Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has offered a job to the mother of a needy student who could not join high school despite scoring 408 marks in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE).
The student, Kimberly Nkatha, wrote an emotional letter asking for help from well-wishers, describing her dire situation and her desire to join Mary Hill Girls, where she had secured an admission.
Additionally, in her message, she explained that she came from a single parent home and her mother was unable to provide the required school fees because she was jobless.
With no source of income, Kimberly feared that she would have no way to further her education despite qualifying for a national school.
Further, she called on the governor Sakaja and the former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko to come to her aid.
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“I am appealing to any well-wisher who is willing to help me to fulfil my dream of becoming an accountant. Please help me to secure my spot, on 15 January 2024.
“Kindly, My Nairobi governor Hon. Johnson Sakaja and Hon Mike Sonko, help me. Thank you and God bless you,” her letter read in part.
Sakaja Offers to Sponsor Kimberly’s Education
Aside from offering Kimberly’s mother a job, the Nairobi governor promised to pay her full school fees from form one to form 4.
“Kimberly Nkatha is smart, confident and has a bright future. She wants to be an accountant. However as at yesterday, she had no hopes of joining form one despite scoring 408 Marks due to her mother’s unemployed status.
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“I’m glad to have met her this morning, covered her full secondary school fees and shopping (Form 1-4) and offered her mother a job. Go forth and be great Kimberly,” noted the Nairobi governor.
Also, the governor added Kimberly to the list of 1,000 needy students who will be beneficiaries of the 2024 Nairobi Governor’s scholarship.
Nairobi Free ECDE Program
Earlier in July 2023, Sakaja launched a Ksh100 million free ECDE program for children in Nairobi County, to double the number of children enrolled in public ECDE in the county from 30,000 to 60,000 within the year.
Also, as part of his initiative to ensure that students continue their education, Sakaja continues the construction of central kitchens within Nairobi for a school feeding program dubbed “Dishi na County”.
“We start today with 30,000 pupils in our public pre-primary schools. Each will have 3,200 shillings set aside,” he said.
“A total of Ksh100 million will be set aside for the boards of these schools to use according to the guidelines already agreed and in force.” Sakaja noted then.
