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Kenyan Businessman
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DR, LLB, LLM, CPS (K), MBSJared Benson Kangwana
Born (1949-01-06) 6 January 1949 (age 76)
Kisii, Kenya
CitizenshipKenya
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, businessman and lawyer
Known forBusiness, philanthropy
TitleChancellor
Technical University of Kenya
AwardsMoran of the Burning Spear (MBS), Honorary Warden

Hon. Dr. Jared Benson Kangwana LLB, LLM, CPS (K), MBS (born 6 January 1949) is a Kenyan businessman, lawyer, entrepreneur and the Chancellor of the Technical University of Kenya.

Career

Kangwana lectured at Kenya School of Law starting in 1978. He later moved to the University of Nairobi and taught courses about corporate law. During this time, he established a private law firm.

Corporate leadership and entrepreneurship

In 1983, Kangwana was appointed Chairman of Kenya Times Media Trust. They acquired Nairobi Times, which was renamed Kenya Times and became a daily.

At that time, there was little locally produced content for television broadcast. To fill the void, Kangwana successfully negotiated commercial terms with CNN to receive their broadcast feed on KTN, a first in Africa.

Public service

Having sent his children to St. Andrew's School Turi in the early 1990s, Kangwana went on to join the Board of Governors and later to be the chair. During his tenure, he helped to grow the school from a relatively modest missionary school to being amongst the premier private schools in Africa. The school was amongst the first local institutions to offer the contemporary Cambridge ‘A-Level’ curriculum. Today, St. Andrew's attracts students from across the continent and continues to be a leading institution.

Member of Parliament

Philanthropy

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In the 1990s, Kangwana considered the idea of doing something special for the community back at his place of birth. He established a primary school from scratch and introduced electricity and piped water to the community. He invited then President Daniel arap Moi to open the school in 1991 and it was named Moi Kisii Primary School. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) posted teachers and the school has since continued to perform well. Since its establishment, more than 1,500 students from the locality have successfully joined and qualified from universities and institutions of higher learning.

To help the students keep abreast with the ever-evolving ICT, Kangwana recently funded a fully-equipped computer laboratory at the Moi Kisii Primary School and provided training and internet access.

He also constructed and equipped the Kenyerere Health Centre which brought medical services to the heart of the community and is being currently managed by the County Government of Kisii.

National honors

References

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  3. "Moi-era businessman Kangwana opens microfinance bank". Nation. 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  4. Kenya Television Network-KTN http://a-zkenya.info/kenyan-tv-stations/7-kenya-television-network-ktn
  5. "InformationCradle". kenya1610.rssing.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. "Kangwana,Jared | East African Legislative Assembly". www.eala.org. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  7. EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY https://www.eala.org/uploads/3Oct2006.pdf#page=1
  8. The Kenya Gazette https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/officialGazette/2024-12-11/52/eng@1987-12-11/source#page=1
  9. The Kenya gazette https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/ke/2011/ke-government-gazette-dated-2011-08-12-no-79.pdf#page=63
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