John Wambugu

Joseph Kiragu

John Wambugu

Domitilla Kiragu

Full (18-29)R

Stephen Smith

Gabriel Gonzalez

Full Town

David Seagon

Jeremy Clayton

Full Town

Njoroge Ng’ang’a

Peter Kimacia

Full Town

Bernice Kimacia

David Kimacia

Junior Family Town

Njoroge Ng’ang’a

Ruth Kimacia

Full (18-29)R

Edward Day

Asif Padamshi

Full Town

Tasneem Padamshi

Full Town

Parvinder Chadha

Anuja Prashar

Full Town

Aziz Virani

Ashraf Musbally

Full Town

Swarnalata Ghoorbin

Full Town

Adel Musbally

Under 7

Asael Musbally

Under 7

Vijoo Rattansi

Sanjay Advani

Full Town

Vincent Rague

Reuben Warirah

Full Town

Unni Miyengi

Full Town

Jaden Magondu

Under 7

Adrian Magondu

Under 7

Ryan Magondu

Under 7

Peter Kimani

Peter Mayavi

Full Town

Rosslyn Mayavi

Full Town

Ethan Mayavi

Under 7

Full (18-29) Resident Full Town Full Town Full Town Junior Family Town Under 7 Full Town Full Town Junior Family Town Junior Family Town Full Town Full Town Full Town Junior Family Town Junior Family Town Junior Family Town Full Town Full Town Full Town Full Town Full (18-29) Resident Full (18-29) Resident Full Town Full Town Full Town Full Town Junior Family Town Junior Family Town

DEATHS

The Club regrets to announce the deaths of the following Members RICHARD ROBERTS on 19 August 2019 GILLIE KENNEDY on 11 September 2019 BERIT CAMILLA HOLLISTER on 10 October 2019 BRIAN STUTCHBURY on 16 October 2019 CLINTON LUCY on 23 October 2019 GERISHOM SANDE on 30 October 2019 BRIAN GLASSOCK on 5 November 2019 VERA SOMEN on 11 November 2019 CAROLYN BELCHER on 21 November 2019 BHARAT BHARDWAJ on 10 December 2019 CHARLES RUBIA on 23 December 2019 ALLAN NJOROGE NGUGI on 24 December 2019 STEWART VETCH on 25 December 2019 MALCOLM BARLOW on 31 December 2019 If anyone would like to publish an obituary for a Member who has died recently, please send a tribute and photograph of the deceased to the secretariat@mcc.co.ke

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Full Town

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SWEEPSTAKES NOVEMBER 2019 Prize

Member Name

Amount

1st

Ian Ngene

70,383.60

2nd

Cecilia Cran

35,191.80

3rd

Erick Goss

20,109.60

4th

Viresh Mohindra

20,109.60

5th

Kyale Mwendwa

15,082.20

6th

Richard Njoba

10,054.80

7th

John Karuga

10,054.80

8th

Robert Cork

10,054.80

9th

Ian McRae

10,054.80

SWEEPSTAKES DECEMBER 2019 Prize

Member Name

Amount

1st

Gordon Murray

70,849.10

2nd

Michael Round-Turner

35,424.55

3rd

Alister Lindsay

20,242.60

4th

Nigel Pavitt

20,242.60

5th

James Mathenge

15,181.95

6th

Damian Davies

10,121.30

7th

Surjit Ghataura

10,121.30

8th

Peter Wanday

10,121.30

9th

George Paterson

10,121.30

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For more information and contact details of reciprocating Clubs please contact the Secretary’s office.

MCC reciprocates with 114 Clubs in 24 countries around the world. The Reciprocity Committee invests a great INDIA THAILAND AUSTRALIA deal of time ensuring that these Clubs are worthy of our association and Members are encouraged to submit Tollygunge Club Ltd Kolkata The British Club, Bangkok Bangkok Adelaide Club Adelaide brief reports if they visit or stay at any one of them.

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