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June
15 -- Four Kenyan students including, Mark Murangaru, the
son of a senior Kenyan cabinet minister graduated from DePaul University
over the weekend in ceremonies marked by pomp and academic pageantry.
Mark
Murungaru the son of Chris Murungaru, Kenya' minister for internal
security on Sunday was awarded a bachelors degree in finance by
DePaul, the nation's largest Catholic university. His father and
mother Josephine Murangaru, who had flown from Kenya witnessed the
ceremony.
Other
Kenyans who graduated from DePaul are: Priscilla Kirigua, who earned
a master of business administration degree in operational management;
Oliver Sindabi, masters degree in social, cultural and human development
and John Ngugi, a bachelors of arts degree in sports management.
Kirigua
is the daughter of Winfred and Peter Kirigua, the managing director
of Nairobi-based DT Dobie (K), one of East Africa’s largest car
dealership. The couple also traveled to Chicago to see their daughter
graduate.
Ngugi,
son of Anastasia and Michael Njuguna Ngugi, was among 300 DePaul
undergraduates recognized by an award for doing an exceptional final
project for his degree course. Ngugi 52, was honored by The School
of New Learning (SNL) at DePaul for his thesis project, entitled
"Sports Promote Peace and International Cooperation and Tourism.
Sindabi,
29, is the son of Rose and Professor Aggrey Sindabi, the Principal
at Egerton University’s Laikipia Campus. Egerton is one of the four
main public universities in Kenya.
Sindabi
and Ngugi's parents could not attend the graduations of their children,
but they mailed graduation cards and made phone calls to share their
excitements.
Chris
Murungaru, who arrived in Chicago with his wife, and daughter Caroline,
on Friday, said his eldest son's graduation was a family first and
a fundamental milestone.
DePaul
University was founded in 1898 and is the largest Catholic university
in the US and the largest private university in Chicago. The institution
has 950 international students, but it's not clear what percentage
of those students are from Africa.
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