Sections of the country are celebrating the 2018 KCPE results released on Monday, but a family in Eldoret is mourning the death of their son who scored 349 marks.
A lorry ferrying sand rammed into the house of Edward Nyamu's family, killing him on the spot just a few hours before the release of the KCPE examinations.
The heavily loaded lorry hit the bedroom of Nyamu's house and her mother's efforts to pull him out were fruitless as he had already died.
"I tried to pull him out but all was in vain. I could not believe my son had died and I kept pulling him as my neighbours watched helplessly," the mother told the media shortly after the exam's release.
Education CS Amina Mohamed released the 2018 KCPE on Monday afternoon with two leading students scoring 453 marks.
Amina announced that the ministry shall only conduct one selection for the form 1 intake. The exercise shall kick off on Monday, December 3, 2018.
Olive Mwea Wachira and Rawlings Odhiambo emerged the joint top pupils in the2018 KCPE.
But in a rare coincidence, the two top candidates also happened to tie in all their respective subject scores.
Mwea and Odhiambo scored 99% in Mathematics, 92% in English, 97% in Kiswahili, 81% in Science and 84% in Social Studies.
