Candidate Who Went Missing Two Weeks To KCSE Examinations Found

The student was spotted while making a phone call to a cousin in Ruiru after the news of his disappearance was aired.

Kinyanjui was in the company of other students who went out to purchase stationery in preparation for the KCSE examinations but failed to report back to school. He was to sit for his secondary school final examination with fellow students who sat for their papers from March 14.

Kinyanjui’s father blamed the school for negligence, forcing them to explain how the student escaped while under their care. The family is now relieved after managing to locate their child.

In another case, a KCSE candidate in Kericho, Chilchila secondary school, collapsed in the examination room while writing his English paper. The student was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause of his demise was yet to be established at the time he passed away. It is reported that he had not shown signs of illness before the exam.

"We are yet to know from the candidate’s family if he was suffering from any health condition which could have caused his demise," the county’s commissioner said.

In Busia County, one was arrested for impersonating his father in the KCSE examinations. The suspect was revealed that he had been sent to write the exams on behalf of his father. The supervisor at the exam center tipped the police, leading to the revelation of the incident.

It is day two of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education which started on Monday. Over 830,000 candidates are sitting for their KCSE examinations nationwide. The Education CS, George Magoha, assured that his ministry has been able to subdue exam cheating by apprehending students, exam officers, and police officers who were involved in any way.

Magoha gave instructions for students to be frisked before entering the exam rooms and things such as money to be confiscated and returned after the paper was done.

"I have one more request that while we're frisking our students before they go to classrooms, let us ensure that they don't hold lots of money in their pockets. We were able to track some students who had unnecessarily large amounts of money in their pockets for reasons best known to themselves. So, I'm going to instruct center managers and exam officials to frisk the children thoroughly, and any large amounts of money must be kept at the center manager’s office until after the exam," the CS said.