The district commissioner for Turkana central Mr. Humphrey Nakitare, has called for other well wishers to come and support other organizations like equity, in providing scholarships to needy children in the region. Speaking yesterday at Moi gardens, the DC said that the needs a lot of support in order to boost the level of education.
He urged all the sponsored students to work hard in their studies and ensure that they change, the status of the people in this region. Nakitare said that it is better to work while knowing where you came from and where you are heading.
At the same time, the CEO for equity bank Dr. James Mwangi, said that equity bank will continue to support education in the country, through offering scholarship to the clever and needy children every year. He said that this year only, equity is sponsoring 15 students both in secondary and university all over Turkana county.
On famine, Dr. Mwangi said that equity as a bank contributed more than 20m towards the fight against hunger in this region.
The celebrations were also attended by the president of master card foundation Mrs Rita Loy, where more than 3000 graduands were awarded certificates after being trained by equity bank in collaboration with master card foundation.
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