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By Richard Saka
A Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidate from Kiminini in Trans Nzoia County died on Thursday, March 25 shortly after falling ill.
Nicholas Barasa, a student of Michael Wamalwa High School in Birunda, Kitale, developed stomach problems in the evening, and died while being taken to hospital.
The 19-year-old student’s body was taken to Kiminini Cottage Mission Hospital morgue.
Barasa died on KCSE exam eve.
At least 750,000 candidates will write this year’s KCSE exam.
