2024 KCSE: Kericho Girl Delivers Baby Girl after Undergoing C-Section During English Paper

 

Students sitting for an exam (l). Feet of a newborn baby (r).

On Monday, November 4, a young girl from Kericho county began her motherhood journey after successfully giving birth.  Kericho candidate gives birth at Kericho hospital The teenage mother delivered her bundle of joy hours before starting the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. The Laliat Secondary School student welcomed a healthy baby girl at the Kericho County Referral Hospital. 

She was rushed to the hospital, where she gave birth through a caesarean section. "She came with a condition termed as fetal distress, which made her be taken to our theatre and undergo the caesarean section. She gave birth to a baby girl weighing 2.8kg," Joel Tanui, a Kericho County Referral Hospital supervisor, said. Hours later, the 18-year-old mother was ready to sit for her final secondary school national examination. 

As a first-time mother, she sat for her first two papers, English and Chemistry, at the hospital's maternity ward. She was not the only one who sat for her examination in the hospital; other candidates also sat in different hospitals. Another candidate who sat for her examination in similar circumstances hailed from Nyahururu, Nakuru county. 

by  John Green