Germany-based Kenyan TikToker Geoffrey opens up about scoring 169 marks in KCPE
By Steve Ireri, January 10, 2026Germany-based Kenyan TikToker Geoffrey, popularly known as comedian Choffri, has revealed that he struggled academically during his early school years and that he scored 169 marks out of 500 in his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations [KCPE].
Speaking in a TikTok live on Saturday, January 10, 2026, the social media personality explained that the low score reflected his performance across all subjects, where he attained grades mostly in E and D.
“I am seeing here on the live someone asking how many marks I got in my KCPE exams. I actually got 169 out of 500, and I am proud of it, and I am not lying. I got that mean mark because in all subjects I had grades E and D, and I am not lying because I remember I once showed people those results,” Geoffrey said.
Geoffrey reported that education did not work well for him and explained that his mother often became concerned over his results.
He added that the situation in the family was influenced by circumstances after they relocated to Nairobi, when his elder brother quit school and began hustling, with their father guiding him through small gigs such as car washes to earn money.
“education really did not work for me, and as for whether my mum used to get angry over my results, what happened is that in our family when we relocated to Nairobi, my elder brother quit school and started hustling, and my father is the one who showed him how to hustle because he would take him to a car wash and they would get gigs there,” Geoffrey shared.
The TikToker highlighted that his parents and siblings were not formally educated.
He stated that this made him the only one in the family who could be considered learned despite the poor results he had achieved.
He emphasised that in his family, no one had ever gone to high school before he received the opportunity.
“So my parents and my siblings are not learned, so I am the only one who I can say I am learned, despite the poor results I posted, and in my family, no one has ever gone to high school,” Geoffrey added.
He detailed that his mother made significant efforts to ensure he attended high school, securing a slot for him in a school in Makongeni.
He noted that none of his siblings had the same chance, as the elder brother did not continue schooling and the next sibling, a sister, married a neighbour shortly after the family’s relocation to Nairobi.
“And when I posted those results in KCPE my mum made all efforts for me to go to high school and she secured a slot for me in a high school in Makongeni, so none of my siblings ever went to high school, our elder sibling did not, and the next after him, who is a lady, got married to our neighbour just weeks after we relocated to Nairobi,” Geoffrey narrated.
Geoffrey recounted that only he and his younger brother, the lastborn in the family, were able to pursue further education.
The brother reached Form Two in high school, while he himself progressed to Form Three but did not complete Form Four.
By the time he reached Form Three, he had told his mother not to invest further money in his education, as he was not academically inclined.
“So only my younger brother, who is the last born, and I are learnt because my brother also went up to Form Two in high school, and I reached Form Three. I did not complete Form Four, and so when we got to Form Three, I told my mum not to waste the money because I was not brilliant,” Geoffrey narrated.