Shortchanged? Woman rejects President Uhuru Kenyatta's gift

Damaris Wambui and her son Dennis Ngaruiya during a past interview in April 2018. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

On October 14, 2014, 13-year-old Dennis Ngaruiya recited a poem for President Uhuru Kenyatta.

What the then class seven pupil did not know was that his fortunes were about to change before he climbed down the dais during the Kenya Defence Forces day celebrations at 3KR Barracks in Lanet, Nakuru.