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Boy misses KCPE due to Sh280 'feeding fee'

Erick Asila (left) and his mother Roda Asila. The widow has appealed for Government intervention after her son was allegedly denied a chance to sit KCPE examinations at Got Kokech Primary School, Homa Bay. [PHOTO: JAMES OMORO/STANDARD]

HOMA BAY COUNTY: A Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidate in Homa Bay County has missed several papers allegedly because he could not afford to pay Sh280 to feed invigilators.

Erick Otieno Asila, 15, a pupil at Got Kokech Primary School missed two papers on Tuesday and another Wednesday after he was allegedly sent home by the head teacher, Mr Charles Nyamwaya.

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