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Achieng Odonge
Achieng is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Conjestina Achieng (born 1977), Kenyan boxer * Sarah Opendi Achieng (born 1968), Ugandan politician * Achieng Abura (died 2016), Kenyan musician * Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (born 1994), British swimmer * Achieng Oneko (1920–2007), Kenyan freedom fighter and politician {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conjestina Achieng
Conjestina Achieng (born 20 October 1977 in Umiru village, Yala division, Siaya District. Conjestina is the fifth born in a family of ten. Her father Clement Adalo is a retired medical officer and her mother is Gertrude Auma. Her elder brother, Joseph Kusimba is an ex-boxer who runs a boxing club in Mathare, Nairobi. She is a Kenyan female boxer who has been nicknamed "Hands of Stone" and is ranked number five in the world. She became the first African woman to hold an international title when she beat Ugandan Fiona Tugume to take the vacant WIBF Middleweight title. She also twice lost out in controversial title fight circumstances to then WBC and WBA Super middleweight Natascha Ragosina Personal life Being otherwise unemployed, Achieng, who normally earned about $250 a fight, relied on boxing to pay for her inexpensive one-room rented apartment in Nairobi's impoverished Lucky Summer estate. Her greatest challenge was to finance her training and maintain a well-balanced diet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Opendi Achieng
Sarah Achieng Opendi, sometimes Sarah Opendi Achieng, is a Ugandan accountant and politician. She is the State Minister of Mineral Development in the Ugandan cabinet, serving since 14 December 2019. Before that, from 6 June 2016 until 14 December 2019, she served as the State Minister of Health for General Duties. Prior to that, from 15 August 2012 until 6 June 2016, she served as the Minister of State for Primary Healthcare. Prior to that, from 27 May 2011 until 15 August 2012, she served as the State Minister for Lands. In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, she retained her cabinet post. Background and education She was born in Tororo District on 26 September 1968. She studied accounting, graduating from the ''National College of Business Studies'', in 1994, with the Diploma in Accounting. In 1998, she successfully passed the examinations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, leading to award of the title of Associate Chartered Certified Accountant L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achieng Abura
Lydia Achieng Abura (died 20 October 2016) was a Kenyan singer who performed Afro-jazz, Afro-fusion, and gospel music. Life Achieng Abura was born in Eldoret and held an MSc. degree in Philosophy and Environmental Studies. She had one child, a son named Prince. She had a love for music, was a great orator, and took music professionally, debuting with a gospel album called ''I Believe'' around 1990. Other albums that followed were, ''Way Over Yonder'' and ''Sulwe''. In 2002, when she had shifted to Afro-jazz, she released the album ''Maisha''. Kenyan musician Abbi was formerly Abura's backing vocalist before he became a prominent solo artist.Italian Cultural Institute in NairobAbbi & Kikwetu in concert Later Abura released the album ''Spirit Of a Warrior''. In 2007, she released her last album titled ''Dhahabu Yangu'' by the Blu Zebra label, owned by Tedd Josiah. Career She was the voice of Crow in ''Tinga Tinga Tales''. She was a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, and toured abroad, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achieng Ajulu-Bushell
Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (born 1994 in Warrington, England, UK) is a retired British swimmer, who won the 50m and 100m breaststroke at the 2010 British Swimming Championships. Prior to 2010, she swam internationally for Kenya. Born to a British mother and a Kenyan father, political activist and academicProfessor Rok Ajulu Ajulu-Bushell left Britain at the age of three. She spent 10 years living in Kenya and then South Africa with her mother and sisters. She learned to swim in the Indian Ocean at the age of four, and swam her first competition at six. Swimming for Kenya, she won two gold medals at the 2008 African Swimming Championships (50m and 100m breaststroke), becoming the first female to win medals for Kenya at the African Championships. She also represented Kenya at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. In early 2010, Ajulu-Bushell decided to start swimming for Great Britain, and after a customary period without representing Kenya (1 year) and with clearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |