This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Kenyan Raila Odinga’s presidential aspirations. There’s “On This Day”, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and lots of good music. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!
Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You’ll hear the winners' names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you’ve grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.
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This week’s quiz: On 10 September, I asked you a question about an article written by RFI English journalist Zeenat Hansrod: “Kenya Supreme Court rules no foul play in 2022 elections and upholds Ruto’s win”. Kenya held their presidential poll on 9 August; William Ruto of the United Democratic Alliance won 50.49 percent of the vote, narrowly defeating Raila Odinga from the Azimio party, who won 48.85 percent of the votes.
As noted in the title of Zeenat’s article, William Ruto’s victory was upheld; he was inaugurated on 13 September as the country’s fifth president.
I asked you to tell me how many times Raila Odinga has run for president of Kenya.
The answer is: five times. As he is now 77, we’ll see if he runs again. Kenya’s presidents serve for five years.
In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, this week for our gentlemen listeners: What would you do if you were a woman for a week, and what would your name be?
The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member and faithful Sound Kitchen participant Jayanta Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India. Jayanta is also the winner of this week’s bonus question.
The other winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Muhammad Nasyr from Katsina State, Nigeria; Sahadot Hossain from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh; Muhammad Shamim from Kerala State, India – Muhammad is also the president of the Golden Eagles RFI Club - and last but not least, RFI English listener Sajjad Hossain from Joypurhat, Bangladesh.
Congratulations winners!
Here’s the music you heard on this week’s program: “Because I did not conform” from Danses Grecques by Mikis Theodorakis, performed by the Maurice Béjart Ballet of XX century ensemble; Kenya’s National Anthem, composed by Thomas Johnson Kuto Kalume; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children’s Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “High Step” by Pepper Adams, performed by the Pepper Adams ensemble.
Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr
This week’s question ... you have to listen to the show to participate. After you’ve listened to the show, be sure to look at our website for articles about the Nobel prize winners, which will help you with the answer.
You have until 31 October to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 5 November podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
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english.service@rfi.fr
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Susan Owensby
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or
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