By Okoth Peter
Butula Boys National School has registered 4 plain As in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination released by Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof. George Magoha.
Scoring a grade of an A in the county had remained elusive for a period of four solid years prompting the county leadership led by Governor H.E Sospeter Ojaamong, to find a lasting solution to the problem.
In 2014, the County Government had pledged to reward any student who scored a straight A with a laptop.
The students who led were Mukolwe Michael Baraka and Fadhili, who scored 82 points each to emerge joint leaders in the county. They were followed by Simon Nyamahonga Mwita and Mingo Hopkins Ejoi who scored 81 points each.
Talking to the press, the school principal, Daniel Ouma, said attaining a mean score of 8.15 was no mean achievement and attributed it to hard work and teamwork coupled with determination geared towards winning.
The school, which is found in Butula Sub- County scored 4 As, 30 A-, 46B+, 45B, 49B-, 62C+, 44C, 11C-, 5D+ and 1D.
On the other hand, Salvation Army Kolanya Girls National School, had six girls who scored A-. They are Tracy Nyongesa Makokha, Ann Nyawino, Catherine Olga Nyakalama and Veronica Wafula Wanyonyi who tied on 75 points and Owuoth Akoth Dorothy and Sasala Wendy Ayuma with 74 points. The school improved its means score from 6.07 it got in the previous year to 6.67.
The neighbouring Kolanya Boys High School had two students who scored A-(minus); Muhindi M.Duncan (75 points) and Erick Onyango Juma (74).
Sigalame High School had only four students who scored A-(minus). Dicken Ogara and Antonius Waka tied on 78 points with Silas Sanya and Brighten Ombere also scoring 74 points each.
Nambale Boys had one student with A-. It had a mean score of 6.5 ahead of Lwanya Girls who had 6.2.
Also, students from Busia in schools outside the county performed well. Kenneth Oranga who sat his exams at Kapsabet Boys was ranked seventh nationally had an A plain. He had scored 407 marks in KCPE in 2016.
On the other hand, James Alvin Oduya, son to Teso North Sub County Administrator, Zipporah Amoit Odikor, scored a straight A of 83 points at Mangu High School.
Calvin Ekisa, the son to Okemo Omtatah, classmate to Oranga at Kapsabet Boys scored an A-.
