A governor in western Kenya is being criticised on social media after his photo was printed on school examination papers so that children come to know him.
All examination papers, expected to be distributed to 8,000 candidates, bear the photo of Siaya county governor Cornel Rasanga, the Daily Nation newspaper reports.
The county has allocated $16,788 (£13,659) for the examinations, the report adds.
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They are known as “mock exams”, as they are aimed at preparing children for the main national examinations which usually begin in November.
The county’s education minister Pamela Okello defended the move, saying it aims to ensure that the “pupils know their governor and have a closer relation with him.”
She also said the governor was campaigning for re-election in next year’s poll
