A 13-year-old orphaned shiny boy from Kitengela city, Kajiado East Sub-county, who scored 383 marks within the 2023 Kenya Certificates of Major Schooling (KCPE) examination, has failed to hitch Kind One as a consequence of lack of faculty charges.
Hassan Nandwa Khareche sat his KCPE exams at Kitengela New Daybreak Academy beneath the sponsorship of well-wishers and secured a spot at Ikutha Boys Secondary Faculty in Kitui County.
However as his classmates headed to their respective secondary colleges on Monday, the boy’s future regarded more and more bleak with a darkish cloud hanging over Hassan and his elder sister, Metrin Khayisia, who can be his guardian.
When Nation.Africa caught up with him and his sister on Monday afternoon in a one-room rented home owned by a well-wisher in Kitengela Township, the duo regarded dejected and hopeless.
Hassan Nandwa Khareche, 13, who has failed to hitch Kind One due for lack of faculty charges shows his KCPE outcomes slip at a well-wisher’s house in Kitengela city on January 15, 2024.
Photograph credit score: Stanley Ngotho | Nation Media Group
The one room has a single mattress, some garments for the 2 of them hanging on a nail on the wall and some utensils. Half a cabbage and a packet of maize flour lay on an outdated desk.
Gentle bulb hung loosely
A lightweight bulb hung loosely from the ceiling, indicating that there was no mild in the home. That is the place they’ve spent the final three days, eager about their subsequent transfer earlier than the proprietor returns.
The proprietor of the home, who is alleged to be a church colleague of the duo’s mom, had given them a spot to remain for a couple of days whereas she was away.
Metrin, 21, who has been working as a home assist in Kitengela city for the previous 12 months, instructed Nation.Africa that her dad and mom, Ronald Odede and Violet Khareche died in April 2021 and February 2022, respectively.
“My mom, who used to do menial jobs, lived with the 2 of us in Kitengela earlier than she was taken ailing and later died. Once I accomplished Kind 4 in 2021, I secured a home assist job right here in Kitengela. My employer allowed me to reside with my brother whereas he was at school till a couple of days in the past once we have been kicked out,” she mentioned in tears.
Her brother’s guardian
She mentioned their aged grandmother who lives in Vihiga County is poor and takes care of three different grandchildren.
“We’re surviving on the little cash I had saved for meals. We’re getting hopeless with every minute. I had utilized for numerous sponsorships for my brother however I didn’t get a response,” she added.
Hassan Nandwa Khareche, 13, who has failed to hitch Kind One due for lack of faculty charges shows his KCPE outcomes slip at a well-wisher’s house in Kitengela city on January 15, 2024.
Photograph credit score: Stanley Ngotho | Nation Media Group
Throughout the interview, the 2 siblings hugged one another and wept bitterly, a transparent indication of their despair.
The boy, who aspires to be a medical physician, instructed Nation.Africa he spends most of his time revising his main faculty books within the hope {that a} benefactor will come alongside to allow him to go to secondary faculty.
Sacrificed so much
“All I’ve is my sister. I am nonetheless hoping to get some assist to hitch highschool to have the ability to accomplish my aspirations and assist my grandmother. My sister has sacrificed so much for me since my dad and mom died,” mentioned the boy.
Now, the boy is interesting to well-wishers to assist his secondary faculty schooling.