Medicine has emerged as the preferred career path among top performers in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations in Mombasa County, with students citing medical challenges facing society, family influence, and personal passion as key motivators.
At Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan School, Muhammad Hassan Aziz, who scored an A plain of 82 points, said he aspires to pursue medicine at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). “I was expecting good results, but this is more than what I hoped for,” he said, crediting his brother as his role model who motivated and pushed him throughout his studies.
Hami Abdallah, a student from the same institution who also scored an A plain of 82 points, was visibly emotional as she dedicated her achievement to her single mother, whom she described as her pillar of strength. “I have taken after her confidence and resilience,” she said, thanking God, her teachers, relatives, and peers. Abdallah said medicine has been her dream career.
Suheila Mohammed, Hami’s mother, thanked God, the teachers, and her daughter for the hard work she invested. “This is not the end but the beginning. May she continue to excel,” she said.
At Mama Ngina Girls School, the top student Yvonne Mona Mruu, who scored an 84-point A, said she was elated with the results. “I didn’t expect to do that well, but I expected good results,” she said, thanking God and her teachers, especially the principal who instilled the three Ts techniques of Text, Time, and Teachers. Mona said she wants to pursue medicine, specialising in gynaecology at the University of Nairobi. Her passion for the course, she said stems from the recent increase in women suffering from ovarian and uterine cancer, conditions that have affected her grandmother.
Halima Fuhad from Mama Ngina, who scored an A plain of 82 points, said she was happy and grateful to her teachers, principal, and the school for helping her achieve tremendous results. She attributed her success to hard work, determination, and discipline. Fuhad wants to pursue medicine and specialise in cardiology, inspired by a bootcamp where doctors volunteered to help those with heart conditions.
Abdul Mwatsuma Said, a student from Shimo la Tewa School who scored an A of 84 points, thanked God and his teachers, stating that the journey had not been easy but hard work, dedication, and encouragement from teachers enabled him to score an A plain. Mwatsuma wants to pursue medicine and specialise in cardiology to find a cure for his ailing mother. He appealed for well-wishers to help fund his dream.
Victor Kombe, a student from Shimo la Tewa who also scored an A plain of 83 points, said he wanted to pursue medicine, specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology because it is his passion. He thanked God and credited collaboration between teachers, his peers, and parents for the achievement.
Amar Mohammed, a student from Memon Academy High who scored an A plain of 81 points, said he wanted to pursue medicine because it has always been his passion. He thanked God, his parents, teachers, and peers for all the support they gave him. “The journey was not easy, but due to hard work and determination, we managed to do it,” he said.
Karima Shiraz Grana, also a student from Memon Academy who scored 83 points, thanked God and said her hard work and support from teachers and parents helped her succeed. She said she wanted to pursue medicine to help society, a passion she has harboured since childhood.
The strong performance by individual students reflected broader improvements across Mombasa County schools, with institutions posting better results compared to the previous year.
Sheikh Rishard Swaleh Ramadhan, principal at Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, thanked God, the school leadership, and the students for their collaboration, which led to the great performance. The school recorded an improvement in mean score; from 9.13 last year to 9.64 this year. He cited programmes implemented during the third term, noting that students studied hard and placed God first. “These results indeed humble us,” he said.
At Mama Ngina Girls, chief principal Mwana Hamisi Omar said the school’s mean score rose from 7.84 in 2024 to 8.3 in 2025, describing the A plain of 84 points as a historic milestone for the institution. She attributed the success to teachers’ availability and determination, student discipline, and keeping God first.
Mr Mutiso Mbinda, chief principal at Shimo la Tewa, thanked God, the school management, the teachers, and the candidates for results that saw an improvement in mean grade to 8.23 this year from 7.43 last year. The school, he added managed 10 plain As compared to last year’s two. He attributed the results to discipline, early completion of syllabus, revision, and God.
Mrs Caroline Mbugua, deputy principal at Memon Academy High, said the school recorded an improvement from five A plains last year to seven this year, with 24 A-minuses. She thanked God, the teachers, parents, and students who gave their all. “We are really proud of them,” she said.
By Sitati Reagan
