Aviation college in Nairobi has crushed the dream of students especially for
Gilbert Kipkorir who Uhuru had volunteered to sponsor after he got B plain
Skylink Aviation School admitted him.
After several fundraising,Uhuru heard his cry through social media and paid sh 3.7 million for the boy dream to come true.
Gilbert Kipkorir received a full scholarship from President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2017 to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot.
“I cry whenever I imagine how the president’s Sh3.7 million paid for my school fees disappeared,” says Gilbert.
In mid 2018, Gilbert’s aviation class was taken to Malindi for the practicals. Two months later, they were informed that the institution had been shut down.
In Malindi, the students’ belongings were confiscated by the hotel they had been booked into by the school for non-payment of bills.
He scored Grade B in his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination and wanted to study aviation. The problem was, he could not afford school fees.
All Gilbert wanted in his life was to become a pilot, but born and raised in a poor family in Kericho county, the son of a peasant farmer could not afford to raise school fees to join any aviation college.
“I worked as a tout, a cook and even sold deworming tablets to make some money. I had to work hard to make my dream come true,” he was quoted. So passionate was he that every Sunday, he would walk to Wilson Airport to just watch the planes taking off and landing.
After months of hustling, he finally walked into an aviation college at Wilson Airport and got an admission letter and went back to the village with it.
His mother could not believe the fee structure to the extent she got confused and asked if that was the ‘number plate’ of the plane his son was going to fly.
“When I showed my mother the letter, she asked me if the KSh 4.5 million written on it was the number of the aircraft I was going to fly,” he said. Poor villagers pooled together their financial resources and managed to raise KSh 88,000 after several months of lobbying for funds.
Now Kenyans are calling on well wishers to intervene and help the boy admitted to aviation college to complete his course.