Student almost missed national test due to illness

Henry Madaga from Maranda High School celebrates with his friends and relatives at Chichwa market in Kisumu county. He was position 8 nationally in 2020 KCSE. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

Towards the end of 2020, Henry Madaga was down with complications related to ulcers.

He spent a number of weeks on treatment to the point of contemplating missing out on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination. But yesterday, Madaga, 18, was all smiles as Education CS George Magoha read his name as one of the top performers, after he scored an A plain, and emerged the eighth best countrywide.