Senate Speaker, Kenneth Lusaka, has narrated how he repeated his A-level examinations in order to attain a university entry grade.
Speaking to a local media station on Tuesday, August 17, Lusaka revealed that he had to re-sit his Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) exam to qualify for university.
He stated that he first sat his CSE A-level exam at Friends School Kamusinga but failed to attain the minimum points required to enroll at a university at that time.
At the time, candidates were required to attain a minimum score of 10 points to further their education in tertiary institutions.
This would see them join one of the only two universities in the country – the University of Nairobi and Kenyatta University.
Determined to join university, the former District Officer, joined Chesamis High School in 1983 and wrote the national exam for the second time.
His efforts paid off after he attained the required points and was admitted to the University of Nairobi where he pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and History.
"Thank God that year when I sat for my exam, I led in Chesamis High School and then was selected to join the University of Nairobi," the Speaker narrated.
After completing his degree, he applied for a government job and was appointed District Officer for Muhoroni and later Homa Bay.
While working as a District Officer, Lusaka was selected to join the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands where he earned a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Administration.
The ex-Bungoma Governor also disclosed that although both of his parents were teachers and were considered affluent at the time, he lived a normal life. He admitted that he even looked after cows.
