BUILDING; "MISS KENYA" ON BED; BLOOD GIVEN; "MISS KENYA" RELAXES AFTERWARDS.




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Background: THE NEWLY-ELECTED "MISS KENYA", WHO FLIES TO LONDON ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 5) TO TAKE PART IN THE "MISS WORLD" CONTEST, YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) DONATED A PINT OF BLOOD AT THE BLOOD DONOR SERVICES CENTRE IN NAIROBI.

THIS YEAR'S "MISS KENYA" IS 23-YEAR-OLD MISS JOSEPHINE MOIKOBU, A TEACHER AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, NAIROBI. THE YOUNGER DAUGHTER OF A KENYA COFFEE GROWER, MISS MOIKOBU HAS AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN ARTS, IS A BA IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND AN MA IN SOCIOLOGY.

A REGULAR BLOOD DONOR, MISS MOIKOBU WAS YESTERDAY DONATING HER FIFTH PINT IN KENYA. AFTERWARDS SHE RELAXED BY TAKING A SWIM.

MISS MOIKOBU STUDIED IN AMERICA AT THE WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY AND SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK STATE AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE EAST AFRICAN STUDENT'S ORGANISATION. HER FAMILY LIVE IN THE HIGHLANDS ABOVE LAKE VICTORIA.