Complex sentence: At the end of 1999, her elder brother approached her and asked her to consider going back to study for the third time and sit for the KCPE in 2000-he promised to pay for a tailoring course for her at the beginning on 2001.
Split into simpler sentences: At the end of 1999, her elder brother approached her and asked her to consider going back to study for the third time and sit for the KCPE in 2000. Her brother had promised to pay for a tailoring course for her at the beginning on 2001.