Chief clears Uasin Gishu orphans to beg for school fees
Needy students: Donald Ramey from (left) who is supposed to join Grade 7, Diana Akinyi who is supposed to join Rift Valley Technical Training Institute in Nakuru County, Joyce Adhiambo, who was supposed to join Kiriri University in 2023 but did not due to lack of funds, and Fidel James Otieno, who is supposed to join Grade 10 at Eldoret Kandie Secondary in Uasin Gishu County, accompanied by their guardian Esther Akoth Wasonga, during an interview at their deceased grandparents’ home at Sirikwa Kware in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County on January 19, 2026.
Kiplombe area Chief William Koros issued a formal, stamped letter authorising the orphaned family to seek donations from members of the public to enable one of the children, Fidel Otieno, to join senior school.
Chief Koros confirmed that the seven children have been fending for themselves since their parents died under unclear circumstances more than five years ago.
In a striking sign of desperation, a chief in Turbo, Uasin Gishu County, has officially sanctioned a family of seven orphans to beg for school fees so that one of them can take up a place in senior secondary school.
The siblings from the same family in Kiplombe village on the outskirts of Eldoret City have been forced out of school after failing to raise fees, laying bare the gap between the government’s education policy and the harsh reality faced by vulnerable families.
