How one school has ended up with four sets of twins

From front to back;  Walter Kiptanui and twin Eli*as Kipchumba, Dickson Korir with twin Dan Korir, Abraham Kipchirchir with twin Benjamin Kokogey, KipronoKolum with twin KibetKolum.
When Kapsabet Boys High School in Nandi selects its Form One students for annual intake, the process is done purely on merit. But when admission letters were sent to the now Form Three students to join Form One in 2011, there were two sets of twins. Two other sets were realised this year as the school admitted Form Ones.
This has been seen as a blessing, with another being that of crossing over to the double index digit in performance of 10.4 mean grade. Kibet Kollum of Form Three East and Kiprono Kollum of Form Three South are 16. Dan Kipyator Korir of Form Three East and his twin brother Dickson Korir of Form Three North are 14-years-old. The Kollum set of twins scored 381 marks in KCPE and received admission letters from the school. Dickson, on the other hand, scored 391 marks while his twin brother Dan got 390 marks, but both were admitted to the same school.

A striking set in Form One had a special case on admission day, forcing the school management board to intervene before they were admitted.

Elias Kipchumba Rotich of Form One North is twin brother to Walter Kiptanui Rotich of Form One South. Walter scored 398 marks in KCPE and got admitted to Kapsabet Boys High School, while Elias had 396 marks and the admission letter he received was of Baringo High School. “Our parents decided to bring both of us to Kapsabet Boys on reporting day. I had been worried because we had not received admission to the same school,” said Walter.

Walter, during an interview at their Kapsabet Boys School, describes his twin brother as a close friend who he interacts with more than anyone else.

Their parents did not want to separate them and since they had scored almost equal marks, they requested the school board to intervene. That’s how both of them ended up at Kapsabet Boys.

The other set in Form One comprises of Benjamin Kipkogey, who scored 386 marks in KCPE and Abraham Kipchirchir, who scored 367 marks.

The four sets of twins have become an inspiration to the rest of the students owing to their sterling performance.