President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, November 1, pulled a rare surprise on students from three schools when they visited him at State House, Nairobi.
President Kenyatta, who was in the company of Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua, Samburu Woman Representative, Maison Leshomo, Samburu West MP Naisula Lesuuda, and Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura, surprised the students at the institutions by gifting them with school buses and tree seedlings.
A statement posted on the official State House Facebook page identified the schools as Thika School for the Visually Impaired (Kiambu County), Archbishop Eliud Wabukala ACK Malakisi High School (Bungoma County) and Nyiro Girls’ Secondary School from Baragoi, Samburu County.
During the visit, President Kenyatta emphasised equality and non-discrimination among students in the country, especially those coming from marginalised areas.
He pledged to do all he could to ensure equity so that students from all parts of the country could receive an equal chance to succeed in life.
“There is no place called far in Kenya. Everywhere in Kenya is part of Kenya. And it is the responsibility of any decent government to ensure that our children wherever they maybe feel that they are treated in exactly the same way as their colleagues and counterparts in other parts of the country,” the President stated.
He further insisted that the government would continue to construct and equip technical and vocational institutions throughout the country to absorb those who finish their secondary education but were not able to join universities.
“There are some who will join universities. Others are gifted in other areas and will join the TVETS that we are building all over the country,” the President added.
The head of state also challenged all Kenyans to use their God-given gifts to make a difference in life, noting that some of the most successful and prominent personalities never went to university and yet managed to impact society positively.
Besides the buses, the President presented each of the three schools with 100 indigenous tree seedlings suitable for their localities as part of the ongoing sustained national campaign to increase forest cover.
