Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba Migos yesterday graced the inaugural graduation ceremony for Bomet University in Bomet county.

The ceremony celebrated the achievements of 712 graduands, who were conferred with degrees and awarded diplomas in various disciplines.

Bomet University was formerly a constituent college of Moi University and became a fully-fledged university in February this year through a presidential charter award by President Willam Ruto.

And Migos noted that the inaugural graduation was a significant milestone in the growth of yhe University and its contribution to expanding access to higher education, advancing skills development and nurturing the human capital needed to drive Kenya’s national development.

He said that besides expanding access to education for the youth, the university had given Bomet town a face lift which called for investors to accordingly improve on infrastructural development to cope with the rising student population, as a result.

The CS said that government was committed to ensure that all basic facilities like lecture halls hostels for student accommodation were provided for in earnest so as to give them a conducive learning environment.

He advised students to continuously concentrate in their studies and avoid activities that could derail their progress.

The event was attended by the Principal Secretary for the State Department for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Aurelia Rono, Bomet County Deputy Governor H. E. Shadrack Rotich, Bomet County Senator, Hillary Sigei, among other leaders and invited guests.

By Erick Ongeri