The family of Rodgers Kipruto, the Kenyan student who died in Finland this week says they are yet to come to terms with his death.
28-year-old Kipruto, a nursing student at Laurea University in Finland, took his own life under unclear circumstances in a move that has shocked his family.
His body was found hanging in his room on Tuesday days after his family reported him missing.
“I talked to my son three days before he died, my son complained on several occasions about the challenges he experienced there, we knew he was having a difficult time there but we never thought it was this extreme,” the deceased’s father Kipkosgei Chirchir said.
Chirchir said his son’s frustrations in the European nation were a result of the stand-off between the Uasin Gishu county government and the universities they had partnered with on fees areas.
Kipruto and 201 other students went to Finland last September under the Uasin Gishu Overseas Education program in which parents paid school fees through a trust account, with the county government acting as a guarantor.
“We believed this opportunity would open doors for him and our family and the thought of him coming back home in a coffin is painful, my son was a people person and loved going to church,” the distraught father added.
Chirchir said he was promised that after paying the first installment of school fees, his son would secure a job that would enable him to cater for his expenses, including subsequent tuition fees at the foreign university.
“We were just asked to make a deposit of Sh950,000, we were not informed whether it was fees, accommodation or ticket fees. I pray to the county government to help us return our son to us so that we can give him a proper send-off,” he said.
“We were deceived into paying 70 percent of the fees, Sh950,000 out of Sh1.2 million, and that the remaining 30 per cent would be paid by students who will be studying and working at the same time. How were they supposed to pay the remaining amount if the classes were full-time and they could not secure a job?” he posed.
The deceased worked as a nurse aide at Nakuru Level V Hospital before quitting to enroll for the program at Laurea University’s Tikkurila Campus.
“My son had a better job working as a nurse aide in Kenya. He regretted going to Finland,” Chirchir added.
VIONGOZI WA SERIKALI PAMOJA…
VIONGOZI WA SERIKALI PAMOJA NA VIONGOZI WA MAKANISA KATIKA TAIFA LETU LA KENYA:
WaKenya viongozi: amkeni halafu mrekebishe matatizo mengi yanayowapata wananchi maskini kila siku katiks nchi yetu ya Kenya.
Wanawake na wasichana: msipate mimba na kuzaa watoto ambao hamuwezi kuwalisha na kuwapa nguo, na mahali pazuri pa kulala, na pia kuwasomesha shuleni.
Viongozi wa makanisa: Nawaomba muwache kuwaambia watu kuyafikiria na kujali maisha yao watakapokufa lakini, kuyafikira maisha yao wakati wangali hai.
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It’s easy to forget how a…
It’s easy to forget how a few bad decisions by your parents can result in a lifetime of hardship and struggle. Unfortunately poverty tends to be self propagating.
Umesema ukweli mtupu Ndugu…
Umesema ukweli mtupu Ndugu yangu @ Mundumugo. Lakini naomba ujue ya kwamba, matatizo mengi tuliyo nayo sasa yanatokana na viongozi wabaya wa nchi na viongozi wa makanisa ambao wanawapotosha wananchi wengi walio na akili ndogo. Mtu anayetumia akili yake vizuri hawezi kuwa mfuasi wa dini bandia za kigeni.
It is hard enough…
It is hard enough acclimatizing to the cold weather however how exactly does one learn nursing in Finnish.One year is not enough to learn a foreign language not to forget racism and adjusting to the culture shock.People think living abroad is easy it takes a lot to adjust both mentally physically and financially
RIP BROTHER, RIP.
The west…
RIP BROTHER, RIP.
The west is not for for the weak hearted, then the Kenyan community in diaspora even makes it harder for folks immigrating.
But all in all once you get your bearing right, sky is the limit.
Same story…
The west is the most beautiful whore of them all, all men know it, we still need a piece of that A$$.