A man has been arrested preventing his son from sitting the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination.
Goya Tom Mboya was accused of detaining his son at home to prevent him from sitting the exam on Tuesday.
According to the county director of the children’s department, Peter Kutere, the pupil's father wanted the boy to go back to Class Seven and sit the exam next year.
Elsewhere, an 18-year-old KCPE candidate attempted to commit suicide to avoid writing day two papers.
The pupil was said to have ingested a pesticide on Tuesday night after finishing day one exam papers.
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He was taken to the Rangwe sub-county hospital, where he was referred to the Kisii Level Four Hospital after his condition worsened.
In Bondo sub-county, two female candidates sat their day two papers in hospital, one with a bout of malaria, the other with labour pains.
