Girl expelled from school amid poverty
By MUENI MUTUA
Annastaciah Nduku, a Form three student at Machakos Girls High School has been forced to stay at home because she has no school fees.
This is after Education Minister Ezekiel Machogu barred school heads from expelling students due to fees.
Speaking to The Anchor at their home in Kenya Israel, Annastaciah expressed her worry of not being able to complete her education due to the poverty level in her home.
This is notwithstanding the fact that MPs and MCAs are dolling out bursaries to a wide range of applicants- both deserving and undeserving.
She narrated how she has survived her primary school education to high school, relying on the support of wellwishers.
The young girls' dream to become a lawyer could be curtailed as she's raised by a single mother who has been ailing for close to thirty years now. She lives with a mental condition.
The family is now in a state of uncertainty since the good Samaritan who had been supporting them went mute.
The school fees debt has accrued to close to Kes 100,000.
Her aunt Rosemary Ngina says the ambitious girl's dream to save her family from the depths of poverty could be shattered if the current situation persists.
The family lives in a ramshackle and depend on wellwishers to get something to eat.
