Kenya's first deaf professor wins UN person of the year award for empowering PWDs

Deaf since the age of eight, Ndurumo became East Africa’s first deaf professor.

by GILBERT KOECH

News25 October 2025 - 05:55

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Director general of the United Nations Office at Nairobi Zainab Bangura awards Prof Michael Ndurumo with the UN 2025 Person of the Year award on October 24, 2025

THE United Nations has named ProfMichael Ndurumo as the 2025 Person of the Year for his work in empowering persons living with disability.

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