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Top girl in Njoro risks missing senior school over fees

Joan Cheptoo Kirui, 15, and her mother, Sharon Rutto, at their home in Sosiot village, Njoro, Nakuru County. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

In the sleepy Sosiot village in Njoro, Nakuru County, 15-year-old Joan Kirui washes utensils outside their mud-walled house on a day she should have been reporting to senior secondary school.

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