A section of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examiners have now downed their tools over unpaid allowances during the examination marking.
More than 800 examiners, who were marking the English paper 2 exams at Mary Hills Girls' High School, held demonstrations on Sunday, December 1, to demand their pay.
The examiners, who started the marking of the national examination three weeks ago, claim that the government has yet to pay their coordination allowance.
Videos obtained by Kenyans.co.ke show the angry teachers gathered and demanding to be paid their allowances. The teachers were heard shouting, "Things are not good; we should be paid now."
The examiners have stated that they will not participate in the marking process until the government pays them their dues.
According to the examiners, the government was supposed to pay them a total of Ksh5,000 in coordination allowances.
Examiners claim they were not paid allowances despite being required by the government to pay them within five days of starting to mark.
The KCSE 2025 marking is scheduled to run until Monday, December 15.
Last month, the Ministry of Education confirmed that the KCSE results would be issued in January 2026.
A total of 996,078 candidates sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams, marking one of the largest KCSE cohorts in recent years.
The strike comes two weeks after the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) refuted claims that it is involved in altering results for the recently concluded national examinations.
In a statement on Wednesday, December 3, the council cautioned the public about an emerging scheme in which individuals are urging parents to contact them for alleged exam result editing services.
According to KNEC, some individuals purporting to be from the council have been creating WhatsApp groups and channels where they are soliciting money from unaware parents and students under the guise of manipulating scores.
The council clarified that all answer scripts are anonymised throughout the examination process to protect candidates' identities and uphold the integrity of marking.
