Boy offers to sell kidney for fees

Benjamin Wanjala has offered to sell his kidney to finance secondary school education. (Photo: Chrispen Sechere/Standard)

A 15-year-old boy who sat the 2014 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams at Kongoni Primary School in Likuyani sub-county, Kakamega County and scored 401 marks has offered to sell his kidney to raise fees for secondary school.

This was the second time Benjamin Wanjala, from Furfural village, was doing KCPE exams. He first faced them in 2013, together with his older sister, and scored 372 marks. But he offered to repeat Standard Eight so his sister, who scored 282, could go to Form One.

“I was offered a chance at Chebisaas Boys High School last year, but I could not join because there were two of us. My father advised me to repeat and allow my sister to join Form One,” said Wanjala.

His dream of becoming a surgeon one day appears bleak because his father, Bernard Manyasi, is unable to raise the Sh91,000 required to join Mangu School.

Wanjala has now offered to sell one of his kidneys so he can pay the fees.

He says his science teacher taught him that a person can survive with one kidney.

“My father is unable to raise the fees required. I have offered to sell one kidney to get money to pay my fees. My science teacher taught me that a person can survive with one kidney,” he said.

Mr Manyasi, a brickmaker, said he applied for a bursary from the Constituency Development Fund but had received no response.