KCPE, KPSEA exams begin in Coast amid insecurity concerns

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A total of 263,241 candidates across the coastal region are sitting  their 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya  Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) starting today. https://rb.gy/aknwc

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00:00 We are not anticipating to have abnormal rains here. If such a thing occurs, then we shall

00:23 get back to the ministry headquarters to seek for assistance so that choppers could be deployed

00:31 here. But what we did as a region this time is that any eventuality that could come by

00:39 the way, we said that we can move the challenge examination centres to several areas so that

00:48 all exams are done on time. So far so good now. We are peaceful in Lamu. Exams will be

00:57 going on as expected. We pray God for that. In the last two or three weeks, we've not

01:04 had such a thing. The area has been conducive, the area has been peaceful, and we are not

01:09 expecting any insecurity issue now that we've not been having it in the recent past. It

01:15 has taken some time. And we don't want any way, by the way, insecurity in Lamu is not

01:21 welcomed. And anywhere else, we don't want any interruption to our education processes.

01:27 We will move all the exams to this time. We will move the security officers. This is a

01:36 job that we do every year and it is a job that we must do. We must look at the changes,

01:44 we must look at integrity, so that we don't have any problems in Mombasa County.

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