Every year, as the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) marking season begins, the country’s online spaces erupt with familiar jokes – memes mocking teachers who trek to marking centres, posts ridiculing the supposed “meagre pay,” and sarcastic comments about the dormitories or halls where markers sleep. The humour may be harmless on the surface, … Continue reading The sacred duty of KCSE examiners: Why marking is an anointing, not a paycheque