The plea of a Kenyan youth yearning to go to college

I am Joshua Odhiambo Onguta, a Kenyan citizen living in Siaya county Rarieda sub-County. It was in the year 2014 when I resat the KCSE after close to five years of staying at home after my first sitting in which I had scored a B plain at the Eastleigh based Maina Wanjigi secondary school in Nairobi. I scored an A-minus in the KCSE. I was placed by KUCCPS to pursue a BSc in Actuarial science with IT at Maseno University the following year. It appeared to me that I had now got a breakthrough in my aspiration to pursue higher education in my quest to be a highly sought for and distinguished scholar and professional in either law or actuarial field. I didn't know what awaited me in the next five to six years.

My uncle had decided to drop his unconditional support for my education. He had learnt I was too obsessed with success in my academic endeavor that I became too ambitious, so I did not deserve his financial help. In his efforts to break my heart, he told me to go to the university and defer at the very last minute - Four hours to reporting day. I got the text at four in the morning. This made my heart to sulk. I almost fainted while in bed. I had hoped to report to Maseno University for admission, for he had told me to tell him everything I wanted to report to college the previous day. I didn't know what came over him before he sent me the disheartening message.