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Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has been lauded for beating the so-called cartels and their shadowy, dormitory-burning ways, and delivered a ‘clean’ examination – just 141 A grades, compared to over 2,000 last year.PHOTO: COURTESY

The country is still reeling from what has been described as ‘shock’ results of last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has been lauded for beating the so-called cartels and their shadowy, dormitory-burning ways, and delivered a ‘clean’ examination – just 141 A grades, compared to over 2,000 last year.

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