"No parents, just faith: Orphaned Nakuru girl beats odds to graduate from JKUAT

This story has significance for readers across Kenya and beyond.

- Jane Nduta arrived at an MP's office in 2018 clutching two death certificates, both parents gone, only her KCPE results to show

- Hon. Martha Wangari responded on the spot with a four-year scholarship, setting the girl on a path that would change everything

- Daniel Njoroge, who witnessed the moment in 2018, shared an emotional tribute after Nduta's JKUAT graduation this month

A young Kenyan girl who walked into a constituency office as an orphaned 14-year-old, carrying her parents' death certificates and little else, has graduated from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) eight years after her life was quietly transformed by a single act of boldness.

Daniel Njoroge, who works at the Gilgil Constituency office and was present the day it all began, shared the story on Facebook, capturing what he described as one of the most emotional moments of his career.

From Kiptangwany to Gilgil Girls

Jane Nduta had just sat her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams in 2018, scoring 377 marks, when she made her way to the office from Kiptangwany. She had no parents and no one to pay secondary school fees. What she carried instead were two death certificates and, as Njoroge described it, nothing but faith and books.

Hon. Martha Wangari CBS did not turn her away. According to Njoroge, her response was immediate:

"We have got you." A four-year scholarship followed, and Nduta was enrolled at Gilgil Girls High School.

She repaid that trust with a B+ in her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations, earning herself a place at JKUAT.

Supermarket Runs and GK Land Rover Drop-offs

Njoroge recalled the quieter details of those years with particular warmth: the supermarket runs after midterm breaks and holidays, the shopping trips, and the GK Land Rover that would ferry Nduta back to school so she could arrive the way every other student with a family car did.

"The shopping, the laughter, the GK Land Rover drop-offs so she could pull up to school feeling just like every other girl with parents in a personal car," he wrote.

Support continued into university, where Hon. George Wanganga Nene stepped in to assist with her costs at JKUAT.

Jane Nduta's Graduation Month

This month, Nduta walked across a graduation stage in her gown, completing a journey that began with two death certificates and a 377-mark KCPE result.

Njoroge, reflecting on a photograph taken back in 2018 alongside the young girl who had just arrived at their office, said the contrast between that image and today moved him deeply.

"I'm proud. I'm emotional. I'm grateful," he wrote, signing off a tribute that has since drawn widespread attention online.

Source: TUKO.co.ke

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