A KCSE candidate in Trans Nzoia County was pronounced dead minutes after feeling unwell during rehearsals for the exams on Thursday, March 25.
Nicholas Barasa, a student at Michael Wamalwa Secondary School passed on just hours before sitting the English Paper I test on Friday, March 26.
The student was rushed to Kiminini Health Center after complaining that he was feeling unwell. His father disclosed that the son complained of stomach ache and was vomiting while being rushed to hospital.
The mother asked the government pathologist to conduct a postmortem, questioning the untimely death of his son.
She added that they had heaped all their hope on the son, believing that he would turn around their fortune.
I felt he was the right person to get us on the right track since he was disciplined, focused and talented as well. I am lost for words, bear with me, please.
"May the Almighty God remember us in this hard time," the mother remarked.
She added that the deceased was healthy and did not have any record of complications that would be alarming.
On Tuesday, March 23, the body of a 14-year-old KCPE candidate, Beatrice Gesare, was recovered after she went missing for two days in Molo, Nakuru County. Gesare was reported to have slipped at a railways bridge in the area.
A few days later, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday, March 25 arrested a 27-year-old suspect, Joyce Achieng Omondi, who allegedly stabbed and killed a KCSE candidate in Migori County.
The exams will end on Wednesday, April 21. Education CS George Magoha warned teachers, students, parents and teachers of exam malpractice.
