- The female KCSE candidate who went missing on Monday, November 21, claimed she was 21 years old
- It was then established that the suspected officer, James Njuguna, had locked the schoolgirl inside his house
- Njuguna is currently detained at Kapenguria Police Station pending investigations into the matter
A police officer has been arrested after being found with a missing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) female candidate in his house.
The female KCSE candidate went missing on Monday, November 21. Photo: Kenya Police.
Source: Twitter
The candidate’s father, who hails from Keringet Trading Centre, said his daughter went missing on Monday, November 21.
It was then established that the suspected officer, James Njuguna, had locked the schoolgirl inside his house at Keringet Police Station.
The station’s OCS Stephen Kibet, in turn, mobilised police officers who, with the help of a rowdy crowd, broke into Njuguna’s house.
Upon gaining access to the house, they found him inside together with the said student.
The duo were arrested and escorted to the station, booked and placed in a cell.
The girl, who claimed to be 21 years, was taken to the hospital, but she was reluctant to share information with the officers investigating the case.
Njuguna is currently detained at Kapenguria Police Station pending investigations into the matter.
The case was taken over by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives based in Kapenguria.
KCPE candidate gives birth
In other news, a Class Eight girl sitting for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations gave birth moments before the Mathematics paper.
This came as more than two million candidates across the country commenced their national examinations today, Monday, November 28.
A report by Citizen Digital indicated that a pupil from Tharaka Nithi county delivered a baby this morning at Marimanti Hospital.
Area Education Director Salecio Maringe said the candidate will continue to write her exam from the hospital.
Commencement of national exams
More than two million Grade Six and Class Eight students are set to sit for their national exams beginning today.
Grade 6 pupils will be assessed in the inaugural Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) introduced after the inception of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Those in Standard 8 will sit their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations, in which they will tackle Mathematics in the morning, English during the mid-morning and Composition in the afternoon.
Form 4 candidates will begin the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations with only Home Science examined today.