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A Form One student waits to be admitted at Anestar Boys High School Lanet in Nakuru. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
After the report by the Saturday Standard on the desperate students who performed well in 2019 KCPE exam but cannot raise Form One fees, individuals and corporate firms stepped up to help. We received several emails from people who said they were moved by the plight of the students.
The directors of Broadway Bakery in Thika offered to pay Sh25,000 for each of the six students among the ones we highlighted. They will be reaching out to George Wanjohi who had scored 407 marks but his mother could not raise the fee.
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