This archive report was first published on 2 December 2019.
Kenya's top student in the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) national exams, Andy Munyiri, has secured a spot at Alliance High School in Kiambu.
Munyiri, a pupil at Damacrest Academy in Thogoto, emerged top in the KCPE tests after scoring 440 out of a possible 500 marks.
On the other hand, top girls June Jeptoo and Onyango Flavian, who tied at 439 marks, will attend Pangani Girls and Alliance Girls respectively.
According to Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, a total of 1,075,201 out of 1,083,456 candidates got chances to join secondary schools.
Magoha noted that some 8,255 candidates were excluded because they are refugees, prisoners or overage.
Speaking at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development in Nairobi, Magoha said, "I'm going to seek audience with his excellency the president on the fate of overage candidates in the spirit of 100 percent transition to secondary schools."
