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    Make education reforms sustainable
    (The Daily Nation, 2017-01-12) Gicharu, Nyutu Simon
    Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has received a lot of accolades for the good work he is doing in the sector. The praises are deserved, looking at his achievements in the short stint he has served at the ministry. He has inspired hope that the myriad challenges that the education sector is grappling with can be addressed with focus, ingenuity, determination and resilience.
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    Mount Kenya University founder Simon Gicharu honoured as professor in Namibia
    (The Daily Nation, 2016-09-25) Wanga, Justus; Achuka, Vincent
    When Mr Simon Gicharu, the founder of Mt Kenya University, is awarded an honorary professorship at the International University of Management (IUM) in Windhoek, Namibia, Monday, he will be adding another feather to one of his many caps. After all, getting recognised for his work has become almost a normal affair. Mr Gicharu has three honorary doctorates, a book published to his name, sits on three boards and is a recipient of the 1st Class Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS), the highest award a civilian can get in Kenya, getting recognised for his work has become almost a normal affair.
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    We must unlock our potential in entrepreneurship to create jobs
    (The Daily Nation, 2016-08-01) Gicharu, Simon Nyutu
    Most, if not all economic analysts, agree that entrepreneurship holds the key to the creation of jobs and improvement of livelihoods. As a country therefore, we must begin to think seriously on how to nurture an entrepreneurship culture, moreso given the biting unemployment that we are faced with. What is undeniable is that Kenyans, especially young people, are full of brilliant ideas that could grow into big businesses if afforded a conducive environment. The challenge is how we can entrench such a favourable atmosphere that can help build these ideas into successful enterprises.
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    Applied mathematics for Craft Engineering
    (Jommo Kenyatta Foundation, 1996) Gicharu, Simon Nyutu; Uppal, S. M.; Kamau, James; Humphreys, H. M.
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    Citation for Mr. Simon Nyutu Gicharu, CBS for the award of Honorary Doctor of Science by Gulu University on October 25, 2014
    (2014-10) Gicharu, Simon Nyutu
    Mr. Simon Nyutu Gicharu was born in a small rural village known as Gathiruini in Kiambu County, Kenya, in 1964. He is the first in a family of six, born to the late Stephen Gicharu, and Alice Wambui. His early life experiences were the cauldron in which his successful characteristic traits were shaped. As a pupil at Kiawairia Primary School and later Gathiruini Secondary School, Mr. Gicharu had to walk many kilometres to and from school. His parents were peasant farmers and their small piece of land, which they tilled for subsistence, provided barely enough for their upkeep. To supplement the domestic income, Mr. Gicharu, alongside his siblings, picked coffee at large commercials farms for which he was paid by every single kilogram of coffee berries picked.