KCSE candidate collapses and dies in Kericho
Mar 14, 2022

A candidate has collapsed and died minutes after the start of theKenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.

Victor Kipkoech Mutai, a student at Chilchila Secondary School in Kipkelion West constituency, collapsed in the examination room, midway into writing his English examination.

County Commissioner John Kamua Karungo said the candidate was pronounced dead at Fort-Ternan Sub-county Hospital where he was rushed for treatment.

“We are yet to know from the candidate’s family if he was suffering from any health condition which could have caused his demise,” he said.