Online KCSE results extend telcos’ lockout from SMS revenues

A user accesses the Knec online portal to check the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results for 2025 on January 9, 2026.

Photo credit: Boniface Bogita | Nation Media Group

The Ministry of Education’s decision to maintain KCSE results access exclusively on an online portal has extended the lockout of mobile network operators from offering SMS-based query services that previously earned them millions of shillings.

For the third consecutive year, candidates have been instructed to access their individual Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results through a link to the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) portal.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.