KNEC airlifts KCSE exams to Turkana after bandit attack
Candidates sit for their first KCSE paper on October 22, 2013. Bandits attacked and set ablaze a vehicle with KCSE exams in Turkana on Monday. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- On Monday, bandits attacked and set ablaze a vehicle carrying the exams at Lokori area.
- A police officer was injured in the attack while eight other officers in the vehicle alongside civilians fled.
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams have been airlifted to Turkana after bandits attacked and burnt a vehicle ferrying the papers to a school in the county.
Kenya National Examinations Council acting secretary Mr Joseph Kivilu said the exams were airlifted to Turkana from Wilson Airport in Nairobi on Tuesday at 6 am.
On Monday, bandits attacked and set ablaze a vehicle carrying the exams in the Lokori area.
The exams were for 25 candidates at Kapedo Mixed Secondary School.
A police officer was injured in the attack while eight other officers in the vehicle alongside civilians fled.
(READ: Bandits burn exam papers in raid)
The incident came a day after four schools on the Turkana-Baringo counties border were closed due to frequent bandit attacks.
Kapedo Mixed Primary School headteacher Joseph Emoit Ekorukou was admitted to St Luke’s Hospital in Eldoret after he was attacked on Friday.
The 25 candidates at Kapedo Mixed Secondary School whose exam papers were burnt in the attack are currently under the protection of heavily armed General Service Unit personnel.
