The Mt Kenya Times 
By Elizabeth Angira
One Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE) candidate in Kisii County is writing the examination at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital after she delivered a day to the examination.
Speaking at Kisii County during the opening and distribution of the exam for Kisii Central Sub County to examination centres, Education Principal Secretary, Dr Julius Jwan said a total of 698,000 candidates had been presented for the KPCE. .
The Principal Secretary said the examination started smoothly, adding that arrangements have been made to ensure that the candidate, who hails from Etago Sub County, sits her exam smoothly and completes.
“I am happy with the process. We have an adequate number of security officers across the 698 examination centres” Jwan said, adding the county has presented 33,140 candidates for the examination.
He singled out Kisii Central Sub County as having the largest number of candidates totaling over 33,000.
According to the PS, security personnel and transportation systems had been put in place to facilitate smooth conducting of the exams
The PS, flanked by Kisii county Commissioner, Allan Macharia, County Director of Education Pius Ngoma, County Teachers Service Commission Director, Jane Mwaniki said fire broke out at Kiongongi primary school in Kitutu central sub county next to the library due to a gas explosion, adding it would not affect the examination.
“The fire broke out at around 2.30 a.m and candidates were not at the school. We are investigating but it has nothing to do with the examination” Jwan told the press at the sub county’s container in Kisii town, adding classes were not interfered with.
The PS led his delegation to KARI primary school in the outskirts of Kisii town where he witnessed the starting of the examination.
He said there were no incidents in the area in last year’s KCPE examination, adding that supervisors, invigilators, security officers and security officers had been briefed , adding the candidates were well prepared for the examination despite the compressed term dates due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
Mr Macharia urged the examination centre managers to be vigilant and ensure that they deliver credible examinations and urged centre managers to report any incident to relevant authorities to be addressed.
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