Posted by the Ghetto Intellectual 2/24/2010
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Kenya: Queen of Court Gifts Children
23 February 2010
By Sammy Kitula
It was double joy for the residents of Kilili Village in Eastern Province on Tuesday. They came face to face with Serena Williams, the tennis icon they only see on television.
And there were three helicopters.
“I can’t believe it. I had never heard of her [Serena], neither had I seen an helicopter before,” said Ndunge Kithuku, a Form One student at the newly inaugurated Serena Williams Wee Secondary School. “I will never forget this day; my birthday present has come two weeks early.”
She wears many hats: from world renowned tennis player to model to philanthropist, Serena has it all. And this time in Wee, Matiliku Location, Makueni District, she was wearing the philanthropy hat.
Second secondary school
Serena was inaugurating her second secondary school, the Serena Williams Wee Secondary School, in as many years
On November 14 last year, Serena opened her first local secondary school, in Matooni, about 50 kilometres from Matiliku.
Despite ruling the tennis courts, Serena couldn’t help but gyrate her hips in harmony with the Kamba rhythm that reverberated across the small dusty school which bears her name. Never mind the tennis great couldn’t make anything from the songs. But songs soothe, so they say.
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