{"id":12757,"date":"2024-01-15T07:11:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T07:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12757"},"modified":"2024-01-24T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:13:10","slug":"nibs-college-founder-liz-wanyoike-dies-aged-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12757","title":{"rendered":"NIBS College Founder Liz Wanyoike Dies Aged 73"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lizz Wanyoike, the visionary behind Nairobi Institute of Business Studies (NIBS), passed away at the age of 73 on Sunday night due to cancer. Recognized for her remarkable transition from an educator to the driving force behind NIBS, she leaves behind a legacy that includes the prestigious Emory Hotel and Lizzie Wanyoike Preparatory School. Her family&#8217;s eulogy honors her as a significant figure in education and entrepreneurship, emphasizing her profound impact on numerous lives. Kenyans from all walks of life, along with leaders, mourn her as a pioneer who has made an enduring mark. Kimani Ichungwah, Majority Party Leader in the National Assembly, extends condolences, describing Liz Wanyoike as an iconic figure in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Liz-Wanyoike.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12808\" style=\"width:381px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lizz Wanyoike, the visionary behind Nairobi Institute of Business Studies (NIBS), passed away at the age of 73 on Sunday night due to cancer. Recognized for her remarkable transition from an educator to the driving force behind NIBS, she leaves behind a legacy that includes the prestigious Emory Hotel and Lizzie Wanyoike Preparatory School. Her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Untitledn.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12757"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12810,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions\/12810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}