US college responds on Twitter to queries on Uhuru’s academic papers
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s alma mater took to Twitter on Thursday to respond to inqueries on the president’s academic credentials.
Amherst College in Massachusetts, United States, confirmed that President Kenyatta graduated from the instituion with an undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science.
The college shared a web link that listed President Kenyatta as one of the graduates of 1985.
But unsatisfied users kept pushing for the release the president’s course transcripts.
Amherst College, through its Twitter administrator, stated that it does not disclose personal details of former students as a matter of policy.
Some users requested for photo evidence of President Kenyatta graduating, a request that the college declined and termed as personal.
Here is the correspondence between the college and some Kenyans on Twitter.
@AmherstCollege I’m a Kenyan and would want to know:1.was Uhuru Kenyatta ur student? 2.Did he graduate? 3.if so,which grade 4.which course?
— Samuel Fatayah (@samfatayah) March 29, 2017
@samfatayah Thanks for your question. We can confirm that Uhuru Kenyatta graduated in 1985 with a degree in economics & political science.
— Amherst College (@AmherstCollege) March 29, 2017
@AmherstCollege thanks.what honours was it?1st,2nd class,pass?how was his behaviour and temperament as a student?did he do his homework?
— Samuel Fatayah (@samfatayah) March 29, 2017
@samfatayah Apologies, Samuel, but we don’t release any personal information about recent or former students, faculty or staff.
— Amherst College (@AmherstCollege) March 29, 2017
@AmherstCollege where is the evidence of graduation? could we please have Uhuru Kenyatta’s grades?
— Mr.Omoro (@MrOmoro) March 30, 2017
@MrOmoro Sorry, Mr. Omoro, we do not provide personal information like grades about any of our current or former students, faculty or staff.
— Amherst College (@AmherstCollege) March 30, 2017
