This archive report was first published on 18 November 2019.
On November 18, 2019, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha announced the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results, which saw Andy Michael Munyiri emerge as the top performer with 440 marks.
Andy was closely followed by three other students: Flavian Onyango (Chakol Girls), June Cheptoo Koech (Sangalo Central), and Sean Michael Ndung'u (Kitengela International School), who all scored 439 marks.
Out of the 1,083,456 candidates who sat for the 2019 KCPE examinations, 543,000 were boys and 539,874 girls.
Notably, the number of candidates scoring 400 marks and above dropped to 9,770 (0.90%) from 11,559 (1.10%) last year, while the number of candidates scoring between 301 and 400 marks increased to 243,320 (22.46%) from 223,862 (21.27%) last year.
The examination results also showed that Nairobi County led with the highest candidature in the examination with 62,498 candidates, followed by Kakamega (54,311) and Nakuru (53,225).
On the other hand, counties with the lowest candidature were Lamu (2,959), Isiolo (3,454), and Samburu (4,793).
Prof. Magoha also announced that the number of candidates who were absent increased by 2,322 (58.78%), from 3,950 in 2018 to 6,272 in the 2019 KCPE examination, with the highest number of absent candidates recorded in Meru (407) and Turkana (385).
Furthermore, the number of under-age candidates increased from 15,747 (1.48%) in 2018 to 20,086 (1.84%) in 2019, with Bungoma recording the highest number at 1,770, followed by Bomet (1,111), and Kericho (1,144).
According to Prof. Magoha, traditional forms of cheating were wiped out, with only four candidates being disqualified for impersonation.
English Composition and Insha scripts were marked by 5,795 examiners, while 181,016 contracted professionals were involved in the administration of the 2019 KCPE examination, including 27,809 centre managers, 28,014 supervisors, 66,807 invigilators, 58,060 security officers, 2,800 examination management directors, 479 clerks, and 6,987 drivers.
