Top KCPE triplets stranded as half term break nears

Dentrick Apuya, Ajema Asheleen and Ivety Muhonja, triplets who performed exemplary in KCPE exams in 2021 but can't join secondary school due to lack of fees.

Some of last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams top performers in the Western region are likely to miss their dreams to secure secondary school education due to poverty.

In Kakamega County, the story of Dentrick Apuya, Ajema Asheleen and Ivety Muhonja, who hail from Shivakala village in Malava constituency, is the touching tale of children whose hopes for a better future fading away.