KCPE 2020: Seventh Best Candidate's Father Borrowed Coat for TV Interview, Appeals for Help

- Kipkurui scored 430 marks out of the possible 500 in the national exams to become the best candidate in Nandi county and seventh nationally

- The media and residents trooped to their home in Nandi county immediately after KCPE exam results were announced

- His father, Mzee Sambu, said he had to borrow a coat for the interview when he heard members of the press were visiting his home

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Songs characterised celebrations at Mzee Samuel Sambu's home when news broke that his son Abiud Kipkurui was the seventh best candidate in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in the whole country.

Education Cabinet secretary George Magoha announced the KCPE results on Thursday, April 16.

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However, on the other side of the celebrations, Mzee Sambu's mind was evidently not at peace when it dawned on him that he would soon be required to pay school fees for Kipkurui.

The family's need was so loud that the old man said he had to borrow a coat for the media interview when he learnt news reporters were on their way to his home.

Kipkurui scored 430 marks out of the possible 500 in the national exams to become the best candidate in Nandi county and seventh nationally.

Being a peasant family deep in the village, Sambu had never imagined at one point his son would be the talk on major national radios and television channels.

"I have nothing, totally nothing. The way you see today, I had to borrow this coat when I heard the press was coming to my home for this interview. I don't even have a single cent. I'm appealing to the government to come to the boy's rescue," he told NTV Kenya while wiping away tears.

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When TUKO.co.ke contacted Mzee Sambu's family, Kipkurui had just gone to his former school Lessos Hills Adventist to join his erstwhile classmates and teachers in celebration.

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Abiud's elder brother Cornelius Sang' who was available, said the candidate could forfeit his secondary school chance if the situation remains the same unless a miracle happens.

"You know we come from a very humble background. My father is jobless and he has no other source of come. No one knows where the family will be able to get money for Abiud's fees. My father left early in the morning to meet some politician over the matter," he exclusively told TUKO.co.ke.

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