{"id":265,"date":"2020-01-25T16:06:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T16:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=265"},"modified":"2020-01-25T16:06:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T16:06:33","slug":"bishop-khamala-adopts-three-poor-students-takes-them-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Khamala adopts three poor students, takes them to school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Andrew Ombuni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>The needy girl scored 406 marks and was supposed to join Bunyore girls<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><em>She studied at Lurambi primary school <\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><em>Needy boy was called to Chavakali Boys but missed the chance <\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><em>MP took him to Kakamega School <\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lurambi MP Bishop Titus Khamala last week came to the rescue\nof three top candidates who sat for their Kenya Certificate of Primary\nEducation (KCPE) exams and took them to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three come from humble backgrounds. Their parents and\nguardians could not their tuition fee and shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200124-WA0071.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200124-WA0071.jpg 460w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200124-WA0071-138x300.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Bishop Khamala with the students<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Khamala bumped into them while on a tour at Lurambi\nPrimary School that had been closed by officials from the Public Health\ndepartment after their toilets collapsed which paralyzed learning and over 700\npupils sent home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MP gave out Sh1.4million from the National Government\nConstituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) kitty towards the sinking and\nconstruction of modern toilets with 12 doors. The Public Health department has\nsince reopened the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTeachers told me of a top student who scored 406 marks in\nKCPE at Lurambi primary and was supposed to join Bunyore Girls but due to lack\nof school fees, she was still at home. I have admitted her at her dream school\nand I will cater for tuition fees and shopping for four years,\u201d said Khamala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200124-WA0065.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200124-WA0065.jpg 460w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200124-WA0065-138x300.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>Franklin Okwiri during his admission at Kakamega School<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Bishop Khamala, he also took Franklin Okwiri,\nwho scored 388 marks in KCPE at Eshibeye primary school in Butsotso South to\nKakamega School. Master Okwiri was supposed to join Chavakali High School but\nhad missed that chance due to lack of school fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the two students will cater for their tuition fees\nfrom his personal savings. \u201cI want to thank Gerald Orina, the Kakamega School\nprincipal for accepting the student. I will adopt the girl and the boy as my\nown children until they finish their secondary school education,\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200125-WA0032-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200125-WA0032-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200125-WA0032-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200125-WA0032-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20200125-WA0032.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>Ongoing construction of toilets at Lurambi primary<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI met another needy student who scored 279 marks and was\nsupposed to join Matioli Boys Secondary School. His grandfather is crippled and\ncannot raise his tuition fees. I paid his one-year school fees and then the other\nthree years he will be placed on bursary,\u201d said Khamala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said he will be monitoring their performance to ensure\nthey get everything they would want, saying all he wants is to see them succeeding\nin life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kakamega By Andrew Ombuni The needy girl scored 406 marks and was supposed to join Bunyore girls She studied at Lurambi primary school Needy boy was called to Chavakali Boys but missed the chance MP took him to Kakamega School Lurambi MP Bishop Titus Khamala last week came to the rescue of three top candidates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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