Mandera twin sisters among top KCPE candidates in the county

Umaima Mohamed Maalim and her sister Ikran Mohamed Maalim. [Ibrahim Adan, Standard]

Ikran Mohamed Maalim and Umaima Mohamed Maalim are two twin sisters with the highest KCPE marks among the girls in Mandera.

The two daughters of Mr Maalim scored 402 and 401 marks respectively in the KCPE results released today this morning.

The duo sat for the national examinations at Al Huda Integrated Academy in Mandera East.

According to the school manager Jamal Abdullahi (Mr JJ), the two were the most hardworking among the candidates and have always produced similar shining results all along.

"They had always scored the same marks all through their days in primary until now when one defeated the other by just one point", he said

According to their mother, Amina Musa the fraternal twins whose Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results left many wondering with their mouths wide open were always close friends who took care of each other

"They used to go to school together, read together and always passed their internal school exams with flying colours", she said on the phone.

"I expected them to score at least above 420 marks but even though, I am delighted they're the leading girls in Mandera", she added.

The two pupils were in the same classroom all through primary school and their index numbers followed each other.

Ikran was Index Number one while Umaima was Index Number two.

Ikran and Umaima, the only set of twins in their family wish to join Kenya High in Nairobi for their secondary education.

Ikran wants to pursue medicine later in university, while her sister aspires to be a lawyer.

The two girls were born in 2007 making them the first born in a family of four and with a polygamous father who's married to two other wives.

In the 2021 KCPE results released on Wednesday, December 21, Some 7,771 Grade six pupils have sat for Kenya Primary Schools Education Assessment (KPSEA) while 6,944 sat for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations in Mandera.



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