Kakamega County to sponsor top KCPE candidate Otieno Lewis through high school

Otieno Lewis Omondi Glen, one of the two top candidates in the KCPE results released on Wednesday will be sponsored through high school by the Kakamega County government.

Governor Ferandes Barasa made the announcement on Wednesday after joining Otieno at his school, St. Peters Mumias Boys Primary, to celebrate their stellar performance.

Otieno emerged top in Kenya after scoring 431 marks. He tied with Fwaro Makokha Robinson of Christ the King Primary School in Bungoma.

“Good academic results are as a result of deliberate efforts from teachers, parents, learners and the community. Congratulations St. Peters Mumias Boys Primary for placing Kakamega County on the National map, by producing the best student,” Governor Barasa said.

“The County Government of Kakamega will sponsor the top student, Otieno Lewis Omondi Glen, through his Secondary Education,” he added.

Otieno and Makokha led a total of 1,233,850 candidates who sat for the examinations in 28,408 centres across the country. 

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, while announcing the results, said a majority of the candidates (50.2 per cent) scored between 200 and 299 marks out of 500.

Some 9,443 candidates scored over 400 marks, marking 0.01% of the candidature, while 307,756 others scored between 300 and 399 marks, making 24.94 per cent of this year’s class.

At the same time the 100 to 199 mark bracket had 296,336 candidates (24.4%) while 724 candidates scored below 100 marks, which is 0.06% of the class.