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Heavy downpour delays KCPE exams in West Pokot, roads impassable

Segut Primary School KCPE centre in Elgeyo Marakwet County is yet to receive exam papers after a lorry stuck in a muddy road in the area, paralysing transport. [Photo: Standard]

The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination was on Tuesday delayed in some parts of West Pokot County after a heavy downpour rendered some roads impassable.

The West Pokot County Education Director Jacob Onyiego said seventeen schools in Pokot North sub-county had been affected after river Kasei burst its banks forcing the transporters of exam materials to wait for it to subside before they can deliver them.

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