A gas leak at the Makande Girls Secondary School on Thursday morning led to the fainting of eight Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates at the school.
Reports indicate that five of the eight are currently receiving treatment at Makadara Hospital in Mombasa.
The incident temporarily disrupted the Kiswahili examination that the students were sitting for when the tragedy struck as the gas leak had engulfed a large part of the examination center.
Police officers however arrived at the scene to control the leak, which is believed to have originated from a nearby filling station.
The area that had the largest gas concentration has since been contained as investigations continue.
Parents of the candidates at the school have been assured that their children have been moved from the premises and even the ones still in the hospital are in stable condition.
This latest incident adds to a long list of tragic incidents that have plagued this year’s KCSE examination as the theory examination exercise enters day four.
On Monday, the examinations began with a tragedy reported in Meru where a male KCSE candidate registered in Tigania West constituency passed away at midnight just hours before he was expected to sit for the examination.
The following day on Tuesday, another KCSE candidate from Ebubere Secondary School in Mumias collapsed and passed away while inside the examination room awaiting to sit his mathematics paper that was to start at 8:00am.
Other major incidents that often mar the KCSE process have also been reported this year including several births by girls sitting for their examinations. On day one alone, three deliveries were reported in different parts of the country and reports keep trickling in.
