Top candidates beat challenges to pursue dream courses

Femi Atieno Otung [centre],from Mukuru slums in Nairobi, who scored A - in KCSE. [Pkemoi Ng'enoh, Standard]

Despite facing challenges in their studies, some candidates who sat for the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education posted exemplary results, opening ways for them to pursue their dream courses in the university.

Among them is Femi Atieno Otung, from Mukuru kwa Njenga slums in Nairobi, who lost her father at a young age, leaving her in the hands of her mother, who raised her through hardships from primary to secondary education.