11/07/2025
At Sigiria Mixed Secondary School in Rongo, Migori County, teachers were moved to silence when a 70-year-old grandmother, Judith Ogutu, arrived at the school exhausted and clutching a small basket.
Inside the basket was a humble mix of indigenous vegetables, worth only KSh 250. It was not much, but to her, it was everything.
Judith had walked for miles, driven not by wealth but by desperation and love. Her orphaned grandson, Brian Ochieng, a bright Form Three student, is staring at an uncertain future due to a school fee balance of KSh 113,000.
With no stable income and no one else to turn to, she brought what she had the fruits of her small garden as a plea for mercy and understanding.🙌
