Ruth Jemutai Rono, the Chuka University graduate who emerged with a First Class Honours in Economics, has received five job offers after sharing her story on Tuesday.
Rono’s plight was shared across different social media platforms, with concerned Kenyans calling for well-wishers to intervene and help her.
Rono revealed that she received several calls from different organizations promising to give her paid internships after her predicament was aired by the media.
Among the organizations that contacted her was The Reale Hospital in Eldoret. She stated that they offered her a paid internship and medical insurance for her ailing grandmother.
She also disclosed that her previous lecturers at Chuka University promised to look for a better job for her.
In the meantime, they offered her a teaching job at the local Ndagani Secondary School to teach business.
Seven Meals Limited, a non-governmental firm headquartered in Utawala, Nairobi, also offered to give rent, a house for herself and her siblings.
Furthermore, they offered to give her a paid internship of Ksh30,000 and also send her siblings to school at Utawala Primary School.
In Kisumu, Giselle Foundation also offered to give her a fulltime job, pay fees for her siblings and look for someone to take care of them.
The Baringo County government has also contacted her seeking to take her in as an intern.
She expressed gratitude to everyone who offered her a helping hand but added that she was yet to make a decision.
“I have not made any decision but I am willing to work in an organisation that can pay me owing to the problems I have at home,” she disclosed.
She had revealed that she was the sole breadwinner in a family of eight. She also takes care of her two sisters who are disabled and in need of constant monitoring.
Her mother returned to her parents three years ago after she suffered depression, while her father is a habitual drunkard which has led him to abdicate his responsibilities.
