Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has announced that the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations scheduled for Monday, November 13 will go on as planned.
In a statement on Tuesday, November 7, Machogu said the public holiday that was announced by Interior CS Kithure Kindiki will not interrupt the ongoing national examinations.
“The Ministry of Education wishes to inform the public that the holiday will not interrupt the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Examination papers scheduled for Monday, 13th November, 2023,” Machogu stated.
The Education CS at the same time requested all members of the Multi-Agency Examinations Administration Group to report to duty on time to ensure all the activities of the day are well executed as scheduled.
Kindiki declared Monday, November 13 a public holiday to enable Kenyans to participate in tree-planting exercises in various parts of the country.
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"In Exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares Monday, November 13, 2023, a public holiday in which the public shall be engaged in tree growing countrywide," the gazette notice read.
The Interior CS said the exercise is part of Kenya’s Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Program–Towards the Growing of Fifteen (15) billion trees.
Kindiki noted that there will be a designated National venue for the tree planting presided over by President William Ruto and forty-seven county venues that will be presided over by Cabinet Secretaries and Governors.
CSs are expected to lead tree-planting exercises in at least two counties each.
