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How Josphat became the most improved KCSE candidate

Mioro Secondary school KCSE student Kamau Josphat Mwangi emerged the most improved student nationally having scored 79.466 A-. He scored 278 mark in his KCPE exam four years ago. [Boniface Gikandi/Standard]

There was nothing spectacular four years ago in the family of a security guard in Murang’a when his third born son scored what everybody thought was an unimpressive 278 marks.

“I was very frustrated when I sat my KCPE at Muthangari Primary School and got 278 marks. I wanted to repeat but my father refused. He said there was no money and I was better off attending a local day school,” recalls Josphat Mwangi Kamau.

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