President Uhuru Kenyatta’s niece and KICC CEO Nana Gecaga has disclosed that she was picked on several times while schooling in America.
Speaking to comedian Jasper Muthomi, popularly known as MC Jessy on his Youtube show, Gecaga narrated that her classmates could not understand how she had made it to the school without a scholarship.
"There were challenges because I was coming from Kenya, Africa and you are going to the States, primarily a caucasian setting so you are the minority and it's always going to be hazy, you face it anywhere.
"People wouldn't understand how I got there yet I was from Africa and did not have a scholarship so I got picked on for having money," she narrated.
Nana, who had been to international schools from the age of seven, stated that the local residents could not understand how foreigners were able to cater for fees in the school, being one of the best in the country.
Instead of whinning about her situation, she made a decision to appreciate people from different cultures and always be compassionate to them.
Asked if she would want her own children to study abroad like she did, Nana indicated that there were better ways for them to learn other than traveling to other countries, especially in this decade.
"I would save the money for my kids, get very good internet, get a good working space for them at home and let them move there because, we are moving in the internet direction so my children don't have to leave the country for education, it is at the click of a button now," she stated.
In addition, Nana disclosed that she had dsylexia, a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words.
Dyslexia Organization Kenya (DOK) explains that children who have the disorder are often smart and hardworking but they have trouble connecting the letters they see to the sounds that the letters make (they can read 'cat' as 'tac').
"I was fortunate enough to have teachers who would see and notice that it was not disruptiveness but an actual learning disability so it meant that I was given more time to take a test and take medicines. I was, however, worse with the medication," she stated.
She encouraged teachers to be more keen on noticing certain issues in children.
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