BY MWANAHABARI REPORTER
After 14 years of waiting to join the University, 32-year-old Milly Nafula, now a mother of two, who scored a strong A- in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams could just realize her dream of joining campus.
Milly’s has received an outpouring of sympathy from thousands of Kenyans after her story was covered in the media – highlighting her plight and pain.
Among those who have reacted to the touching story aired by Citizen TV is the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) CEO, Agnes Wahome.
Wahome has promised to help Milly to realise her dream.
Milly sat for KCSE in 2007 at the Manor High School in Kitale and scored A- of 71 points.
Like all students – she waited for her letter of placement from the Joint Admission Board (JAB) – but nothing came.
She would be prompted to write a letter to JAB – but which has never been replied to 14 years later.
“I didn’t get my letter as I ghd expected. So, I went to see my principal and asked him why I had not received a letter from the Joint Admissions Board,” said Milly.
“He advised me to travel to Nairobi to the JAB offices and try to find out what was the issue but I didn’t have bus fare.”
Raised by a single mother who struggled to make ends meet and put her through school, there was hope that Milly would join university and raise the family’s prospects.
Milly says she has knocked on every education office to no avail, making her resort to writing to the District Education Officer (DEO).
In a letter dated June 28, 2011 addressing the principal at Manor High School, the DEO writes: “Naturally, the candidate qualified for university admission for a regular degree programme, which she has not realized to date. We recently wrote to the Joint Admissions Board drawing their attention to the plight of the candidate.”
The DEO further requested to be furnished with a letter from the school which forwarded the university application forms with the attendants list to confirm that Milly actually applied and her form was duly submitted.
The school is yet to respond.
KUCCPS has asked the mother of two has been asked to write to KUCCPS and provide all the details required.