80-Year-Old Grandpa Earns Law Degree
2015-01-26 12:12:04.553 GMT
By Hazla Quire
Jan. 26, 2015 (All Africa Global Media) --
80 - year- old Lazaro Ole Kipeiyani was among the 75 students who graduated
last weekend from the Arusha Center of the Open University where
he was taking a bachelor's degree in law.
He attended the graduation ceremony on crutches support
having been involved in a hit-and-run accident last September. A
Toyota Noah hit him while crossing the road as he was walking
from the Open University Premises, returning home after writing
examinations .
At the ceremony his wife was supporting the him in his
movements. Despite his eight decades of life and recent
accident, Ole Kipeiyani was in bouncing health. He is a father
of four and has four grandchildren .
Neither the accident nor his advanced age deterred him from
attaining his lifetime ambition. "I used to help local residents
to compile a number their legal writings before taking cases to
courts," he explained adding that the task prompted him to take
law studies for real.
A former civil servant under various offices, Ole Kipeiyan
is also a holder of Degree in Theological studies, though he did
not clarify how he was making use of the latter.
The Arusha Regional Commissioner, Mr Daudi Felix-Ntibenda
was surprised by the 80-year-old Open University graduate and
during the occasion of him gracing the ceremony, he took the
initiative to award Ole Kipeiyan with 100,000/- instant cash.
It was female students on the other hand, who topped the
bill when it comes to the performance at the Open University in
Arusha with all the top three awards being bestowed to them
during the graduation ceremony.
The best students were named Ms Anna Mahenge, Bertha
Gilbert and Elisifiwe Kileo.
The Regional Commissioner said it a was shame for Open
University in Arusha to operate from a tiny rental structure and
promised to help the college get a plot on which the official
campus is to be constructed.
Meanwhile the Open University has recorded great
achievements, including establishing learning and exams centres
in practically all regions of mainland Tanzania as well as
Zanzibar and Pemba, in addition to extending to other countries
such as Kenya, Rwanda and Namibia.
The General Secretary for the Open University Students
Organization at Arusha Center, Mr Kassim Mfinanga, said it was
time OUT expands further into rural areas in order to serve
majority of Tanzanians living there.
Copyright Arusha Times. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media
(allAfrica.com).
-0- Jan/26/2015 12:12 GMT
last weekend from the Arusha Center of the Open University where
he was taking a bachelor's degree in law.
He attended the graduation ceremony on crutches support
having been involved in a hit-and-run accident last September. A
Toyota Noah hit him while crossing the road as he was walking
from the Open University Premises, returning home after writing
examinations .
At the ceremony his wife was supporting the him in his
movements. Despite his eight decades of life and recent
accident, Ole Kipeiyani was in bouncing health. He is a father
of four and has four grandchildren .
Neither the accident nor his advanced age deterred him from
attaining his lifetime ambition. "I used to help local residents
to compile a number their legal writings before taking cases to
courts," he explained adding that the task prompted him to take
law studies for real.
A former civil servant under various offices, Ole Kipeiyan
is also a holder of Degree in Theological studies, though he did
not clarify how he was making use of the latter.
The Arusha Regional Commissioner, Mr Daudi Felix-Ntibenda
was surprised by the 80-year-old Open University graduate and
during the occasion of him gracing the ceremony, he took the
initiative to award Ole Kipeiyan with 100,000/- instant cash.
It was female students on the other hand, who topped the
bill when it comes to the performance at the Open University in
Arusha with all the top three awards being bestowed to them
during the graduation ceremony.
The best students were named Ms Anna Mahenge, Bertha
Gilbert and Elisifiwe Kileo.
The Regional Commissioner said it a was shame for Open
University in Arusha to operate from a tiny rental structure and
promised to help the college get a plot on which the official
campus is to be constructed.
Meanwhile the Open University has recorded great
achievements, including establishing learning and exams centres
in practically all regions of mainland Tanzania as well as
Zanzibar and Pemba, in addition to extending to other countries
such as Kenya, Rwanda and Namibia.
The General Secretary for the Open University Students
Organization at Arusha Center, Mr Kassim Mfinanga, said it was
time OUT expands further into rural areas in order to serve
majority of Tanzanians living there.
Copyright Arusha Times. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media
(allAfrica.com).
-0- Jan/26/2015 12:12 GMT
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