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Growing up in the ghetto, one has two choices; use your talent or get recruited into a gang.\u201d Says Mukigi. A young man who has met with the rules and life of a ghetto head-on. Fought to be where he is, occupied his space and stood with his head high. Fate and luck, both crisscrossing his path of life. Lucky he. A man must live. For Mukigi Kenneth, he chose to use his talent for good.<\/p>\n
The 3rd year student pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Cooperative Business at The Co-operative university of Kenya, unfortunately dropped out of school with his story untold in April 2015. \u201cWhen I joined the University in 2013, I was very excited knowing that I would \ufb01nally accomplish my dreams of being an entrepreneur, but that was slowly fading away\u201d Mukigi recalls.<\/p>\n
He knew he had to use his talent in art to make money which would come in handy to paying his tuition fees\u00a0\u00a0 at the University. Good in writing, a poet, the University noticed him and was taken in as one of the Library Knowledge ambassadors.<\/p>\n
Promising his parents that he would be the one to pay his own fees, Kenneth had to think fast as he was out of school and missing out on a lot of school work.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnowing Daniel \u2018Churchill\u2019 Ndambuki encouraged talent, I did my research about his show and everything that one had to know about him because I knew he was the man to help me,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n
His passion for making portraits with beads was his driving force. After making a portrait on the\u00a0Churchill show\u00a0<\/em>he was turned down but told\u00a0 to do something better. \u201cI did not take that as a disappointment but a challenge to make something that wows Churchill,\u201d he says smiling.<\/p>\n Challenge accepted, Kenneth was able to please Churchill and got an opportunity to present his portrait to him on a stage he had never thought he\u2019d ever stand on; the Churchill show.<\/p>\n Thrilled by the life story of Mukigi and his amazing talent, the former VP of the republic of Kenya offered to pay school fees for Mr. Mukigi in his subsequent year at the university as Churchill paid off his annual fee forthwith. Mr. Mukigi\u2019s joy remains epic.<\/p>\n \u201cOthers would call it coincidence but I call it miracle. After the meeting, both Churchill and Hon. Musyoka said that they would pay all of my tuition fees until I graduate.\u201d Kenneth says with a lot of enthusiasm as he is now back in school.<\/p>\n Kenneth Mukigi advices the youths and fellow students not to sit on their talents and use them for good by quoting Leo Buscaglia;<\/p>\n \u201cYour talent is God\u2019s gift to you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n What you do with it is your gift back to God.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Growing up in the ghetto, one has two choices; use your talent or get recruited into a gang.\u201d Says Mukigi. A young man who has met with the rules and life of a ghetto head-on. Fought to be where he is, occupied his space and stood with his head high. Fate and luck, both crisscrossing his path of life. Lucky he. A man must live. For Mukigi Kenneth, he chose to use his talent for good. The 3rd year student pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Cooperative Business at The Co-operative university of Kenya, unfortunately dropped out of school with his story untold in April 2015. \u201cWhen I joined the University in 2013, I was very excited knowing that I would \ufb01nally accomplish my dreams of being an entrepreneur, but that was slowly fading away\u201d Mukigi recalls. He knew he had to use his talent in art to make money which would come in handy to paying his tuition fees\u00a0\u00a0 at the University. Good in writing, a poet, the University noticed him and was taken in as one of the Library Knowledge ambassadors. Promising his parents that he would be the one to pay his own fees, Kenneth had to think fast as he was out of school and missing out on a lot of school work. \u201cKnowing Daniel \u2018Churchill\u2019 Ndambuki encouraged talent, I did my research about his show and everything that one had to know about him because I knew he was the man to help me,\u201d he explains. His passion for making portraits with beads was his driving force. After making a portrait on the\u00a0Churchill show\u00a0he was turned down but told\u00a0 to do something better. \u201cI did not take that as a disappointment but a challenge to make something that wows Churchill,\u201d he says smiling. Challenge accepted, Kenneth was able to please Churchill and got an opportunity to present his portrait to him on a stage he had never thought he\u2019d ever stand on; the Churchill show. Thrilled by the life story of Mukigi and his amazing talent, the former VP of the republic of Kenya offered to pay school fees for Mr. Mukigi in his subsequent year at the university as Churchill paid off his annual fee forthwith. Mr. Mukigi\u2019s joy remains epic. \u201cOthers would call it coincidence but I call it miracle. After the meeting, both Churchill and Hon. Musyoka said that they would pay all of my tuition fees until I graduate.\u201d Kenneth says with a lot of enthusiasm as he is now back in school. Kenneth Mukigi advices the youths and fellow students not to sit on their talents and use them for good by quoting Leo Buscaglia; \u201cYour talent is God\u2019s gift to you. 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