Best candidates in KCSE exams since 1989 to-date

December 14, 2024

KCSE students at a past examination list. Here is a list of all the KCSE top candidates over the years.

Education CS George Magoha inspects a past KCSE practical examination. — KCSE students at a past examination list. Here is a list of all the KCSE top candidates over the years.

List of KCSE best candidates since 1989– Male candidates have dominated the list of best candidates in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations; since its inception in 1989. But, of late, female candidates have maintained a good run in performance.

Girls dominated the list of top performers in 2016 (KOSKEI MARLEN CHERONO) , 2017 (Naomi Karimi Kawira) and 2018 (Juliet Otieno).

Ranking of schools in national examinations was banned by the ministry of Education in 2014 in order to eliminate cut-throat competition among institutions.

List of KCSE top performers since 1989.

The first ever KCSE examination was done in 1989 with Naeem Samnakay of Alliance High School emerged the top student, with a clean A. All over Kenya, there were four As. Students with B- and above were less than 1,000 nationwide, and the University entry grade had to be dropped from B- to C+.

Naeem Samnakay did what none has ever done, to-date. He came top in KCPE when it pioneered in 1985 and went on to be top of the Elite when the first KCSE result was announced in 1989. He proved that none was greater than him in the new 8-4-4 system.

Here is the list of all KCSE top performers over the years;

S/N	TOP CANDIDATE’S NAME	SCHOOL	Gender	YEAR
1	Naeem Samnakay	Alliance High School	Male	1989
2	Fred Were	Starehe Boys Centre	Male	1990
3	Humprey Wattanga	Alliance High School	Male	1991
4	Gilbert Tengetta	Mang’u High School	Male	1992
5	kaniaru Wacieni	Alliance High School	Male	1993
18	Omanga Dickens	Friends School Kamusinga	Male	2006
20	Maugo Nyauma Mark	Alliance High School	Male	2008
21	Gathuku David Ndungu	Mang’u High School	Male	2009
22	Albert Kamau	Moi High School Kabarak	Male	2010
23	Nalianya Job	St. Peters Seminary,	Male	2011
24	Tony Edgar	Maseno High School	Male	2012
25	Kingori Tom Wanderi	Alliance High School	Male	2013
28	KOSKEI MARLEN CHERONO	ALLIANCE GIRLS	Female	2016
29	Naomi Karimi Kawira	Pangani Girls’	Female	2017
30	Juliet Otieno	Pangani Girls High School.	Female	2018
31	Buluma Tony Wabuko	Kapsabet Boys	Male	2019