Abandoned Kenyan girls rescued and offered scholarships

John Gatungu, a beneficiary of Kenya Commercial Bank scholarships, with his mother Hannah Njeri in Embu town on February 5, 2016 after he qualified for the assistance. PHOTO BY JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD

Two girls who were abandoned by their mothers after their fathers were fired have been rescued.

Kenya Commercial Bank has offered each of them a four-year scholarship. One mother abdicated her daughters after her husband, who worked in cooperative society, was dismissed.

KCB Embu Branch Manager Charles Mukunya said the girls were brought up by their fathers in extreme poverty but still managed to post good KCPE results in 2015.

The two girls from Mbeere are among five top pupils who have been offered scholarships by the bank.