Collins Mwangi, a student who was ranked among the Top 10 best performing students living with disabilities in the country, has been thrown into depression after missing a chance to join the university.
Mwangi, who has a lung ailment, scored a B+ of 72 points and wanted to pursue medicine at the University of Nairobi.
His dream now hangs in the limbo after missing a chance to study at the prestigious institution.
"Scoring the B+ was not easy because I was a day scholar in a boarding school. I was in school from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m . and sometimes I missed school due to my health condition.
"My parents struggled to cater for my school fees and also my medication because I am not from a well-off family," Mwangi stated.
He added through hard work and determination, he managed to pass the examination, beating a lot of his peers.
"Today, I feel heartbroken after receiving the news that I have missed out on all the slots that I had applied.
"When I applied, the courses I had applied for showed that I had obtained all the minimum required points. I had applied for medicine in UoN and KU. I had also selected law, quantity survey, pharmacy in UoN," he continued.
Mwangi called upon Education CS George Magoha to come to his aide, stating that he had beaten all odds to attain the grade.
According to 2019 KCSE results, a total of 25,449 candidates scored C+ and above and are expected to join universities in September 2020, but that is still dependent on how well the country will tackle Covid-19.
The first revision exercise ended on Monday, March 9, after opening in February.
On Tuesday, March 31, Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) announced that an online application system would be open for a six-day window for the second revision of degree, diploma and certificate choices.
The application process will be open from Thursday, April 2 running all through to Wednesday, April 15.
"The second revision will be open for all the applicants who, on competitive selection after the first revision of choices, have not secured any of their choices for placement to universities and colleges," KUCCPS CEO John Muraguri stated in an interview with the Daily Nation.
