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Sad start to KCSE as principal dies in crash on her way to pick exam papers

The wreckage of a car that rammed a stationary lorry killing Mary Macharia, the Principal of Reverend Gitau Secondary School in Mai Mahiu. The principal was on his way to Naivasha to collect KCSE examination papers. [Standard]

This year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations started on a sad note after a principal was killed and two other people injured in a road accident.

The accident occurred along the Naivasha-Maai Mahiu road at 5am as the principal rushed to collect examination papers in Naivasha town.

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