What is man to do when chasing his dreams turn into chasing the wind?Patience is key to so many things but sometimes life finds many difficult ways to hinder the practice and sometimes manages to kill one’s hope.
Gilbert Kipkorir who scored grade B and who’s only dream is to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot has hit a financial tarmac hardly anticipated after the president’s intervention that had already proved dreams are valid.
“I worked as a tout, a cook and even sold deworming tablets to make some money. I had to work had to make my dream come true,” he says.Such was his passion for flying that every Sunday, he would walk to Wilson Airport to watch planes taking off and landing.
“I was called to the dais and the President told me to give my details to his private secretary, Jomo Gechaga, he paid Ksh3.7 million to cater for my entire college fees. Hamud Suleiman (Skylink CEO) confirmed that the fees had been cleared,” recalled Gilbert.
In 2018, his 13-member aviation class was taken to Malindi for practicals. Two months down the line, they were informed that the school had been closed.
While in Malindi, their belongings were confiscated by the hotel the school had checked them into after non payment of bills.
They were later allowed to join another aviation school, Alpha, which told Gilbert that the fees paid to his previous school was not transferrable.
In March 2019, he was kicked out of the institution over arrears. “I cry whenever I imagine how the president’s Ksh3.7 million paid for my school fees disappeared,” Gilbert lamented.
How unfair to a young man’s destiny this is.