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Schools in bandit prone areas defy odds to post good KCSE results

Letio Elijah is carried shoulder high by residents in Tabare village, in Elgeiyo-Marakwet County, after he scored A in 2024 KCSE. He was a student at Lodwar Boys High School in Turkana County. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

Gun battles in the troubled Kerio Valley, at times near schools, cause major scare to students and teachers.

However, students in schools in the volatile region defied the odds including insecurity, to score university entry grades in the 2024 KCSE.

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