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KCSE: Has someone been eating lunch meant for the poor?

No sooner had Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i finished announcing this year’s KCSE results than Kenyans jammed the social media.

While some had congratulatory messages for the CS, others displayed their dismay at the turn of events. Only 141 students scored A plain compared to 2,636 last year. Only 88,929 students scored C+ against 398,116 in 2015.

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