Nairobi Wednesday 19th March,2025 in statehouse Nairobi
Today the President of The Republic of Kenya His Excellenccy William Samoei Ruto awarded a charter to the Riara University in a cremony held at statehouse Nairobi. This is a huge milestone to the university as it becomes fully chartered in Kenya.
Riara University was founded in the year 2012 by Mr daniel Gachukia and professor Eddah Gachukia who founded the Riara group of schools from a kindergarten school with less than 20 learners to a group of schools with a fully chartered university in 2025.
The couple Mr Danel and Eddah Gachukia graduated from Makerere University in Uganda as qualified teachers before begining their education journey in Kenya where they started teaching Thika high school. Its then when a friend approached and informed them of a kindergarten school which was on sale that they accepted to buy and began to develop it.
Today the couple though old could not hide their joy as the president accepted to give a charter to their Riara University which they founded in the year 2012. This brings an achievement to the education sector in Kenya by incresing the number of charterd universities in Kenya to 79.
This is a great improvement from 1970 when Kenya had only 2 universities, one private and a government university. the education sector in Kenya plays a critical role in the innovation, agriculture and business in the country.
While awarding the charter to the two key educationists in Kenya, the president also awarded the couple with national honours awading each of them an Elder of the Burning Spear. The couple expressed their joy and gratitude to the president for accepting to charter the Riara University which they started and have seen grow to a fully chartered University.
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