The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national
and international interest.
Mr Geofrey Ochieng Okoth, a Kenyan, completed his master's degree in biostatistics last May from Uganda's Makerere University thanks to a generous scholarship by the East African Community.
Ms Marie Cecile Muhorakey, a beneficiary from Rwanda, will next year finish her master's in crop protection, a course not available in her country, from Kenyatta University.
The East African Community - a bloc of seven countries - is far from achieving its dream of uniting its members under a federation, but that has not discouraged it from making tremendous strides in trade, education, health, immigration, agriculture and security - all of them issues beneficial to the region's ordinary people.
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