Kenya trip: Sir Richard Branson flies in to open Sekenani Primary School
May 19, 2008
More from news editor Michelle Perrett in the Masai Mara...
The big news on Saturday was that Richard Branson had arrived in the Masai Mara - naturally, everyone was excited to meet him.
Branson has been very supportive of Kenya during its troubles, and had come to open a new school which has been partly funded by Virgin Atlantic frequent flyers.
Sir Richard approached me with a kiss on the cheek. I managed to get one of the guys to take a photo of us (above), telling Branson it's for my mum. He said it was typical: women's mums now fancy him!
Later hundreds of locals gathered at the official opening ceremony of the Sekenani Primary School. I sat in the press area, only to find I was sitting directly behind the man himself and thus had a good chance of making it onto Kenyan TV.
The children celebrated by singing about how important education is to them. They were so happy and so excited to have a school. Many of us got a little teary as we realised what a big event this was for the community
Michelle Perrett, news editor
Nathan Midgley
Martin Couzins
Comments (1)
Michelle: have you washed that cheek yet?
Posted by Kevin May | May 19, 2008 1:46 PM
Posted on May 19, 2008 13:46