Daniel Sifa Wanje

Twenty two years old Daniel Sifa Wanje (middle), flanked by his father Wanje Sifa Nyale (left) receives a letter confirming a one-year scholarship from the Chairman of Board of Directors of Mount Kenya University Professor Simon Gicharu (right). Mr. Wanje

The foundation continues to manage scholarships awarded by Mount Kenya University to its students. In the last five (5) years, the University has awarded over fifty (50) scholarships to deserving students on the basis of the most need, high academic merit and potential impact of the scholarship to the recipient and the community. Recently, MKU founder, Prof. Simon Gicharu extended a full year scholarship to Mr. Daniel Wanje, a destitute student who had attempted to sell his kidney to support his entry into university to study Medicine.