Kenyan Student Wins Prestigious Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition

Kayla Bosire, a 16-year-old Kenyan student, was among the winners of the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021.

Kayla, a student at Maxwell Adventist Academy, was declared the winner of the Senior Writers category by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS).

The Kenyan teenager was among 25,648 young writers from across the Commonwealth who entered the 2021 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Ethan Mufuma from Uganda was the winner of the junior category.

The theme of this year’s competition was “Community in the Commonwealth” with students writing essays on an array of topics from the COVID-19 pandemic to matters affecting their communities.

Kayla flew to London last week to be presented with her award by vice-patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

Camilla hosted the awards for this year’s essay prize, welcoming young winners to London for a reception at St James’s Palace.

Founded in 1883, the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world’s oldest international writing competition for schools and aims to promote literacy, expression, and creativity among young people throughout the Commonwealth.