Graduadion speech by Rev Joseph Migwi

I welcome you all to this moment of pride for us, our friends, our parents, our church members at KCTC First graduation where graduants are receiving their certificates and diploma in bible and theology

It is probably just less than three years ago when homework, assignments and projects became part of our lifestyle, built up as a chore to be performed on daily and grinding basis, waiting for this peak of achievement that we are celebrating today. You graduants have done exemplary work which cannot go unrecognized as the first lot to graduate in KCTC. I take this golden opportunity to applaud your efforts and extend my gratitude to the board of management, principal, faculty and all who have wholeheartedly sacrificed their time, energy and resources to achieve this glorious success

   When I reflect on the circumstances experienced in the past two years, am moved by the resilience, integrity, perseverance and the tenacity you have displayed amidst COVID -19 pandemic. You have become the pride of KCTC.

Pride, hope and glory are well deserved, evident in our eyes today, and we must savor the moment as the diver who jumps from the highest cliff   however neither pride nor hope nor glory is a good strategy. Being humble, focused and not seeking the credit to our own will do a lot more to move us to the next level. The thrill of the jumpy and the stormy state of the waters are simple preludes to climbing the whole cliff back again, reaching the new peak with sweat and tears which erases all fears in life.

In a nation of interminable wars, unstable economy, unpredictable electioneering year, famine amidst incomparable wealth, you have been privileged graduate with Diploma in Bible and Theology. You have been trained and exposed to the greatest of all diversities: that of cultures, habits, languages, attitudes and patterns of behavior by our well able faculty. Very few bible schools in the world can boast the enormous diversity of nationalities to be found at KCTC. Moreover, you are a now a strong battalion of multinational and transnational individuals whose ability to cope with and celebrate diversity are second to none.

Like a parachute, your mind functions better because it is open. Like an iPod, you carry in your heads a baggage of sounds and images that will shape the choices you will be making in all your endeavors and ministry.” Your life is a story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your purpose and potential.”- Kerry Washington said.

Allow nothing to replace your need to be fair and just, understanding and courageous in the face of adversity. You need to be courageous, which is not the absence of fear. Only idiots have no fear as courage it the art of mastering of it. Be passionate to win souls to Christ. The world is in your hands to conquer. Master your fear, be humble, aim higher, live your dreams, be fair and just, remembering not solely where you are going but particularly where you came from and one day you will look at the education you received in this great school of ours as a foundation upon which you built the greatest of all buildings in faith and we look forward to seeing you join the degree class in the next intake.

In the meantime savor the moment and as Mahatma Gandhi once said “Be the change you want to see.” I celebrate each and every one of you. BRAVO.