KCPE Candidate arrested from her boyfriend’s house in Kisumu as she fails to do exams.

 A KCPE Candidate from St Mark Nyabera Primary School in Kisumu East who  has been arrested from her boyfriend's house in Nyalenda Estate today.She has not done her national exams that kicked off yesterday Countrywide-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.

By Dickson Odhiambo.

October 31, 2018

KCPE Candidate arrested from her boyfriend’s house in Kisumu as she fails to do exams.

Members of Provincial Administration in Kisumu East Sub County have arrested a class eight Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams candidate who has been allegedly hiding at her boyfriend’s house and has not done the exams as it enters the second day.

The Candidate from St.Mark Nyabera primary School was found hiding inside a house within Kachok area of the Sprawling Nyalenda slums and arrested today.

Addressing the press in Nyalenda, An Assistant County Commissioner in Kisumu  East Samwel Kiarie said they were going rounds the schools today within the area to monitor the ongoing KCPE Exams and found out that one candidate at St. Marks Nyabera Primary school had not reported for the exams that kicked off yesterday countrywide.

He said a village elder within Kanyakwar Area of Nyalenda near Kachok reported that a primary school girl with uniform was hiding into a house being occupied by two men who are students at the Kisumu National Polytechnic.

The Village elder informed the area assistant Chief who in turn reported the matter to the area Chief Otieno Kabisai of Kolwa West Location who pursue the matter.

Kiarie says they are investigating the circumstance under which the candidate has not done exams.

The Assistant County Commissioner says the girl has a lot of stories on why she has not reported to school to do her national exams, adding that they are piecing her information together for investigations and find the real cause.

He says the police is currently pursuing the young man whom the girl told them that she was staying with.

“Currently, we are pursuing the young man from Kisumu National Polytechnic so that we can be able to ensure that justice is done to the little girl. It is quite unfortunate that such a girl can spend such a number of years and eventually not able to do her final exams in primary school,” Kiarie says.

The Candidate who spoke to the Press said she was sent away by the school to go and get shs 500 for the feeding program during the exams period but did not find the amount 

She says she could not raise the money needed plus others totalling to shs 1600 which the school demanded.

Police were yet to arrest the two men who allegedly stayed with the girl in their house despite the exam on going.

When the media visited the school at around 2:30 pm today, its center Manager who is also the school's head teacher could not address them as candidates were doing their Kiswahili Insha Paper.

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