UDA MP Njeri Maina Surprises 100 College students With Full Excessive Faculty Scholarship

Kirinyaga Lady Consultant Njeri Maina has stepped up her philanthropy by sponsoring full secondary college training for 100 needy college students in her county.

The lawmaker advised the press on Thursday that the scholars’ training will likely be facilitated by Tupange Kesho na Masomo which is a part of her bigger philanthropic work below the banner Tupange Kesho.

The scholars had been picked from 20 wards throughout the county.

“In that program, we’re totally sponsoring 100 orphans from underprivileged households for his or her type 1 to type 4 training throughout all 20 wards in Kirinyaga County,” the MP mentioned in a press release.

“It additionally features a mentorship program with greater than 30% of our beneficiaries becoming a member of type one,” she acknowledged including that she launched this system throughout her final bursary issuance on in August final yr.�

We have already got energetic beneficiaries at present in class.

Maina additional revealed that beneficiaries drawn from humble backgrounds will likely be entitled to a purchasing bundle of Ksh5,000.

The MP has been doing charity work for a number of years. In Might 2023, the lawmaker issued bursaries to over 500 orphans, specially-abled youngsters and youngsters from underprivileged households within the county.

“I wish to commend our Nationwide Authorities Affirmative Motion Fund coordinator and his committee for a job properly executed,” she celebrated on the time.

Whereas releasing the Kenya Certificates of Major Training (KCPE) leads to November, Training CS Ezekiel Machogu introduced that every one the 1.4 million candidates who sat for the examination will likely becontinuing to secondary college.

Solely 8,525 candidates had been in a position to rating 400 marks and above, with 352,782 college students scoring between 300 and 399 marks.�

Nearly all of pupils scored between 200 to 299  marks with 658,278 candidates falling into that class.�

Some 383,025 candidates scored between 100 to 199 marks with the remainder of the candidates scoring beneath 100 marks.�