KNEC yet to pay 200,000 for managing last year's exams

KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion (centre) presents a book on special needs' learners in public primary schools to National Chairperson, Special Schools Heads Association of Kenya (SSHAK) Arthur Injenga during a SSHAK conference in Nairobi. KNEC is under pressure to pay all the 200,000 individuals contracted for last year's examinations to avoid hiccups in administration of the tests in November.  (PHOTO: DAVID GICHURU/ STANDARD)

The national examiner is under pressure to pay all the 200,000 individuals contracted for last year's examinations to avoid hiccups in administration of the tests in November.

And yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law a Bill that effectively reintroduces ranking of schools and candidates during the release of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam results.