Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has been showered with blessings by Kenyans after coming to the rescue of a KCPE top performer who had penned suicide note due to lack of school fees.

The 13-year-old child from Nyalenda slums, Kisumu County who scored 391 marks allegedly wrote a suicide note after her parents failed to raise Ksh 50,000 for her secondary education.

The girl, who was a pupil at Xaverian Primary School in Kisumu Central, had received an admission letter from Asumbi Girls and was expected to join her new school in early January 2020.

“I know it is not the only way to solve this problem, but it is the best option for me to take,” read the suicide note, as quoted by Citizen Digital.

This touched the heart of youthful MP who took to social media to announce that he was going to pay the child’s school fees to enable her realize her dreams.

He noted that a child belongs to the community and he would like to give an opportunity to others the same way he was given through fund raising and selling Chang’aa.

“I will pay school fees for this leaner to ensure she achieves her dreams.A child belongs to the community and I would like to give an opportunity to others the same way I was given through fund raising and through selling Chang’aa.Vanity is Vanity,” posted Babu Owino.

Kenyans were mesmerized by Babu Owino’s kind gesture and started showering him with blessings.

Here are some of their reactions.

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Kirinyaga County governor Anne Mumbi Waiguru on Thursday played a host to 2019 KCPE top performers from her county.

Waiguru hosted the top performers at her county offices where they were all celebrated.

She hosted Kinyua Franklin who scored 431, Sheila Muthoni who scored 426, Simon Mwangi who scored 427 and Lorna Munene wh recorded a score of 425.

The first term governor congratulated the parents and teachers of the candidates we performed exemplary well.

“We feel proud when young minds excel in academics and today we celebrated top scorers in Kirinyaga Kinyua Franklin- 431, Sheila Muthoni-426, Simon Mwangi -427 and Lorna Munene – 425. Congratulations once again to you, your parents and teachers,” she tweeted.

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2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results are out, and the hustler’s nation is winning again.

Deputy President Dr William Ruto’s daughter Abby Ruto and former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale’s son Gift Atubukha Khalwale are among the candidates who sat for this year’s KCPE.

Both have passed with flying colors. Congratulations to them!

While sharing the results of his son via his official twitter account, Khalwale thanked God for the blessings, his family and the teachers for the work put in.

Khalwale’s Gift gifted him with 396 marks out of the total 500.

His scores are as follows;

GIFT ATUBUKHA KHALWALE INDEX: 37615027002

ENG 78A-

KIS 88A

KSL = =

MAT 83A

SCI 76A-

SSR 71B+

TOTAL = 396

“For these blessings, I thank God, my family & our hard working teachers. Congratulations my Tubu! GIFT ATUBUKHA KHALWALE INDEX: 37615027002 ENG 78A- KIS 88A KSL = = MAT 83A SCI 76A- SSR 71B+ TOTAL = 396,” Khalwale posted.

DP Ruto’s Abby has scored 406 marks out of the possible 500.

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A total of 56 teachers are in a deep trouble following the 2019 KCPE exam.

This is after Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia on Monday said that 56 teachers are under investigation for aiding in exam cheating.

Speaking at Mtihani House where the 2019 exam results are being released, Macharia said that this year recorded the least number of cheating.

“We will investigate the conduct of 56 teachers who had some missteps during the administration of the KCPE exams,” she said.

Some 1,088,986 candidates sat for the exam compared to last year’s 1,052,364. The exam started on October 29 and was completed on October 31.

The candidates were examined in seven subjects tested in nine papers in some 27, 827 examination centers.

Three examiners lost their lives in the examination period. A total of 181,016 personnel were involved in managing the exams.

The marking of the examination was concluded on Friday and was done by 6,440 examiners for English composition and Kiswahili Insha papers

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President Uhuru Kenyatta has been briefed by Education CS George Magoha and officials of KNEC on the results of this year’s KCPE ahead of their release today.

Speaking at State House, Uhuru commended the officials for conducting the national exams in a transparent and secure environment.

He praised the team for ensuring that the process was undertaken without any hitch, terming the exercise a major success.

Uhuru expressed gratitude to all stakeholders for ensuring that the whole examination process including marking of the papers was conducted within schedule.

Present at the meeting were Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua, Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia and Acting KNEC Chief Executive Officer Mercy Karogo among others.

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Andy Michael Munyiri from Thogotho Primary School has emerged the Golden boy of KCPE 2019 with 440 Marks.

In the results released on Monday by Education CS George Magoha, three candidates; Flavian Onyango, June Cheptoo and Sean Ndung’u had 439 marks.

1,088, 986 candidates sat for the exam this year.

The results come just 18 days after the candidates completed their exams.

More to follow…

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The center manager, two supervisors and an invigilator deployed to Hezta Primary School in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua County were arrested on Wednesday, October 30, after four teachers at the institution allegedly aided 29 pupils in exam cheating.

The tutors were also apprehended.

According to Nyandarua County Commissioner, Boaz Cherutich, security officers assigned to the school got suspicious when they saw the four teachers within the school compound as KCPE tests continued, an act which is prohibited by the national exam council.

“After alerting my office, I assigned law enforcement agents to go to the school and investigate the allegations. Preliminary report shows there was negligence on the side of the center manager, two supervisors and an invigilator, given they allowed the four teachers to access the school, which is against KNEC ‘s exam supervision regulations,” Cherutich was quoted by a local daily.

“We have asked the Teachers’ Service Commission to take disciplinary action against the eight. Tomorrow [Thursday, October 31], a new team will be deployed to supervise the Social Studies paper at Hezta Primary School,” said Cherutich.

The suspects will be arraigned once investigations are concluded, said the county commissioner.

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A Class Eight pupil from Rarieda in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, sat his Mathematics paper at the Bondo Sub-County Referral Hospital, where he was taken after consuming poison on Monday evening (October 28).

According to a local daily, the boy ingested insecticide and was rushed to Ndori Health Centre by his parents, before being transferred to Bondo Sub-County hospital.

The pupil, 15, who was enrolled for the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) at Kitambo Primary School is in a stable condition, Bondo Hospital’s deputy medical superintendent, Dr. Paul Oloo, told the media.

“The teenager will sit the remaining tests in hospital as that will help him avoid the anxiety and fear that is brought by the classroom environment,” said Dr. Oloo.

It remains unclear why the minor attempted suicide.

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A tractor had to come to the rescue after a school bus ferrying KCPE exams and a police car got stuck in mud in Kuresoi North, Nakuru County on Tuesday morning.

KCPE exams kicked off countrywide on Tuesday morning with close to 70,000 security officers being deployed to secure the exam papers and candidates.

In a video doing rounds on social media, a red-colored tractor is seen pulling the Mau Summit secondary school bus from the mud.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha and his Interior counterpart Fred Matiang’i are overseeing the exercise that will take three days.

Prof Magoha started his day in Mombasa while Dr Matiang’i oversaw the opening of the exam papers at Garrison Primary School, Gilgil.

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Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has banned all non-academic events in schools during third term to curb examination malpractices.

He was speaking at the launch of CBC teacher training session in Machakos.

“I want to be crystal clear that nobody in both private and public institutions will be allowed to interfere with the candidates as they prepare for their examination… So there will be no events in schools, no fundraising, no prayers or any other activities,” Magoha said in Machakos on Wednesday.

“There will be no events, no fundraising, no prayers whether in public or private schools,” Education CS Magoha said. "…You can pray for your child in the house and it will arrive directly to the child"

He was speaking at the launch of CBC teacher training session in Machakos. pic.twitter.com/gaIDXf6bRx

— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 21, 2019

Other adjustments will see primary and secondary schools close early to allow standard eight and form four candidates sit national examinations in November.

Magoha said November will exclusively be an examination month, with the rest of learners in primary and secondary schools closing on October 28.

“We know that these events have in past been used for other purposes and this is what we are trying to avoid,” Matiang’i said.

KCSE candidates sitting this year’s examination also sit as a fourth lot of students to take the examinations under new stringent rules to curb cheating.

He added that this will improve preparation for KCPE and KCSE. This year’s KCPE will start from November 1 to 3, while KCSE will run from November 7 to November 30.

Knec data shows that 1.78 million candidates were registered to sit the 2019 examinations, whose registration deadline was February 15.

Of these, 1,089,671 were KCPE candidates while 698,935 students registered for KCSE, from all the 10,304 centres.

The KCPE exams will take place between October 29 and 31.

Rehearsal will be done on October 28 while the 2019 KCSE examination will take place between October 21 and November 27.

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