Betty Nyagoha will be buried today in her family lands near Lugari, a small town in western Kenya. Her passing, after being admitted to hospital in Nairobi with Covid-19, ends a 27-year journey in education for Nyagoha, who founded a school called Gatoto in the Mukuru Kwa Reuben area of Nairobi in 1994 and turned it into one of the best primary schools in Kenya.  She got there through her own grit and determination with the help of the teachers and community around the school. But it is also an Irish story.  Nyagoha impacted thousands of Irish people – from…

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