Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Friday, March 26, made an impromptu visit to a village in Nyatike, Migori County as he sought a KCSE candidate who was not present for the national examination.
The CS was supervising the KCSE exams at the St Paul's Ageng'a Mixed Secondary school when he discovered that the female student was missing as her classmates sat for the first paper.
Prof Magoha would later trace her to her home in Nyatike Village where he engaged with her relatives.
There, he discovered that the candidate had gone missing three weeks prior.
CS Magoha had earlier issued a directive stating that all students including those that are pregnant, the sick, and disabled, would be given special treatment to ensure they comfortably sit for the national exams without any problems.
"Any child who has the capacity to sit for the exams, the government will ensure that the examination is taken to the child," he disclosed.
The exams commenced on Friday, March 26, with 751,150 students eligible to sit for the exams.
Prof Magoha noted that schools in Homa Bay, Migori, Kisii and Isebania were "the headquarters of cheating".
He further stated that the ministry officers would be closely monitoring the schools to prevent any attempts of cheating.
''We will have two police officers in each of the centres. Any school with more than 300 students will have four police officers. We are all Kenyans and we know some of us are capable,'' he warned.
The CS went on to warn invigilators against reporting late to exam centers.
"Any invigilator that doesn't come on time or supervisor, be replaced immediately. Anyone who goes against this directive, don't say you weren't warned, " he added.
