One of this year's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) pupil has come out in search of support to enable him to proceed to his secondary school education early next year.
14-year-old Onyango Isaac who garnered 394 marks, risks missing his slot at the Kisii National School due to financial constraints.
The father is ill and not in a position to come to the boy's aid.
The mother who works as a casual labourer, cannot raise the amount required to take their son to secondary school because the earnings are so little that they can only fend for their basic needs as a family.
"My aging father is sick and my mother does menial jobs in the village to feed us," he told Standard journalists at the Media house's offices in Kisumu in the company of the mother.
The two had trekked for 15 kilometres from their home to the offices hoping that they could voice out their need.
The mother said that her attempts to secure aid from the County Government and several banks offering scholarships for bright but needy students had been futile.
The situation had further been worsened by recent floods that have since displaced the family from their home, this being the cause of Onyango's father's illness.
They hope to have found help by the time Onyango is required to be joining his secondary school education.