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###Rigathi donates Sh400K to Komarock Primary, for party!

I will sponsor a party for Komarock Primary School after your exams. 300,000 Kshs for the bash. You can celebrate once you are done. 100,000 Kshs for the teachers as well to enjoy themselves. Rigathi Gachagua – Deputy President

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###52 schools fail to pick Grade 6 exam materials in Uasin Gishu

Early Learning and Basic Education Principal Secretary (PS) Julius Jwan, who presided over distribution of examination materials for Turbo sub-county, said the schools, all of them private mainly in the sub county level had registered candidates but closed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We have a number of KPSEA materials that have not been picked because registration took place when learners were in Grade Three but during Covid, these 52 centres were closed. Some had six, others five registered candidate but the learners moved to other schools. We are keeping the materials safely in the container but we are flexible so that if we find a school that has less papers, we will take them there,” added the PS.

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###A Kenya Defense Force (KDF) serviceman has admitted he received a whopping Sh2.4million from six job seekers to facilitate their employment at Kenya Prisons.

Testifying before magistrate Gilbert Shikwe, Mr Antony Barongo Buge, a serviceman based at Lanet Barracks disclosed how he received the millions which he then passed to a contact person, one Nelson Mukara Sichere.

The money changed hands at two different Nairobi hotels in April 2022.

“I received the money then passed it on to Sichere (in the dock) in the presence of Ashley Ayuma, who was then handed a National Police Service (NPS) Recruitment letter,”said Barongo in court.

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###President Ruto to announce where junior secondary school will be housed

The fate of the Grade 6 learners currently doing their national examinations will be settled in the next few weeks when the President is expected to make a major pronouncement on the domicile of junior secondary school, the Education Cabinet secretary announced yesterday.

CS Ezekiel Machogu hinted that this would depend on the report of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms, which was appointed last month to seek the views of Kenyans and advise the President on sectoral reforms.

“They are coming up with a report soon, probably in the first or second week of December. They will present their initial report to President William Ruto, who will also make an announcement to Kenyans on where our Grade 7 will be domiciled when we reopen schools on January 23, 2023,” said Mr Machogu in Mombasa county, where he had gone to monitor the administration of the examinations that began yesterday.

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###Family demands justice as 2 KCPE candidates drown during school trip

Two pupils set to sit for their KCPE this year are reported to have drowned while on a school trip.

The candidates, one of whom was the school head boy of Comejuu Premier Academy, are said to have drowned in Theta dam in Githunguri, Kiambu county. At the time the teachers were not around to rescue them.

Reports indicate that the school failed to inform the parents about the said trip until the tragedy occurred.

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###Grade 6 pupil misses out KPSEA math exam for allegedly stealing KES 2,000

A Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examinations candidate at Kibumbu Primary School in Tharaka Nithi County was denied a chance to sit for the Mathematics paper on claims that she stole KES 2000 from a teacher.

Hellen Njeri Chabari, the school head teacher insisted that she would only allow the girl to sit for the examination upon payment of the KES 2000 that the minor allegedly stole towards the end of the last term.

The bodaboda operators who found the girl crying at the school gate pleaded with the head teacher to allow the girl to sit for the examination promising to raise the money and pay her by the next day.

Even so, the head teacher insisted that she needed the money before the girl enters the examination room.

It took the intervention of County Director of Education Bridget Wambua for the girl to sit for the second paper after she was found desperately seated in a nearby bush crying.

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###Kirinyaga County official denies claims of STI prevalence among students

Kirinyaga County executive officer for medical services and public health George Karoki has disputed a report claiming 12,000 of 16,000 high school students in the Kirinyaga Central sub-county received treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

In a statement released on Monday, Karoki said it was impossible to substantiate the claims made by Kennedy Machora, the director of education for Kirinyaga Central Sub-county.

According to Karoki, in Kirinyaga Central Sub-county alone, there were 1,345 cases of STIs reported and treated this year, and there were 4,409 cases across the entire county.

He however clarified that these instances are for the general populace rather than a particular patient cohort.

“Whereas community education to deter our youths from risky sexual behavior must be embraced by all sectors, it is equally important for officers in other departments to consult the health department for accurate data,” Karoki said.

Karoki claimed that the data released was greatly exaggerated and that its source was unconfirmed.

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###WhatsApp’s New Feature Lets You Message Yourself

WhatsApp has introduced a feature that makes it easier to message yourself.

The Meta-owned messaging platform on Monday announced a feature, called ‘Message Yourself’, which essentially acts as a user’s notepad to bookmark important information next to other WhatsApp chats.

Under the feature which has started rolling out globally, Android and iOS users will be able to send stuff like notes, reminders and links they wish to open later to themselves on WhatsApp.

How it works is that users will tap the ‘create new chat’ button, after which their contact will appear at the top of the contacts list.

By tapping their contact, WhatsApp will take them to the chat screen they can use to send messages to themselves.

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###Man defiles daughter in a Kakamega hospital bed:

The suspect fled after he learnt that the matter had been reported to hospital authorities

Police in Kakamega County have arrested a man suspected of defiling his 10-year-old daughter in a hospital bed.

The suspect, aged 40, is reported to have requested nurses at Navakholo Sub-County Hospital to be allowed to spend the night in the ward with the girl, who had malaria.

A woman with a sick child at the hospital alerted a nurse that she had witnessed the suspect defiling his daughter at night.

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###Head teacher stops girl from sitting for exams over Sh2,000 ‘theft’: Boda boda operators found the girl crying at the school gate.

A Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examination candidate at a school in Tharaka Nithi County missed the mathematics paper on claims that she had stolen Sh2,000 from a teacher.

Ms Hellen Njeri Chabari, school head teacher at Kibumbu Primary School, insisted that the girl would only sit for the examination if she paid the money that the girl allegedly stole towards the end of the last term.

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###Form One student sexually assaulted by colleagues at a Kericho school

The incident occurred at Lelu Secondary School in Kipkelion East constituency.
“One of [the students] defiled him while covering his mouth so he could not scream,” the report says.

The student had gone out to answer the call of nature when he was attacked on November 16, the police said.

He was taken to Siloam Hospital in Kericho town, treated and discharged.

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