Choppers to deliver exam materials after floods cut off Kerio Valley roads
By Aloys Michael, November 2, 2025In response to the ongoing floods and landslides disrupting transport in Elgeyo Marakwet County, the government has announced plans to use choppers to ferry Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination materials to affected schools.
In an X post on Sunday, November 2, 2025, the Government Spokesman, Isaac Mwaura, said preparations for the exams are complete, with all logistics put in place.
“We already have the exams secured in safe places, and for areas affected by the floods and mudslides, we will use choppers to airlift papers and officials,” the statement read in part.
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Mwaura said the government would also ensure all candidates in areas hit by the mudslides are traced and enabled to sit for their exams.
“We have teams working on the ground to ensure that the exams will go on smoothly even as we intervene to assist those affected by the mudslides,” the statement read.
Moreover, he said one chopper was already on standby at the Eldoret Airstrip to aid in airlifting the exams.
“The Military has deployed 4 helicopters and 1 fixed-wing aircraft for search and rescue, provided assorted medical equipment, including stretchers, and medical personnel, and deployed disaster response unit specialists and rapid response forces, with additional teams on standby,” Mwaura said.
Humanitarian aid
According to the official reports, one candidate who was injured in the mudslides will sit for the exams at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, where 28 injured victims are admitted.
More than a dozen schools are said to be located in areas affected by the floods in the Kerio Valley region as the rescue operation continues.
Meanwhile, the search and rescue efforts intensified as authorities and emergency teams continued to comb through affected areas in a race against time to locate missing persons.
He said, the search for missing persons continues with urgency, as rescue teams work tirelessly to account for all those affected by the recent tragedy.
“The search for missing persons continues with urgency, and 2 more patients have been airlifted to MTRH, and 2 more bodies have been transferred to the MTRH. Relief items are being distributed to ensure that all affected individuals receive the support they need to rebuild their lives,” he said.