Castro Williams during an interview with Nation on January 10, 2025. Castro who was student at Kapsabet Boys High School scored an A of 84 points in the 2024 KCSE exams.
In April 2021, Castro Williams, then a candidate at Crystal Hill Academy Primary, scored 431 marks out of 500 and emerged fourth nationally and proceeded to Kapsabet Boys High School.
Back then, Castro was among the top five candidates nationally.
Four years on, he has replicated his success in the just released 2024 KCSE results.
Castro emerged top of his class and among the best nationally with an A of 84 points. He scored straight As in seven subjects and an A- in English.
While celebrating his sterling performance, Castro attributed his success to hard work, discipline and continued support from his parents.
Castro, who hails from Kisumu County, also said the strict system at Kapsabet School played a major role in ensuring he remained consistent in his results.
“I am always driven by the quote ‘chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken’ because I always wanted a bright future for myself,” Castro said during an interview with Nation.Africa.
However, the teenager admitted that maintaining the good results was not a walk in the park.
After reporting to Kapsabet Boys High School expectations were high from teachers and fellow students for him to maintain the high standards from his KCPE performance.
“Their expectations on me were so high that when I was placed 88 out of more than 500 learners in Form One, there were doubts that the good results I posted in class eight were out of my hard work. Others felt I was not exploiting my full potential,” he recalls.
Thankfully, his parents and teachers never give up on him and kept encouraging him to keep on working hard.
He says his parents were always calling to encourage him. To them, Castro was doing his best and only needed to put in a little more effort.
“My class teacher also realised the pressure on me and would invite me for talks,” says Castro who reveals that his results had slowly started to improve.
Even with his remarkable performance in KCSE, he says some of the papers were quite challenging but he gave his best hoping to score a mean grade of A.
“I thank God, my parents, and the entire Kapsabet Boys High School fraternity for helping me achieve my dream results and also ensuring that I remained on top,” said Castro.
Castro says he would like to pursue a course in Computer Science at Harvard University, a dream he always had from primary school.
His father, Wilson Ongong’a, while celebrating his son attributed the good results to hard work and discipline.
Mr Ongong’a said throughout his four years in high school, his son maintained good grades with the family optimistic that he would do well in his final exams.
“We are very proud of him, being a firstborn son. He has also set a record worth emulating,’ said Mr Ongong’a.
