First Lady Lucy Kibaki has adopted Stella Wanjiku, a top KCPE performer whose plight The Standard on Saturday highlighted.
The First Lady has now secured her a place at Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls’ Secondary School in Karatina, where she will report tomorrow.
While thanking wellwishers, Mrs Kibaki promised to cater for the girl like her own daughter.
Lucy told The Standard through the Presidential Press Service Director Isaiya Kabira that she had made arrangements for the girl’s education.
“I am grateful that a lot of people were touched by the plight of this poor girl but I have decided to adopt her and she will be like one of my children,” added the First Lady.
At the weekend, calls jammed The Standard’s Nyeri offices, with callers, among them former AG Charles Njonjo and the First Lady’s son Jimmy expressing willingness to help.
Wanjiku, a former pupil at Nyeri Town View Primary School, scored 413 marks. Her mother, Eunice Wanjiru, is disabled and relies on casual jobs to raise her two daughters.
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