KCSE star almost missed school due to lack of fees

From L-R; Edwin Otieno Ouko who emerged number three countrywide after scoring Mean Score of 87.363 during this year’s KCSE exams, his brother Raymond Ouko and their aunt Mary Ogweno during an interview. [Nanjinia Wamuswa/Standard]

Edwin Otieno Ouko, the student who emerged number three countrywide with a mean score of 87.363 in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations landed a high school scholarship by sheer luck.

He missed joining Homa Bay High School where he got admission in 2015 due to lack of fees. The former pupil of Adega Primary School scored 401 marks in the 2014 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations.