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KCSE: Student collapses and dies after sitting Maths paper

Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia in one of Nyeri High School, 2018 KCSE examination rooms yesterday. She visited the school to oversee distribution of examination papers and start of the tests. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

A candidate died yesterday after sitting a paper in the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations.

Kith Mong'are, 17, had just finished the Mathematics Paper One at Gesiaga Mixed Secondary School in West Mugirango Constituency in Nyamira when he collapsed.

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