Presidential decree: Students assured of equal chances

President Uhuru Kenyatta hands school bus keys to the Thika School for the Visually Impaired headteacher at State House, Nairobi. [PSCU]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured students across the country of the government’s commitment to facilitate them to realise their full potential.

The President said his administration takes seriously its responsibility of ensuring that all Kenyan children are accorded equal opportunity in all aspects of life, including education without discrimination.

“There is no place called far in Kenya. Everywhere in Kenya is part of Kenya. And it is the responsibility of any decent government to ensure that our children wherever they may be feel that they are treated in exactly the same way as their colleagues and counterparts in other parts of the country,” the President said on Friday at State House, Nairobi when he donated buses to three schools.

The schools were Thika School for the Visual Impaired (Kiambu County), Archbishop Eliud Wabukala ACK Malakisi High School (Bungoma County) and Nyiro Girls’ Secondary School in Baragoi, Samburu County.

Uhuru said the government will not dither in supporting students to achieve their dreams.

He wished all candidates success in the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam and cautioned against cheating.