| 词条 | Emily Orwaru |
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| name = Emily Orwaru | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date ={{Birth year and age|1988}} | birth_place = Kenya | death_date = | death_place = | education =Samara State Aerospace University {{small|(Bachelor of Engineering)}} | occupation = Aerospace Engineer | years_active = 2007 to present | nationality = Kenya | citizenship = Kenya | residence = Nairobi, Kenya | known_for = | networth = 40000| home_town =Nyamira, Kenya | title = Aeronautical Planning Engineer at Kenya Airways | website = | spouse = | |}}Emily Orwaru (born 1988) is a Kenyan aeronautical engineer, who works as an aeronautical planning engineer, at Kenya Airways, the country's national airline.[1][2] Background and educationShe was born in Nyamira in Nyamira County,[1] about {{convert|305|km|0}}, by road, west of Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.[3] At the age of nine, she suffered from a bout of tonsillitis, which left her deaf in the right ear. Later, she was diagnosed with keratoconus, an eye condition characterized by thinning of the cornea in both eyes. She has to wear rigid contact lens to correct the problem. After attending elementary and high schools in Kenya, she benefited from a scholarship by the government of Russia, to attend Samara State Aerospace University, in Samara, Russia. At university, she studied Aerospace engineering, graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree, in 2009.[1][2] CareerIn 2014, Orwaru was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, for which she had to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In June 2014, she was hired as a aircraft maintenance technician at Kenya Airways, working in that capacity for six months until December 2014. Later, she was promoted to her present position of Aeronautical Planning Engineer.[1][2] Other achievements and activitiesIn October 2017, Emily Orwaru was named among the "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya 2017" by Business Daily Africa, an English-language business daily newspaper, published by the Nation Media Group. She is involved in a community-based economic development group in Nyamira, her home village. She is also a member of a cancer support group called "Faraja Cancer Care".[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web| work=Business Daily Africa | accessdate=26 November 2017 | url=http://host.nationmedia.com/Top40Under40-2017.pdf |format=PDF |title=Top 40 Women Under 40 in Kenya 2017 |date=26 October 2017 | publisher=Nation Media Group |location=Nairobi}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web| url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-orwaru-297a0326/ |title=Emily Orwaru, Aeronautical Engineer at Kenya Airways | accessdate=26 November 2017 | date=26 November 2017 | publisher=Linkedin |author=Emily Orwaru}} 3. ^{{cite web| accessdate=26 November 2017 | URL=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Kenya_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=City%20Square%2C%20Nairobi%2C%20Nairobi%20County%2C%20Kenya&toplace=nyamira&dt1=ChIJ2yXfzicRLxgR0NraPmaPBTA&dt2=ChIJ4xlXDzgZKxgR8u3qWeBBOJw | title=Distance between City Square, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya and Nyamira, Nyamira County, Kenya| date=26 November 2017 | author=GFC |publisher=Globefeedcom (GFC)}} External links
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