After A Citizen TV Story, A Disabled KCPE Candidate Receives Life-Changing Support
After her story was featured on Citizen TV, Mercy Chepchumba, a physically challenged Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidate, received life-changing assistance from well-wishers.
Margaret Mwanzia 
The situation of Chepchumba, a disabled adolescent, drew Kenyans' attention after she was seen being carried to the test room by her classmates in a story that initially aired a fortnight ago.
After her leg was amputated, the Molol Primary School candidate in Uasin Gishu lost her mobility.
Chepchumba was given crutches and a prosthetic limb by the staff of St Luke Orthopedic and Trauma Hospital on Friday, March 25, after they were moved by her story.
The limb was constructed in the hospital, according to a medic at the facility, and she would be trained to use it due to the challenges she was still having.
"We've constructed a limb for her," the medic explained, but she'll need a lot of practice because the other leg was also impacted after the amputation, but she'll grow used to it."
Chepchumba, for one, could not contain her enthusiasm, declaring that the prosthetic limb will transform her life for the rest of her life because she had given up hope of ever walking again.
She expressed excitement about starting secondary school in the near future. Her family had previously raised concerns about her academic prospects.
"I am overjoyed that I am able to walk once more." I never dreamed I'd be able to walk again. I want to thank my buddies who used to carry me when I used to watch other pupils going to the instructors for consultations. Now that I can walk, I can go visit them and play and read with them," Chepchumba explained.
Chepchumba's mother indicated in previous news that her daughter's problems began when she began walking at a young age. She revealed that Chepchumba's situation deteriorated after she had back problems, which hampered her mobility.
"I used to carry her for 5 kilometers on my back or in a Boda Boda. Her trouble began when she was a newborn and received a wound on her leg. The condition persisted, and we had no choice but to amputate the limb, " Citizen TV was told by her.
The KCPE candidate aims to achieve a score of 350 in order to gain admission to Kipsigis Girls High School, her favorite school.
