Over 800 KCSE examiners halt marking over Sh5,000 unpaid allowances
They decried that they have not received their pay since reporting to the centre on November 30, 2025.
More than 800 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examiners at Mary Hill Girls’ High School have halted marking the English paper two exams, citing unpaid coordination allowances.
The examiners, who staged demonstrations at the centre on Sunday, said they will not resume work until the government clears the Sh5,000 owed to each of them.
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They decried that they have not received their pay since reporting to the centre on November 30, 2025.
The examiners further alleged that colleagues marking other papers, including Physics and Agriculture, had also left the centres without receiving their allowances.
They noted that the allowance was supposed to be paid within five days of reporting for duty, but that has not happened.
The KCSE 2025 marking exercise, which began three weeks ago, is scheduled to conclude on Monday, December 15.
While some examiners in subjects such as Physics paper three completed their work, they claim they were not reimbursed for transport or given advance payments, receiving their out-of-pocket costs only after returning home, leaving many in debt.
A section of examiners said, “Examiners remain the uncelebrated heroes who handle the delicate and sensitive activities surrounding results processing, but the exercise has been rendered inhumane and unrewarding as we work our fingers to the bone.”
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