Nairobi senator Mike Sonko [PHOTO/zipo.co.ke]
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has given an explanation why he scored an E in Mathematics when he sat his KCSE exams in 1992.
Sonko said that although the E in his papers may look scary today, those days it meant something else.
"Watu wangu getting an E in maths in 1992 haikuwa mbaya kulikuwa na mass failures mean grade ya kuingia campo was C+ and my mean grade was C-," (sic) Sonko twitted on Sunday.
This loosely translates to: "My folks, getting an E in Maths in 1992 was not bad (since) there was a mass failure. The mean grade for going to University was C+ and I got C-).
He added "opponent wangu anaejiita 'manager' alikuwa na 4 E's." (sic) It is not clear whom the senator was referring to.
Here is how he scored:
English C-Kiswahili B-Mathematics EHistory and government B-Geography D plainPhysical Science D plainBiological sciences D plainSocial Education and Ethics B-Agriculture D plainCommerce D +