After more than a month of fruitlessly looking for school fees to enable him to join Form one at Kisumu Boys High school, the top pupil at Rabuor primary school Adrian Momanyi who scored 369 marks in KCPE tearfully walked back to his former school to attend classes even as his hopes of joining form one remained alive.
Momanyi hopes that a well-wisher will come to his rescue. Speaking to K24 Digital, the optimistic Momanyi narrated how his family's financial constraints led him back to Rabuor Primary School.
The 14-year-old boy stated that his mother is self-employed and that the earnings from her business cannot sustain their family.
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"I was given a calling letter to Kisumu Boys High School but I was not able to join because of the high school fees. My mother is self-employed and the business she does cannot even support our feeding and clothing. I would like to ask anyone who can help me to go to school, to just help me," the emotional Momanyi appealed.
Rabuor Primary's Headteacher Dick Awuonda also appealed to well-wishers to come to Momanyi's rescue.
"Today I was surprised when I received one of my parents who came with her son that she wants to repeat. I was shocked to be called because, as far as I'm concerned, this boy, Adrian Momanyi, was one of our best in last year's KCPE, where he scored 369 marks and was invited to join Kisumu Boys High School.
"I knew that the boy had joined. So when the mother came with the boy that she wants the boy to repeat today, I was shocked and really quite shocked. The boy is very bright and it's like the family has problems, they have family issues. The mother had separated from the father, and it's like the father has gone in line. He was in communication with the mother and now he cannot be traced. I really do not know. I've put this boy in class, and right now I want to appeal.
"If we can have wellwisher coming in to support the boy so that he can join this school of his choice. Kisumu Boys, I am very sure that come the end of the term, that well, we shall be surprised to see the boys' performance. I'm very much confident about the boy, and I know that this is a boy who has a bright future. I want to appeal to Anywhere WeissA, who is ready to come and support Adrian," he said.
Adrian's mother, Violet Afande, also appealed to well-wishers to come to her son's rescue. She revealed that she operates a French Fries business that earns her Ksh200 a day, money that she says cannot take care of her and her three children.
Violet narrated that she has knocked on a lot of doors in search of school fees for her son, to no avail. She also revealed that she separated from her husband months ago and was forced to shoulder the burden of her three children.
