Cancer patient’s appeal to President Uhuru after scoring A- in 2016 KCSE

Parents, teachers and relatives celebrate with Kipkemoi Jeruto Sheila at Chepkoilel area in Eldoret. She defied cancer to score A- of 76 points in the 2016 KCSE exam. [PHOTO: PETER OCHIENG/STANDARD]

When their daughter was diagnosed with cancer five years ago, Mr David Cheruiyot and his family knew the door of tribulations had opened. But their 18-year old daughter would defy all odds to perform exemplary in the recently released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results.

For Kipkemoi Sheila Jeruto, scoring an A- at the University of Eldoret in Uasin Gishu County which also doubles up as a day school is a miracle, and more so after having stayed in an intensive care unit for nearly a year battling cancer of the nose and neck.