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Boy from a Nakuru slum who beat all odds to score A- in 2021 KCSE

Nahashon Omwero Mogeni

Nahashon Omwero Mogeni (centre) of Langalanga Secondary School in Nakuru Town East who scored A minus of 79 points at home in Kaptembwa slums in Nakuru Town West with his parents Jane Moraa (left ) and his father Isaiah Omweri (right) on April 23 , 2022.

Photo credit: Francis Mureithi | Nation Media Group

Nahashon Mogeni Omweri, a slum dweller in Nakuru, demonstrated that poverty should not be a hindrance to excelling in education after he ranked among the top students in the 2021 KCSE exams.

Nahashon overcome hardships including sleeping hungry in his parents' mud thatched single room in Kaptembwa slums in Nakuru Town West to score an A-minus of 79 points at Langalanga Secondary School.