A-student working at Kitale posho mill to study medicine for free at MKU

Fourteen years after sitting for her KCSE exams, Milly Nafula has been stuck in Kitale, Trans Nzoia where she works at a posho mill. This is despite scoring an impressive mean grade of A Minus.

Milly’s dream was to pursue a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. This dream, though, has remained just a dream.

KUCCPS, the government body, which is mandated with selecting and posting students to universities never picked her up. Her efforts to get a solution at KUCCPS fell on deaf years until after her plight was highlighted this week in the media.

KUCCPS came out to state that she had been selected to pursue a degree in tourism at Moi University, much to the chagrin of the public.

But for the 32-year-old, the pain of knowing she would be a professional is about to come to an end. And with her desire to still pursue medicine, Milly has received a fully paid scholarship to pursue a medicine and surgery at the Mount Kenya University.

The scholarship was announced by the MKU founder and board of directors chairman Professor Simon Gicharu during the MKU 20th graduation ceremony.

“I was touched when I saw her story on TV. I asked myself, how can we as Kenyans allow her to stay at home for so many years just because she can’t afford or get a university slot. I would like to inform this congregation that we will give a scholarship to her,” he said.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees for her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery course. “This will enable her to actualize her dreams,” said professor Gicharu. Nafula sat for her KCSE exams at the Manor High School in Kitale in 2007.

She scored a mean grade of A Minus with 71 points.

By Bizna Kenya