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David Mwiraria: Math wizard was first MA graduate at UoN

The late David Mwiraria (inset) and the University of Nairobi) [Photo:Collins Kweyu]

56 years since independence, Kenya has not produced more than a million MA graduates. It is shocking that the number of Kenyans with PhDs are less than 15,000.

Did you know this is somewhat ironic considering Kenya’s first student abroad was Molonket Olokorinya ole Sempele who was enrolled at the Boydton Academic and Bible Institute in Virginia in 1909?

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