Beginning February 1st 2007, to take up a postdoctorate research fellowship at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany based at Nutrition and Food Research Center, Freising-Weihenstephan. This is a great honour in recognition for exemplary work done during the PhD research. The new challenges that come with such an appointment are enormous but the determination to succeed is equally exceptional. For someone who started off as a herds-boy for hire, arriving at the pyramid of academia has been long and chequered. Merely through resilience and persistence did I achieve this. Patience was a great attribute. Needless to say that the MSc was completed in an unprecedented 20 months, the programme takes 36 months here in China.
The PhD programme was particularly challenging but God endowed me with a rare gift of robust health and aptitude. The programme was successfully completed in a record setting 30 months. Most students here take at least 42 months but on average it takes 48 months to graduate with a PhD here in China. Not to mention the requirement for publication of scientific papers reporting on one's research. One obvious reason that gave me the chance at TUM (one of only three Euro key universities in Germany and the 14th top University in the world) is the quality and number of scientific publications and the novelty of the research area that I undertook during the PhD programme. I take this chance as a great honour not only for me but for my family, the people of Nandi, Kenya and those who have struggled to overcome myriads of hurdles in search of education.
For all this I can only say, all the Glory and Honour be unto God Almighty, Him who gives to everyone according to His riches in glory.
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Mr. Kaburwo,
welcome to Germany next year! I hope you will have a fine time here. Yes Münich is a fine place. I live at a city at the Rhine River. Neitu oli imuch kengalal eng' simo. Ane Andrew nebo Kalenjin Online.
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