Mother allegedly blocks child's KPSEA examination over number 666

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Mother allegedly blocks child's KPSEA examination over number 666

Police in Jomvu, Mombasa County, have reportedly arrested a mother accused of preventing her Grade 6 child from sitting the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) after objecting to the number 666 in the learner's assessment number.

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