Over 1000 candidates in the 2008 KCSE examinations will not receive their results for engaging in cheating. Releasing the results, Education Minister, Prof Sam Ongeri said over 82,000 candidates attained university entry grade C and above, indicating a marked improvement in the 2008 examinations but a substantial number of those who qualify will miss places in public universities.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."