Published on April 20, 2025 by Kariuki Mwangi
Last Updated on 1 year by Kariuki Mwangi
The Nairobi City County Chief officer in charge of Environment Geoffrey Mosiria was at the rescue again as he took initiative to brave a rainy night in Thika in a bid to re-track Mike in the streets following reports that the rescued former street boy had escaped school to go back to the streets.
According to Mosiria, after school closed, Mike, who had been rescued from the streets and enrolled at a school in Uthiru, Kiambu county escaped and went to Thika town where he re united with other street families.
Mosiria in a video posted on his TikTok account narrated that vehicles with government GK number plates had gone to check on the boy who felt intimidated and ran away from the institution prompting the chief officer to start efforts to retrace him and return him to the learning institution.
“Something happened and Mike ran away, finding his way back to the streets. Since then, we have been searching for him tirelessly, and today, we finally managed to trace him back in the streets of Thika town. He’s back on the streets but this time, we’re determined to do everything possible to help him and ensure he never has to return there again,” Mosiria said.
The young boy was traced by fellow street children along with Thika Street families which includes women with other young children of school going age who as well require help to move out of the streets with the families requesting that Mosiria takes yet another child alongside Mike, to also get enrollment to school.
Mosiria vowed to ensure that Mike and his peer go to school and this time, keenly ensure that they do not escape but instead enjoy the journey of education and the eventual transformation of the future.
The environment chief officer called on Kenyans of goodwill to go an extra mile in support of the less fortunate in society.
Mosiria was captured in a touching video on December 17, 2024 pleading with a young boy, identified as Mike, to abandon substance abuse and took it upon himself to enroll the then street urchin into a children’s rescue center located in Nairobi’s Kangemi area.
And after a quick rehabilitation, the chief officer on Friday, January 24, 2025, went ahead to enroll Mike to Great Vision School in Kikuyu, where he settled the fees for the boy’s school term, elated with the steady progress that the boy has made within the few weeks of rehabilitation.
“Some of these children you see on the streets are not there willingly but could be forced by circumstances. Mike is a total ophan and after taking him out of the streets, I want him to have a good education. I am doing this at a personal level not as an officer of the county government,” he added.
Mosiria called on well wishers to join hands with him and ensure that Mike acquires a decent education like any other child of his age who has parents or family to provide for him. Well wishers willing to help in Mike’s educational journey can reach out directly to Mosiria on social media or visit his office to help.
In December, during on of his random environmental checks around downtown Nairobi, Mosiria was moved as he came across the young child who had been living in the streets.
The chief officer who was doing rounds in the downtown areas of the CBD came across the young boy and enquired why he was living in the streets before the story touched him, prompting him to find a solution.
