The Kenya National Examination Council has allocated six choppers to ferry the KCSE exam in the Northeastern region.
Speaking after opening the container, Northeastern regional commissioner John Otieno said the rains that have been pounding the region for the past four days have rendered most roads impassable.
Otieno who was flanked by the regional, Garissa county security committee and top educational officials said that the government will ensure all candidates receive their papers on time.
"We have witnessed a relentless heavy downpour in the three counties of Mandera, Wajir and Garissa that have rendered the road networks impassable. However, as government, we were prepared for this and we want to thank Knec for providing the choppers,” Otieno said.
Otieno reaffirmed that the government will not allow any malpractices in the national exercise.
“I want to reiterate here that all those tasked with securing the exams before, during and after the exams will be personally held responsible in case malpractices are detected," he said.
"As security officers you understand your role, you should not be tempted in engaging any activities that will compromise the exams."
He further assured candidates that their security is well catered for and warned anybody planning to disrupt peace, saying they will be met with the full law.
Last week, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu in a statement to Parliament said the Council will for the first time deploy at least 15 helicopters to airlift exams in flood-prone areas.
He further revealed that the government will spend Sh500 million to airlift exam papers to flood-prone areas and impose rigorous measures to curb cheating.
About 3.6 million candidates will sit the exams in 72,252 centres across the country.
