User:Kassam elvis

KASSAM ELVIS Born on 27th October, 1992, Okello Elvis Kassam is no doubt among Kenya’s promising youthful leaders. Kassam hails from Nyangere village,Nyatike District, Migori County in Kenya.

Kassam Elvis went to St.Joseph’s R.C. Primary School,Webuye (1999 – 2006) where his leadership and art talents were nurtured. While in primary school, apart from being a prefect, Kassam was successful in music festivals. Apart from being a talented student in primary school, Kassam was also a leading student in class.

Kassam Elvis went to Friends School Kamusinga, for his secondary education (2007-2010) where he grew hobbies of writing,debating and public speaking. One of the school’s best public speakers,debaters and great orators, Kassam chaired the schools Current Affairs and Debate Clubs. He was robustly involved in the Student leadership of the school,he was a class prefect right from Form One till Form 3 and later on to be the Dining Hall prefect where he set a precedence for all coming Dining Hall prefects.

He then proceeded to Strathmore University to study accounting by opting to do Certified Public Accountant as he waited for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results.He was admitted to the University of Nairobi but he opted to study Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) at Strathmore University in July 2012.

In his first year of study, Kassam would make history to become the first, first year 2012/2013 (junior student) to become the Secretary General of Strathmore University Student Council for the year 2013/2014.

He is the most memorable and most influential Secretary General Strathmore has ever produced.He is also remembered for the following remarkable achievements:

1. Spearhead the rebirth and relaunch of Elimisha Stratizen( Student Endowment Fund) -he was able to come up with a logo and motto for Elimisha. He was also able to come up with branded prducts for the same. This saw the amount of funds raised for the Endowment Fund rise to Ksh.95,000 in four weeks. 2. He organised the first Leadership Forum on the 16th of August 2013. The forum was graced by speakers such as Johnson Mwakazi, James Smart, Jason Nyantino and David Osiany. This forum served as a platform for networking for Strathmore Students. 3. He was the brain behind the formation of the committees. The committees served as a major tool of devolving the Council to Students and solving the communication problem. 4. He was the Chairman of the Committee organising the General Electric Career Day held on the 13 of September 2013. Through this event several students were able to get internship and job shadowing opportunities at GE. 5.He was able to work with the Alumni Relations Office in organising the Growth Series Talks. The first talk was held on 13th of July 2013. Theme: Tapping into the 30% Government tender for the Youth. The second talk was organised on 10th of October, 2013.