Chinese TV project brings World Cup game changer to rural Kenya

NAIROBI - Joseph Runyenje Lopeyok was born in Likii village located on the outskirts of Nanyuki town in the central Kenyan county of Laikipia at a time it was a byword for squalor, crime and alcoholism.

The 50-year-old is nevertheless proud to have witnessed the transformation of this rural hamlet at a record pace thanks to investments in modern access roads, clean water, electricity, schools and health facilities.

Lopeyok's administrative unit that covers the entire Likii village and its outskirts is a beneficiary of Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African villages sponsored by the Chinese and Kenyan governments and implemented by StarTimes.