Saboti legislator Caleb Amisi has vowed to ensure that no needy and bright students from the constituency would see their dreams fade away as a result of the lack of school fees to keep them in school.
While giving a life testimony of how he suffered during his time in primary school, the lawmaker said he used to cover 7 kilometres barefoot to reach the school, four times a day; morning to school, lunch to and fro, with an empty stomach and only few occasions his grandmother could afford little food.
Caleb Amisi’s school life
The MP who wrote on his X account, said he profoundly understands the kind of life orphans are subjected to, considering he was once in the cohort, saying he used to get home from school in the evening and still would go and graze his grandmother’s livestock.
My KCPE record has never been broken 24 years down the line .I sometime shed tears whenever I remember how I used to trekk barefoot a distance of 7km,four times a day;morning to school,lunch time to and fro,just to take water and if lucky little food or just tea(yes cold strong… pic.twitter.com/ZHbilaGdLB
— Hon. Caleb Amisi, MP (@Honcalebamisi) January 28, 2024
Amisi said he hanged in there and in the end, he came out with a wonderful performance in the KCPE results, scoring a total of 590 marks with each recorded subject placed at grade A, according to KCPE results flaunted by the MP.
The legislator added that his first time to put a shoe on his feet was the day he was admitted at Starehe Boys.
In this background, the lawmaker promised to evade the similar, he therefore asked parents or caregivers especially those battling with school fees go and leverage bursary forms which are available across all polling stations with the Saboti constituency.
Form one admission
As the first month of the education calendar comes to an end, data from the Ministry of Education as of 26th January shows that over 130,000 pupils have not reported to school.
Counties like Kajiado, Narok, Isiolo and Kilifi, recorded a low transition of pupils joining secondary schools, with Laikipia, Samburu, Nyeri, Nairobi, Wajir, Marsabit and Nakuru among the top counties which sent most pupils to secondary schools with a percentage more than 98.
The 100% transition of pupils joining high schools which was posed by the government again failed to become a fact as only 91% have been attained.
The report also showed that 3,128 boys and 2,595 girls opted to join vocational training institutes with a good of pupils also still at home because their parents can not afford the schools.
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