In the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams, Rose Kadzo Emanuel and Celestine Rehema Emanuel received 349 and 334 points, respectively.
Despite their outstanding accomplishments, the two sisters’ hopes for a better life and pursuit of higher education have been dashed.
Due to a shortage of school expenses, the two sisters were unable to enroll in Form One.
The two girls who were meant to enter St Thomas Girls in Kilifi County were at a nearby forest burning charcoal to help their parents fend for their family when the Standard team visited them today at their house in Milore in Ganze sub-county.
“We just had to find something constructive to help our parents since the situation at home is really bad,” says Rose.
The two girls say that their parents do odd jobs to get them through the day.
They are now unsure of how their future will progress as they are very unlikely to join the secondary school as their parents can not afford the fees.
The two are appealing to well-wishers to help them offset the fee balances so they can join Form One and realise their dreams.
Each of the girls is required to pay Sh35,000 per year.
Loice Mapenzi Mwamunda, the mother of the two girls says she is unable to raise her daughters’ school fees since she lost her only source of income.
“My livestock were wiped by the drought that hit the area for the last two years. They were my only source of income,” says the mother of nine.
