From herder to scholar: Wonder as farmhand earns second PhD

Dr Daniel Ing'ollan Nawose, his wife Rebecca Amimlim and daughter Avy Nabos after he graduated with a PhD at Moi University in Eldoret, on December 20, 2024. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Sometime in 1984, a skinny boy from Katilia, Turkana East arrived in Soy, Uasin Gishu County to herd cows for school fees and food.

Before that, the 12-year-old had been herding camels and goats in the banditry-prone area. Relief food, mostly yellow maize, was becoming scarce and wild fruits were their only hope.