By John Majau
Fancy Kathambi, 18, attained a University entry grade of a B+ despite facing many in raising school fees.
She has also endured psychological problems during her upbringing and throughout her primary and secondary school education.
That is because she was allegedly rejected by her father and her step father when her mother remarried.
Empathetic Chuka Girls High school teachers and students fundraised for her to clear Sh60, 000 school fees balance before she sat for her exams.
The teachers and students raised and settled the fees balance of Sh60, 000 for her when she was sent home to get the money and stayed over two weeks.
Chuka Girls’ Chief Principal Florence Mutwiri said they almost switched off the future of Kathambi after she was requested to go home for fees but couldn’t return.
Kathambi was among Chuka Girls 145 students who attained a University entry points out of 201 class that sat the 2020 KCSE exams.
“Her discipline is high. She has never been involved even in noise making. She is a girl we loved,” said the Chief Principal.
She said Kathambi joined Chuka Girls’ in 2017 when they immediately we noticed her inadequacy in paying fees.
They tried to approach her father David who picked Mutwiri’s phone once and was very rude.
“The father has neglected them and the mother does not have a reliable source of income,” she added.
Kathambi now fears she may not achieve her dream career of studying Medicine if she does not get someone to sponsor her higher education.
That is because her fate was almost sealed when her Aunt living in Nairobi promised to pay her form three and four fees but failed to send money.
The school had a mean score of 7.4 up from 6.67 they attained in 2019.
The second born in a family of four was staying with her grandmother from class one to standard seven and the relocated to live with her mother in her second marriage when was in class eight.
