Police in Kisii County are searching for an officer who went missing after students at Nyabisase Secondary School in Bobasi attacked a team monitoring the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. The attack took place on Thursday 5 November 2026. Kisii County Police Commander Ronald Kirui confirmed the incident and said several officials of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and police officers were injured.
What police have said
The team was a multi-agency group of officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), KNEC and the National Intelligence Service. Police said it visited the school after a KNEC official reported suspected examination malpractice. The students attacked the officials and officers before the investigators arrived.
- Students seized a police firearm, a Ceska pistol, and held it for nearly three hours before it was recovered.
- Students seized a police officer’s private vehicle, damaged it and took belongings from inside.
- An officer’s whereabouts became unknown during the attack, and the search for him is continuing.
Police have deployed anti-riot officers to the school to restore calm. DCI officers from Nyamache have visited the school. Investigations cover the alleged examination malpractice, the assault on the team, the damage to property and the officer’s disappearance.
The July unrest at the school
On 6 July 2026, the school was disrupted by violent unrest during protests against a new principal. The principal had recently been transferred from Mochorwa Secondary School.
- Teachers and students threw stones at each other.
- Students set a dormitory on fire.
- Students forced open the main gate and left the compound, saying they would not accept the new principal.
- Learning stopped for hours.
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Police launched investigations after the July unrest. The school was closed indefinitely and students were sent home. Kisii County Director of Education Philip Chirchir visited the school with security officers to assess the situation.