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      "startDate": "2025-05",
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        "Managed and updated student records using the NEMIS portal",
        "Uploaded and validated assessments on the KNEC CBA Portal.",
        "Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently on assigned duty.",
        "Sought opportunities to learn new skills and tackle challenging tasks."
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        "Registration of new outgrowers using the EWS system",
        "Collecting data on green leaf collection at the weighbridge",
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        "Eagerly absorbed new information and honed skills under guidance of experienced professionals.",
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        "Supported operational and IT initiatives at Kenya National Library - Meru, enhancing system efficiency and user experience.",
        "Contributed to the implementation of technology-driven solutions, troubleshooting IT issues, and streamlining digital processes, helping improve overall service delivery and organizational productivity.",
        "Teaching computer packages.",
        "Teaching communication skills including public speaking.",
        "Computer maintenance in the library.",
        "Assembling and disassembling of computers and printers.",
        "Network setup.",
        "Teaching Meru women prison how to read and mathematics using tablets.",
        "Worked with African stories which is based on tales used for teaching, for passing on cultural values of Africa.",
        "Worked with Jielimishe GEC Meru dealing with the Girls Education Challenge program seeking to improve life chances of up to one Million Marginalized Girls. The project is funded by the UK government through Department for International Development (DfID)."
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      "startDate": "2023-05",
      "endDate": "2025-11"
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      "degree": "Diploma",
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      "startDate": "2021-05",
      "endDate": "2023-03"
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      "institution": "Miathene Boys High School",
      "degree": "Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education",
      "startDate": "2014-01",
      "endDate": "2018-11"
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      "institution": "Bishop Lawi Imathew Primary School",
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