Heart-breaking tale of aspiring medic breaking stone for a living, instead of joining college

A woman breaks stones at Kiganjo quarry in Kieni, Nyeri, to make hardcore stones. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

I'm irritable this morning, so I'll serve this straight and simple: we are a nation full of upumbavu. Well, we probably knew that already, given the pretty asinine things we have done to ourselves. But I didn't know things are this thick.

Here's why: a brilliant lad, somewhere in Baringo, secured support to attend high school from a leading commercial bank. Nehemiah Koech kept his part of the bargain by performing exceptionally well in his final exams three years ago. He scored an aggregate of A- and was well on his way to achieving his dream of training as a doctor, specifically a cardiologist.