As the then Minister for Education, the late Prof. Tito put his heart and mind into his studies and soon, the little known refugee broke headlines. I made arrangement with kindergarten teachers so that they would teach me for a while before their classes begun,"Kuol revealed in another interview. They pulled strings and enrolled him to school, despite Tito not being able to read. In 2007, Tito moved to Nairobi, where his two other brothers lived in Kawangware estate.Īs refugees, they barely had money and relied on stipends. As a result, most Sudanese refugees began trooping back to their homes.Īmid the joy, word went round that the UN might close down the schools in the camp. The government and the leader of the rebel group settled their differences, bringing peace to the troubled nation. Just as he settled in school, the development in his home country threatened to cut short his dream. Relentless and well aware of why he left home, he joined a school in the camp aged 10. Tito later learned that his brothers had been relocated to Australia by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). But Tito could not imagine what awaited him. I was so shy to meet the visitor, but that was normal in my world," Tito narrated during a past address.Īfter receiving the blessing of his parents, the two began a three-month long journey to Kakuma camp, picking other kids along the way. "When I came home that evening, I had no clothes, I had no shoes. He was sent by Kuol's elder brothers to take him to the camp to join school. They had left for Kenya in 19 in search of an education, and as it would be, he wanted to be like them.Īs if the heavens heard his silent prayers, a cousin visiting from Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, Kenya, opened the door of hope for him. His two elder brothers had crossed to a world he was oblivious of. First, there was no school and secondly, how would he get across the border to Kenya, a place he had only heard of?