Engineering student drops out of varsity to dig trenches

William Tsuma at a road construction site in Mombasa where he is taking up menial jobs to raise his university fees. [Akello Odenyo, Standard]

William Tsuma, 23, has been out of university for a year for lack of school fees.

It is the latest setback for the student, who, at 15 years, resorted to doing menial jobs for a year to raise money to enable him rejoin high school.