Sections of the country are celebrating the 2018 KCPE results released on Monday, but a family in Eldoret is mourning the death of their son who scored 349 marks.
A lorry ferrying sand rammed into the house of Edward Nyamu’s family, killing him on the spot just a few hours before the release of the KCPE examinations.
The heavily loaded lorry hit the bedroom of Nyamu’s house and her mother’s efforts to pull him out were fruitless as he had already died.
“I tried to pull him out but all was in vain. I could not believe my son had died and I kept pulling him as my neighbours watched helplessly,” the mother told the media shortly after the exam’s release.
Education CS Amina Mohamed released the 2018 KCPE on Monday afternoon with two leading students scoring 453 marks.
Amina announced that the ministry shall only conduct one selection for the form 1 intake. The exercise shall kick off on Monday, December 3, 2018.
Olive Mwea Wachira and Rawlings Odhiambo emerged the joint top pupils in the2018 KCPE.
But in a rare coincidence, the two top candidates also happened to tie in all their respective subject scores.
Mwea and Odhiambo scored 99% in Mathematics, 92% in English, 97% in Kiswahili, 81% in Science and 84% in Social Studies.
Three Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates have died in the county in the last one week. Faith Atieno Ouko of Kakimba Mixed Secondary in Suba North died after developing complications during delivery at the county referral hospital yesterday.
The candidate, identified as Javan Onyango of DC Mixed Secondary School in Rangwe, was injured in the abdomen on Friday evening. Gem West chief Joel Otieno said the 17-year-old boy was kicked accidentally by one of his colleagues.
“Information I have is the boy sustained serious injuries on the lower abdomen. It is suspected that someone accidentally kicked him and interfered with his kidney,” said Otieno.
The boy was rushed to a private health facility in Rodi Kopany Township after collapsing. His condition later worsened and was referred to the county referral hospital where he die.
Early last week, another candidate at Atemo Mixed Secondary School in Rachuonyo East collapsed during a football match and died. Toddy Otieno was pronounced dead on arrival at Matata Nursing Home in Oyugis Town.
Otieno and his colleagues had decided to play football after exams when he collapsed.