KCSE 2017: Read list of top 10 students nationally

A Pangani Girls High School student has emerged top in the 2017 KCSE exams with a mean score of 87.01.

Karimi Naomi

was followed by Sharon Chepchumba of Moi Girls Eldoret who got 86.83.

Below is the list:

1. Karimi Naomi Kawira, Pangani Girls' High School – 87.011
2. Sharon Chepchumba, Moi Girls' Eldoret – 86.830
3. Kamau Brian Maina, Alliance High School – 86.757
4. Odero Donatta, Lenana School – 86.561
5. Harriet Mueke, Mary Hill Girls' – 85.956
6. Brian Ongiri, Kanga High School
7. Muraya Mongina, Pangani Girls' High School
8. Mwatate Emily, Pangani Girls' High School
9. Wahome Wanjiku, Moi Girls' Eldoret
10. Omondi, Maranda Boys' School

Only 70,073 candidates have attained university entry mean grade of C+, with 142 candidates getting As.

Last year,

88,929 attained university entry grades, while 141 got As.

Matiang'i said

there has been a decline

in candidates who got A-.

Only

2,714 candidates got A-, compared to

4,645 A- in 2016.

But he noted that

female candidates

have performed better.

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