Moses Kuria Done Thika High school Uniform During 70th Anniversary

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[00:00:00]Well, we also have Professor Macharia Mudure Macharia, the chairman of the group chairman of Equity Bank and also the chancellor of Karatina University.

[00:00:13]We also have national leaders including one and only Honorable Moses Kuria who I must add when I was in form one Moses Kuria honorable was in form six form six and we used to be in Kandutu dorms. Welcomes back our home sir.

[00:00:35]Tumpigie makofi.

[00:00:41]We also have the pastor the former deputy governor His Excellency Gerald Githinji deputy governor of Kiambu County.

[00:00:52]And we also have our very own the clerk of the National Assembly Samuel Gero kindly we let's appreciate him.

[00:01:06]Thank you for your love for this school.

[00:01:09]Your Excellency we have many that we would talk about we would I can point out but because of time allow me to stop there.

[00:01:18]Your Excellency allow me to specially recognize one distinguished son of this school who is with us today.

[00:01:27]Professor Frank George Gero kindly be upstanding.

[00:01:36]Take your seat.

[00:01:39]Your Your Excellency Professor Gero currently serves as the chief scientific officer at Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital and also as the chairman of the council the university council at Daystar University.

[00:01:58]Professor Jirogo was inducted into the American Chemistry Society Hall of Fame as a 2012 Hero of Chemistry for discovery of Hepatitis C drug.

[00:02:19]Your Excellency, this is the first Hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor approved by the US FDA, the Food and Drug Administration. Another clap.

[00:02:36]Your Excellency, Professor Frank George Orogo is also the first African to be granted over 100 patents by the US United States Patent Agency.

[00:02:53]100 And your Excellency, just this Tuesday just this Tuesday, his team won the Greater Manchester Cancer Research Award for the breakthrough research on early child detection of esophageal cancer in Kenya.

[00:03:20]Your Excellency, sir Professor Jirogo is also the founder of the Center for Africa's uh Life Sciences, a pioneering institution which is being established in in Naivasha here in Kenya to drive discovery and development of innovative medicines in Africa.

[00:03:42]Your Excellency, we celebrate this 70th anniversary uh as we celebrate this uh platinum anniversary we are immensely proud of this gallant son of Thika High School, and we humbly request you, Your Excellency,