Kivutha Kibwana Discloses He Became University Lecturer At Age Of 23: "I Taught For 25 Years?"

• Professor Kivutha Kibwana reveals he had the bearing of his scholarly excellence at a very young age
• The former governor of Makueni county says he began teaching at the university when he was 23 years old
• He holds academic credentials from the University of Nairobi and other world-class institutions like Harvard University and the University of London

Former Makueni governor Kivutha Kibwana reveals that his scholarly excellence started when he was young.

The professor of law who spent a considerable chunk of his life in politics has a handful of educational feats to his name.

University lecturer at 23

In a recent engagement with young scholars on the Share With Justus platform, Kibwana revealed he started teaching at the university at 23.

He says some of his students were older than him with the females trying to seek his attention for a relationship.

The professor of law would teach the discipline for 25 years before setting his foot into the public service.

All the while, he was the dean of the faculty of law and was involved in Kenyan political neoliberalism politics in the 1990s.

"I started teaching at the university as a lecturer at 23 years old, and some of my students were older than me," he said.

He obtained his first law degree in 1976 at the University of Nairobi before proceeding to the University of London for his Master's in the same discipline.

Kibwana acquired another Master's from the US-based Havard before getting his professorship at the George Washington University Law School.

He gave the chronology of his stints in public service, including being a member of parliament, an assistant minister and later governor.

He quit politics in 2022 after the lapse of his ten-year term at the helm of Makueni county.

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Meanwhile, much is said about motivational speakers, but Benjamin Bagyema's story tends to set the bar too high for his peers in that field.

The Ugandan caused tongues to wag after asserting he purchased his first tract when he was 13 years old.

His assertion seems not to convince many given that at that age, Bagyema would apparently not be having the thought to invest in such things as lands, or even proper financial skills to do what he claims.

Buying land while aged 13 years

It however turns out that he began focusing on various skills and career paths a few years after hitting 10.

The youngster then would find himself educating others on money matters.

He once said in an interview that he gets paid whenever he gets out to train his peers on financial literacy.

"I am a peer trainer for children. So basically, when I go out to teach other children on this topic, I get paid," he told NTV Uganda in 2012 when he was 11 years old.

The young man would continue building a solid foundation for his financial success even as he attended school like his peers.

Despite waking up every morning of the week to go to school, Bagyema was not satisfied with the Ugandan education system which corresponds to the ones in the other East African Community (EAC) countries.

He, therefore, majored in IT aspects such as coding and also improved his public speaking and negotiation skills.

Fast forward, he acquired the said land in 2015 using the savings from proceeds of his peer training sessions and motivational speaking gigs.

The young man in an interview with the BBC proved he was good at what he claimed.

He ran a blog, wrote a book, and even got international recognition while still a teenager.

The Doubting Thomases are however not convinced Bagyema could achieve that much at that tender age.

There are those who have however followed Bagyema and his journey and are thus not surprised by the many feats he now has to his name.

Mostly, 13-year-olds would wallow in childish stuff and escapades that would not end up being an empire of sorts.

Despite the above, there are those who started their journey to the top early, and Bagyema fitted into the clique.