Karua vs Gachagua: Who’s more educated? This is the question many people have come to ask about the two prospective deputy presidents.

Karua and Gachagua will to a large extent determine the outcome of the 2022 presidential General Election that is set to be held on August 9, 2022. Karua represents the Azimio One Kenya coalition while Gachagua represents the Kenya Kwanza alliance.

In this feature, we take a look at the education profiles of the two presidential deputy candidates.

Martha Karua

She attended Mugumo primary school, Kabare Girls Boarding School, St Michael’s boarding school Keruguya. She attended Kiburia Girls Secondary School, Ngiriambu Girl’s secondary school, and Karoti Girl’s secondary schools where she passed her East African School Certificate at Karoti Girls High School in Kirinyaga County.

She then attended Nairobi Girl’s secondary school for A levels. She studied law at the University of Nairobi from 1977 to 1980. Between 1980 and 1981 she was enrolled at the Kenya School of Law for the statutory postgraduate law course that is a prerequisite to admission to the Kenyan roll of advocates and licensing to practice law in Kenya.

Karua is also a holder of a Master’s degree from the United States International University (USIU). She graduated in 2011 at a ceremony held in Sandiego, USA.

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Rigathi Gachagua

Gachagua enrolled at Kabiruini Primary School from 1971 to 1977. After completing his primary education, he proceeded to Kianyaga High School in 1982 for his O-levels and A-levels.

In 1985, he joined the University of Nairobi where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Literature in 1988.

At the University of Nairobi,Gachagua was the Nyeri District University Students Association (Ndusa) leader as well as the chairman of The Association of Literature Students.

From 1999 to year 2000, he attended the Kenya School of Government where he studied an Advanced Public Administration Course.