Talarus Chesang
Baringo poor orphan who braved wild animals to score 391 marks in KCPE has received secondary school sponsorship, courtesy of Senator Gideon Moi.
Senator Moi offered himself to purchase full shopping and pay for the bright boy’s school fees throughout his high school studies.
Last week, media highlighted the story of the 14-year old boy, Eugene Simiyu, who appealed for funds to join St. Joseph’s Kitale, National school in Trans-Nzoia County.
“I would wake up daily in the dark morning around 5am, light on my torch and trek seven kilometers through the thick bushes, sometimes I would hear sounds of laughing hyenas and growling leopards” Simiyu said.
He further said that during rainy seasons, he gets to school late owing to slippery hilly terrains and flooded seasonal rivers.
The boy was to report on May 3 but delayed due to lack of funds. He is determined to become a doctor when he completes his studies.
Since the boy lost his mother, he currently lives with his poor uncle, George Zachary, in a rickety structure at the sleepy Lelgut village in Baringo Central Sub-county .
“Since my sister passed on, I offered to accommodate Eugene together with his elder brother, I also have a family and just work on menial jobs to feed and clothe them,” Zachary said.
He sincerely thanked Senator Moi for offering to sponsor his nephew: “I actually lack words to express my happiness, may God bless him.”
Lelgut Primary School head teacher, Dominic Mburu, said owing to the distance and dangerous wild animals he exempted the boy from attending both evening and morning preps.
Mburu described the boy as disciplined, devoted and hardworking saying he truly deserved assistance. He said the boy has not missed school even a single day.
He also thanked Senator Moi for taking up the challenge to sponsor the boy saying his star will now shine because his dream to join high school has finally been actualized.
He also thanked the Equity Bank Elimu Fund foundation for sponsoring another needy child, Stanley Kaimoi, from his school who scored 373 marks and secured admission at Tambach Boys’ high school.
Mburu said they are blessed as a school despite the remoteness and challenges like water shortage but are still able to produce good results.
“I was stressed as head teacher seeing my bright candidate staying at home, but I can now afford to sleep, thanks to all who took part in this successful journey including our friends from the media” Mburu said on Thursday.
