Kenya: Seven Hospitalised Candidates, Five Inmates Sit 2026 KCSE Exams

What the report says

Kenya’s education ministry said special arrangements were made to allow several learners with exceptional circumstances to take the 2026 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams, according to Capital FM’s report republished by AllAfrica. The group included seven candidates who were hospitalised and five others in correctional facilities, all of whom were supported so they could sit the national test.

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba said officials had arranged for examination papers to be delivered and administered to the hospitalised candidates, while the learners in correctional facilities were also facilitated to participate. He said the government was prepared to respond to additional challenges during the exam period and to protect the process for all candidates.

The report also said two examination centres in Moyale Sub-County, Marsabit County, were relocated because of insecurity linked to clan clashes near the Kenya-Ethiopia border. The KCSE began on Monday, November 2, with compulsory and large-candidature papers, after two weeks of elective-subject exams.

Capital FM reported that 1,048,355 candidates are taking this year’s exams in 10,693 centres nationwide. Ogamba also urged the public to report suspected malpractice through Kenya National Examinations Council hotlines, as the ministry seeks to safeguard the integrity of the national examination process.