428 did not turn up for KCPE at Coast

Arranged desks and chairs in a classroom. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

At least 428 candidates in Coast who had registered for this year's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination did not sit the papers.

According to Coast Education Coordinator Edward Arita, Mombasa County had the highest number of candidates who did not sit the exams at the centres they had registered.