This year, day schools have turned the tables on their higher-ranked county counterparts, sending more students to universities.Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said that overall, the number of candidates with direct university entry qualification, mean grade C+ and above was 270,715 (27.18
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ODM party leader Oburu Oginga has dared critics challenging his stay at the helm of the ODM party and claiming he was not validly elected as party leader to prepare to face him at the National Delegates Conference (NDC).Get Full Access for Ksh299/WeekUnlock the Full Story — Join Thousands of Informe
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"It was all about Hassan Joho's 2027 political survival." This is how a senior politician who attended Wednesday's late RailaOdinga's 81st birthday celebrations in Mombasa described it.The MP, a close ally of Joho, said the real agenda of the celebration, attended by over 2000 delegates in Mombasa,
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Growth in the construction sector more than tripled in the third quarter of 2025, largely attributed to the resumption of road projects.According to the latest report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the construction sector grew by 6.7 per cent in the third quarter of last year, fr
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The 2025 KCSE results have exposed subjects girls are keeping off in secondary schools.An analysis of the results shows that courses such as metalwork, electricity, power mechanics, drawing and design, and aviation technology attracted only a handful of female candidates.Get Full Access for Ksh299/W
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Several National schools in Nairobi and Kiambu County recorded an improvement in the just-released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 2025 results, among them Maryhill Girls, Nairobi School, Alliance and Starehe.Maryhill Girls' High School, which was ranked among thetop-performing schoolsnatio
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The Mt Kenya region has once again reaffirmed its place at the heart of Kenya’s academic excellence after leading secondary schools posted outstanding results in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.Murang'a, Nanyuki High School, Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls, and Kagum
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Coast’s academic giants, led by Sheikh Khalifa and Shimo La Tewa Boys registered exemplary results in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) released yesterday.Celebrations rocked several schools across the Coast with national secondary schools roaring back after years ofmixed K
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It has now emerged that thousands of students are increasingly sitting the Form Four national exams while still very young.Some of these candidates writethe KCSE examinationat the age they are supposed to be completing their primary school education.Get Full Access for Ksh299/WeekUnlock the Full Sto
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There were more than 239 candidates whoscored A plainsin the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination released yesterday.Education Cabinet (CS) Julius Ogamba said during the release of the results for 993,226 students at the AIC Chebisaas High School in Eldoret that 1,932 KCS
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It was a mixed bag of fortunes for the traditional performing giants in the Western region, as several schools registered a decline in performance in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary School (KCSE) examination results.This came as an uneasy silence had descended on many secondary schools acros
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The ongoing fresh recruitment process for the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) at the University of Nairobi has been put on hold following orders from the Employment and Labour Relations Court.The decision comes after Professor Duke Omondi Orata filed a petition challenging the
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