Candidate dies shortly before KCSE exams starts
Meru High School candidates prepare to sit the KCSE exam on November 7, 2016. There were delays in Garissa County due to heavy rains on Thursday. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Police are looking for Kiiru Secondary School principal after he failed to collect examination papers.
- At Aga Khan High School, candidates were thoroughly frisked before entering the exam room.
A candidate at Jomo Kenyatta Boys High School in Nakuru County died in hospital where he was rushed after falling ill before Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations started.
School Principal John Mureithi said the student fell ill Monday morning and was taken to Bahati Sub-County Hospital.
He said the student had a history of hypertension
In Murang’a, police are looking for the Kiiru Secondary School principal after he failed to collect examination papers from the county commissioner’s office on Monday morning.
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, who was in Murang’a, intervened and directed District Education Officer Yatani Faru to collect and deliver the exams to the school.
The principal has been identified as Solomon Mwangi.
An empty desk belonging to a KCSE candidate at Jomo Kenyatta Boys High School in Nakuru who died shortly before the exams started on November 7, 2016. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In Mombasa, headteachers collected exam papers at the deputy county commissioner’s office at 5.30am under tight security.
Mvita Deputy County Commissioner Mahmoud Salim and Mombasa deputy OCPD Patrick Njoroge were present as District Education Officer Eunice Mwalaa distributed the papers.
The exercise took place at the Uhuru na Kazi building.
At Aga Khan High School, candidates were thoroughly frisked before entering the exam room.
Kisumu Boys High School candidates are frisked before entering examination rooms on November 7, 2016. PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Lamu Deputy County Commissioner Stephen Sangolo said enough security personnel had been deployed to all schools in Lamu West and East sub-counties.
He said the containers where the examinations are stored are under tight security.
At the Uasin-Gishu County headquarters in Eldoret, the exam container was opened at 5am.
Uasin Gishu County Teachers Service Commission Director Beatrice Agala said measures have been put in place to ensure the exercise runs smoothly.
“All is set for the exam. All the 185 centres in the county got their exams on time. No incident has been reported so far,” said Ms Agala.
Principals collect KCSE examination papers in Lamu on November 7, 2016. PHOTO | SAMUEL KALUME | NATION MEDIA GROUP
