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She also owns a school where she trains kids with IT skills.Happy Jamhuri Day to everyone and all those who have embraced ICT for a brighter future.Photo: Nelly Cheboi (Twitter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_104535_176-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_104535_176-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_104535_176-1-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_104535_176-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the country marks 59 years of Independence under the ICT theme today, we celebrate the Kenyan queen, Nelly Cheboy, who was crowned the 2022 CNN&#8217;s Hero of the Year.Cheboi quit her software engineering job in the US to create computer labs for schoolchildren in Kenya. 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