Alice Karuji

A DIVINE TOUCH

Glory and honour be to our Lord God Almighty for the birth and mobility of the National council of our churches of Kenya since its inception for about one hundred and four years ago. First I am humbled to congratulate all the founders and stakeholders of this great Christian based organization of which I am a proud beneficiary of and which my dreams were jumpstarted at an early age of sixteen years. While in form two at Nkondi Girls secondary school in the year 2009.

I am Alice Karuji SS/19/09 a lady age twenty four years . I was born in Gatue sub location in Tharaka North sub-county in Tharaka Nithi county in Kenya. I was raised in Tharaka central sub county which was formerly Tharaka South Sub County in Nkondi location in Tharaka Nithi County. This disparity in upbringing was as a result of immense migration due to separation of my parents as a result of domestic violence characterized by high level of poverty and indecent livelihoods .I was born and raised at the mercies of God as the only daughter to my parents in the third order of birth alongside my three brothers.

Godfrey muthee Davidstone murithi and wenda Ezekiel. Our parents namely John Kirea (father) and Mary gacwe (mother) separated at our very tender age wherby none of us had joined any institution of learning due to continuous violence and drunkness of my father who irresponsibly mistreated our mother to a point of hunting her to take away her life. He later left us to log in intense poverty to our society and the extended family later after my mum flew back to her parents home in Nkodi for safety. This early mistreatment and beating led to her never healing wounds and sores in her legs which she nurses up to date.

After long mistreatment of our patriarchal extended family. We were sent away by our grand mother(widower) and maneuvered to trace our way back to the mothers parents family where we were unwelcome which called for the chief to intervene for us to locate our mother and relatives where we were all enrolled for basic education. Do to unaceptance my mother opted to get an accommodation in Nkondi market in 2004 where we transferred to Nkondi primary school.

Thanks to African Brotherhood church which accommodated us for a while then later to some others shanty rooms in the market place until I sat for mi KCPE in 2007 and scored 316 marks. Unfortunately I was not privileged to secure an invitation to Pay secondary school but my mother sought a place at Nkondi girl’s secondary school in 2008 where she supplied bananas and some other vegetables for partial payment of my fees while the other was being taken care of by the CDF Tharaka constituency.

Through ABC church sponsor of our church I was able to get the application form where I was later on invited for interviews with the NCCK and was absorbed in the year 2009. Due several challenges at the school characterized by reduced level of academic couching my performance was slowly diminishing and this was really reducing my dream nothing bright. I began underperforming subsequently but I negotiated with the office of the NCCK upper Eastern region who facilitated my transfer to Kanjalu Girl’s Secondary School where I sate my KCSE in 2012 and completed with a B+ of 72 point and later admitted in Mutimedia University of Kenya to pursue bachelor commerce (Finance)

This scholarship transformed my attitude and my way of life since them and my life and my family as progressively improved since then we now have acquired parcel of land and a home which was as a result of my own initiative this is because there was less strain on the financial part as the NCCtook up the whole burden away from me and I am able to concentrate on God’s agenda and will for me my family and society as a whole

Having graduated with a second class honour upper division in NOV 10/2017 I am privileged to think strategically in the line of business and goal as exponentially become clear as an empowered investment consultation guided by Godly principles and the fear of God. I am currently on internship working with BIMAS Microfinance after which I had attached with SMEP microfinance bank in 2016. My greatest challenges had been to secure capital for investment but I was founded by a friend in September which invested in agriculture project in October 2017 because I belief that with a clear vision then success is inevitable.

I am also aiming to commerce my masters degree in finance by may 2018 dependent on my project and viability God bless NCCK clear will and reward for your big heart and usually God shall exceeding abundantly and satisfy your desire above imaginations. I am humbled to salute you thank you.