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“Congratulations, Gift Atubukha Khalwale! I want to thank my family, the entire St Brigids High School-Kiminini fraternity, and above all, God."

Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale is a happy father after his daughter Gift Khalwale excelled in the 2023 Kenya Secondary of Certificate Education (KCSE) examination.

Khalwale in a statement via his X handle on Monday, January 8 shared the KCSE results of his daughter while thanking his family and St Bridgit’s High School Kiminini for the support.

“Congratulations, Gift Atubukha Khalwale! I want to thank my family, the entire St Brigids High School-Kiminini fraternity, and above all, God for supporting my little Tubu to this milestone,” Khalwale stated.

Gift scored a mean grade of B+(plus) scoring a B Plain in English, a B Plain in Kiswahili, a B minus in Mathematics, and a B Plain in Biology.

In Physics, she scored a C plain, Chemistry B+ (plus), History and Government A plain, and CRE A- (minus).

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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu and PS Belio Kipsang during the release of 2023 KCSE exam results on Monday, January 8, 2024. Photo/ Ministry of Education

Khalwale’s daughter is among the 201,133 KCSE candidates who have qualified for university placement.

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu while announcing the results on Monday at Moi Girls High School, Eldoret announced that 899,453 candidates sat the 2023 KCSE examination.

Machogu indicated that 1,216 candidates, representing 0.14 percent, got straight As in 2023 compared to 1,146 in 2022. Out of the 1,216, only 391 were female while the number of male candidates with As was 825.

"The number of candidates who attained the minimum university entry qualification Grade C+ and above was 201,133 (22.27%) in the year 2023 KCSE Examination compared to 173,345 (19.62%) in the year 2022. This is as a result of the application of a new grading system," Machogu stated.