Beyond Zero Marathon receives Sh163 million support from local corporatesFirst Lady of the Republic of Kenya Margaret Kenyatta (Left) receives a cheque from Standard Group's CEO Orlando Lyomu (centre) and Head of Marketing Doreen Mbaya, during a cheque handover ceremony at Statehouse. First Lady Margaret Kenyatta yesterday received more than Sh163 million to support this year’s Beyond Zero Marathon slated for March 10.Besides the cash donations from Beyond Zero’s traditional and new partners, sponsors and supporters, the First Lady also received additional support from Chinese firm, Huawei Technologies, who presented 50 laptops. You can feel it and you can see it,” said the First Lady. SEE ALSO :First Lady to step up health plan in marathonThe First Lady said her current focus is on obstetric fistula, a condition she said continues to frustrate many poor women in the country.The corporate donors included the Commercial Bank of Africa which gave Sh30 million, Co-operative Bank of Kenya (Sh20 million) and Kenya Commercial Bank (Sh20 million.) Others were MediaMax (Sh25 million), Kass (Sh20 million), Nation Group (Sh10 million), Capital FM (Sh12 million) and the Standard Group (Sh5 million) Magnate Ventures and Reelforge gave Sh5 million each, the Kenya Women Finance Trust (Sh3 million), Coca Cola (Sh3 million) and Africa and Parapet Cleaning Group (Sh2 million).

Source: Standard Digital February 05, 2019 21:04 UTC