School lesson sparks rabbit farming success for Nakuru twins
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Gift Waithira (left) and her twin sister Christine Wambui, learners of St Peter's Girls Comprehensive School in Elburgon, Nakuru County, hold one of the rabbits they keep at their grandmother’s residence in Elburgon.
Back in 2023, when Gift Waithira and her twin sister Christine Wambui were in Grade 5, a lesson from their agriculture teacher made the subject one of their favourites to this day. This lesson was part of the Competency-Based Education programme taught in primary schools, and it has made the twins so vibrant and optimistic in their endeavours.
After school one evening, Gift and Christine approached their grandmother and asked her to buy them two rabbits. “First, my grandmother wanted to know where the idea came from and why we had chosen her to ask. When she heard that it was inspired by a lesson they had learnt at school, she was delighted and promised to buy three rabbits: one male and two females,” recalls Gift. She adds that their uncle, Mr Paul Maina, built a rabbit cage costing Sh2,000. Within a week, Gift said, their grandmother, Mary Waithira, had bought the three rabbits as promised, at 300 shillings each.
