Toastmasters Clubs In Kenya

Toastmasters mission is to provide a supportive and positive learning platform on which members develop public speaking, communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and rapid personal growth.

This Toast-Mate list of Toastmasters Clubs in Kenya is provided to make it less onerous for members and prospective members to locate a club meeting location.

In case you find that there is a club that you know off, that is a missing from this list kindly let us know.

Club Name	Domicile Town	Venue Location	Meeting Days	Time of meeting
Kwanza	Nairobi	UKC	Tuesday	Evening
Nairobi Toastmasters Club	Nairobi	UKC	Monday	Lunch Time
UpperHill Toastmasters	Nairobi	Upperhill	Tuesday	Evening
JKUAT Toastmasters Club	Juja	JKUAT	Tuesdays	Evening
Smart Speak Toastmasters	Nairobi	Parklands	Tuesdays	Evening
Early Birds Toastmasters	Nairobi	Luther Plaza	Wednesdays	Morning
SEMA Toastmasters Club	Nairobi	UKC	Thursdays	Evening
Downtown Toastmasters	Nairobi	CBD	Thursdays	Evening
Kwacha Africa Gavel Club	Mombasa	Kwacha Africa	Fridays	Not meeting
Mombasa Toastmasters Club	Mombasa	CBD	Not meeting	Not meeting
Nairobi Bottlers	Nairobi	Embakasi		Evening
GE Kenya Toastmasters	Nairobi	Westlands	Thursdays
Toastmasters@Chiromo	Nairobi	Westlands	Thursdays	Morning
K-Toastmasters Club	Nairobi	Westlands	Thursday	Morning
Anchored Toastmasters	Nairobi	Luther Plaza	Friday	Evening
Mombasa Island	Mombasa	Island	Tuesday	Evening
Rafiki Toastmasters	Nairobi	Ngong Road	Mondays	Evening
Kisumu  Club	Kisumu	CBD	Monday	Evening
WBG Kenya Toastmasters	Nairobi	Upperhill	Wednesday	Evening
Westmasters	Nairobi	Westlands	Wednesdays	Evening
Lerai Toastmasters Club	Nairobi	Westlands	Thursdays	Morning
Nakuru Toastmasters Club	Nakuru	CBD	Tuesday	Evening
Kilele Toastmasters Club	Nyeri	CBD	Thursday	Evening
The Thika Toastmasters	Thika	CBD	Wednesday	Evening
The Ruaraka Toastmasters	Nairobi	Ruaraka	Tuesday	Evening
Kericho Gold Toastmasters	Mombasa	CBD	Friday	Evening
Kikuyu Toastmasters	Kikuyu	Naivasha Road	Tuesday	Evening
Strathmore University
Diplospeak	Nairobi	Gigiri	Tuesday	Midday
Nyali Toastmasters	Mombasa	Nyali	Thursday	Evening
Mombasa Road	Nairobi	South C	Saturday	Mid-morning
Andela	Nairobi	Roysambu	Wednesday	Evening
Ruaraka Toastmasters	Nairobi	Ruaraka	Tuesday	Evening
The Hill	Nairobi	Upperhill	Tuesday	Evening
Nakuru Business Association	Nakuru		Friday	Morning
Eldoret Toastmasters	Eldoret	CBD	Friday	Evening

Early Birds Nairobi Toastmasters Club Inaugural Meeting

+Harry Karanja of Nairobi Toastmasters pulled it off! The Early Birds Nairobi Toastmasters Club held it's inaugural meeting this morning. You won't believe how many early birds there are out there. The meeting room was packed with seasoned toastmasters, greenhorns, guests and me.

Two great speeches were delivered including a musical one from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In two minutes, I learnt more English from Prof. Okoth, our grammarian, than I did in the four years I spent at Kivumbini high school.

Reproduced below for posterity is the advert Harry and put up on the signup page.

The Early Birds Nairobi Toastmaster Clubs is new toastmasters club that is an offshoot of the Nairobi Toastmasters Club. The Nairobi Early Birds Toastmasters Club meets once a month, on every third Wednesday at 6:30 am at United Kenya Club. We invite you to support the new club by attending its meetings, becoming a sponsor, becoming a member, inviting guests or volunteering for roles.

DATE: 15/05/2013 (Wed 6:30AM - 7:30AM)
LOCATION: United Kenya Club

Toastmasters Speech Number 6 (vocal variety) – When a Deal is Too Good

I am struggling with my second attempt at the CC10 project. For sure, it would have been easier for me to inflate a sisal gunny bag than tackling this project. It is like milking a he-goat. The vocal variety is sounding like an attempt to use a vuvuzela as a trumpet. Maybe the culprit is my CC6 (vocal variety) that I post below.

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CC6 – When a deal is too good

Listen, am telling you this because you are my friends. Some quarter acre plots next to the defence college at Karen are selling at only two million kenya shillings. I know the seller and I can link you up.

Owning a piece of land is most a Kenyan’s vision. Vision without action is a merely a dream. Therefore, we work as hard as mules, toiling day and night, from cockcrow to long after sunset, year in year out and deny ourselves luxuries in the hope of saving just enough to purchase a plot.

Any plot even if at Athi River where the black soil looks like fine tarmac during the sunny season but is a rut with the first drops of rain and therefore one requires either competent wading skills or a canoe.

Jokes aside, the idea is good and the returns can be fulfilling. However the process is replete with pitfalls and snares. Matters are not made easier by our despicable man eat man culture. There are swindlers, bilkers and leeches out there who can smell the money in your pocket better than a shark a drop of blood in the ocean. One blink, just one and your savings evaporate into thin air.

So how do you go about it without burning, your already sore fingers?

For starters follow the law society regulations to the letter. After identifying an interesting piece, the next step should be to ascertain ownership. This is primarily done by talking to the neighbours. They are likely to know the owner or to know of any conflicts associated with the property. However, this is not sufficient proof. You need something written; something official; the official search certificate. The search certificate is got at the local lands office and it confirms the registered owner and lists any restrictions on the property. If the searching officers say that they cannot get the green card it doesn't mean that they won’t make it to American. No. It means one of two things or both either, the deal is shady or you need to do what needs to be done when a civil servant cannot find a file. I recommend you drop the deal at this point like a hot potato.

Next one needs to enter into a sale agreement. In particular make sure the agreement covers terms of payment, plus the vendor and purchaser responsibility. For this use a reputable and honest lawyer. They are many despite 99% of them spoiling for the others. Get one who can ask a learned question, preferable with foreign accent such as

“mr. so so, please answer yes or no, isn’t it so that when the a person dies in his sleep he does not get to know about it until the following morning?”.

Seriously though, use a conveyance lawyer.

Another thing, if the land is subject to land control board, don’t evade it. The land board is like a local council of elders that grants a specific entity authority to transfer land to another definite entity. Ideally it should be chaired the District Commissioner. But the DC delegates the authority to the DO who in turn has delegated to madam Wavy. According to the government, the service is free. But nonetheless Madam Wavy whom, it is rumored inspired the Michelin man, demands a token fee for the wazee that sets you back a couple of thousands.

In a nutshell,

1.    Confirm the details -  if  they are too good to be true, they are.

2.    Use a conveyance lawyer - Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish.

3.    Don’t take short cuts, they will cut your slyness to size.

Remember fellow toastmaster

When the deal is too good think twice? Wrong. Don’t even think about it

Toastmaster

Reflection in the mirror.

I extracted this letter from the May edition of the Toastmaster magazine.

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I’m 68 years old, and while most members in my Toastmasters club are looking through the windshield at their career, I’m looking in the rear view mirror at mine. In my business life I made more than 250 in person presentations to audiences ranging from 10 to 300 people. Looking back, I was either selling or telling them something. I wish I had heard about Toastmasters back then.

That was then. This is now. And I encourage everyone to join a local Toastmasters club. The little nuggets of information greatly improve each person’s communication skills. The Ice Breaker speech alone will have you looking in your mirror before it quickly becomes the rear-view mirror.

Richard Erschik

Homestead Toastmasters

Homestead, Florida

Table Topics Contest 2013

Wednesday 8^th of May Nairobi Toastmasters Club pulled off a first. They successfully hosted the first ever Table Topics contest in Kenya. The speakers were brilliant, witty and confident. The president was hilarious and the contest chair/toastmaster fantastic. The VPE Nairobi Toastmasters club had promised us a thrilling and fun event but we got a bomb.

As each of the twelve participants responded to the question:

 “Dishonesty or telling a lie is considered unacceptable. Some people however believe that telling a white lie is okay and can sometimes be considered a good thing. Do you agree?”

 I  got to hear statements like:

Father of the lie john 8:44
Pushing a deadline until it dies
Dishonesty is a measure of relativity of how we see the world
Dishonesty is how we survive life

Tell you what, I recommend you get hold of any speaker that is ready to share with you the youtube link to their speech. You will love it. You can also try your luck at http://nairobi.toastmastersclubs.org/Nairobi_Toastmasters_videos.html

As for me, my complain that Kenyans have become pathological liars is now sedated.

Exciting news about our Education Program - a communication from the International President

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May 1, 2013

Dear Toastmaster, I have exciting news to share with you. Toastmasters International is embarking on one of its most significant projects in recent memory: the development and implementation of a revitalized education program. The program will offer a learning experience that meets the needs of current and prospective members in an evolving global marketplace. Expected to launch in the second half of 2014, the updated education program is being developed in accordance with the Board of Directors' 2010 Strategic Plan, which calls for a renewed focus on leadership and an updated communication program. While honoring the core and history of the existing education program, the revitalized program will offer improvements in key areas. These include: A clearer path for achieving educational goals Enhanced use of technology and online learning tools Tangible ways to demonstrate and measure core competencies in communication and leadership  The program developers will work closely with a groups of core volunteers, who will be invited to share their feedback during various phases of the process. As a club member or leader, this represents a unique opportunity to be part of Toastmasters history. You have a chance to put your imprint on a program that will benefit tens of thousands of members for years to come! If you are interested in volunteering, we are seeking the first of two groups of volunteers now, so please visit www.toastmasters.org/revitalizededucationprogram to learn more. Be sure to return to this page often for information and updates on the revitalized education program.    Please join me in supporting this new and exciting project!    Sincerely, John Lau, DTM 2012-2013 International President Toastmasters International www.toastmasters.org cc: Board of Directors

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