- The twins, Robert Dusenge and Lambert Dusenge, scored 397 and 388 respectively in the 2023 KCPE examinations.
- They sat the examinations at Springs of Life Academy in Mlolongo, Machakos County while Elijah Wambua, 15, scored 270 marks at Mlolongo Primary School.
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Three needy children from Mlolongo are calling for financial support to help them join their dream school-Machakos School.
They include identical twins and another who was adopted by a family after he severally followed his friends he had been playing football with refusing to leave their home.
All three boys are from Mlolongo town in Mavoko, Machakos.
The twins, 15, have parents, but are vulnerable, while the third boy moved into his friends’ home from the Mlolongo streets.
The three who sat their KCPE have all received calling letters to join Machakos School.
The twins, Robert Dusenge and Lambert Dusenge, scored 397 and 388 respectively in the 2023 KCPE examinations.
They sat the examinations at Springs of Life Academy in Mlolongo, Machakos County while Elijah Wambua, 15, scored 270 marks at Mlolongo Primary School.
“Our parents have struggled to raise and educate us through primary school,” Lambat said.
They spoke to the Star at Mlolongo town on Saturday.
Their father Dusengemungu Jeanmarie Vianney said together with his wife, they did the menial jobs at the school late in the evening after other children left for their respective homes.
“I’m a father of four, with a wife. Two of the children; Lambert and Robert are identical twins,” Vianney said.
He said he had lived in Mlolongo for over 20 years earning a living through business as means of raising the family.
“I’m sickling currently and unable to raise the needed money to enable my children to join Machakos School,” Vianney said.
Vianney said he needed around Sh120,000 for the boys to be admitted to the national school.
“The food kiosk business I run within the town isn’t doing well. I also have lots of debts. It only helps us get something to eat, no savings,” he said.
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Robert said they used to help their parents in the menial jobs at their former school.
“Our parents won’t be available at Machakos School to do menial work and reduce fees for us to study. We plead with Kenyans of goodwill to help us raise the fees,” Robert said.
Vianney said he wasn’t able to raise the required amount for the children to join the school by January 15 as required.
Wambua’s guardian Fatuma Abdul said she had raised and educated him for the last four years.
“The boy used to come home with my sons who he met while playing football. They used to come for lunch, then dinner and he eventually refused to leave my house,” Fatuma told the Star.
Fatuma said she welcomed the boy to her house as a member of the family after he claimed to be homeless with nowhere to go.
“I couldn’t chase him. I decided he would stay with my family, whatever my children eat, he eats. If they sleep hungry, he also does the same. I feed, cloth, shelter and educated him at Mlolongo Primary School just as I do to my children,” she said.
He said the boy was disciplined, talented and focused. Fatuma called on well-wishers to help her raise fees for the boy to join Machakos School.
He needs at least Sh60,000 to be admitted.
She said she was overwhelmed citing paying fees for other children in secondary school. Fatuma said she will do what she can to assist the boy and brighten his future.
Wambua said Fatuma’s children were now his siblings.
“I took myself to her home and she welcomed me. I’m treated just like other children. I’m pleading for support from well-wishers to join Machakos and promise to work hard in academics,” Wambua said.
Zinduka Soccer Academy coach Wycliffe Odhiambo thanked Fatuma for raising the boy as her biological son.
He said Wambua was a talented footballer with a brighter future.
“I thank Fatuma for raising the boy, she needs support to take him to secondary school,” Odhiambo said.