Faces of 2025 KCSE top performers

The 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination saw 993,226 candidates sit the national test compared to 962,512 in 2024, representing a 3.19 per cent increase.

 Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba while releasing the results in Eldoret on Friday, January 9, said female candidates outnumbered male candidates for the second consecutive year, with 501,214 girls (50.46 per cent) and 492,012 boys (49.54 per cent) taking the exam.

The number of candidates qualifying for direct university entry with a mean grade of C+ and above rose to 270,715 (27.18 per cent) from 246,391 (25.53 per cent) in 2024.

Here are some of the top performers:

June Mwende John
Grade: A plain (84 points)
School: Kangaru Girls
County: Embu

Adem Stephen Packham
Grade: A plain (84 points)
School: Chulaimbo Secondary School
County: Kisumu

 Petrina Sasha Ayuma

Grade: A (81 points)

School: Limuru Girls

County: Kiambu

  Clarette Monica

School: Bunyole Girls

County: Vihiga

Grade: A plain

Bruce Magata

Grade: A (84 points)

School: School: Alliance Boys High School,

County: Kiambu

Muriuki Ryan Gachihi

Grade: A (83 points)

Kagumo High School

County: Nyeri

Ryan Karanja Muiru

Grade: A-

Murang’a  High

County: Murang’a

Macharia Freddie Ngare

Grade: A (84 points)

School: Pioneer School Maragua

County: Murang’a

Rebecca Ngoya

Grade: A (82 points)

School: Ng'iya Girls High School

County: Siaya

Karuga Saleh Kabi Nyambura

Grade: A plain

School: Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School

County: Nyeri  

Mawdoood Farooq Abdulkarim

Grade: A (81 points)

School : Memon Academy 

County: Mombasa