The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has released the results of the July 2026 Business and Technical examinations sat by students in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges across the country.

In a notice issued on Monday, October 26, the council said heads of institutions should collect the results from New Mitihani House in South C, Nairobi. Candidates will receive their results through their colleges, not directly from KNEC, Kenyans.co.ke reported.

Fees must be cleared first

KNEC warned that institutions with unpaid examination fees may have to settle the arrears before they can collect their candidates' results. Students whose colleges have not paid could therefore face delays in getting their results, so candidates have been urged to check with their institutions.

December 7 deadline for queries

Institutions that want to challenge any result must do so through KNEC's online Query Management Information System (QMIS) at qmis.knec.ac.ke/externallogin. The notice said queries "should reach KNEC within 30 days of the results being released."

The council set December 7, 2026 as the deadline. Any query received after that date will cost the institution Sh5,000. Candidates who have questions about their grades, or who think a result is wrong, have been told to go through their heads of institutions, who will lodge the queries on their behalf.

"Institutions need to comply with the collection requirements and submit their queries before the December 7 deadline," KNEC said, according to Kenyans.co.ke. Uzalendo News also reported the release and the same collection and query rules.

Second series this year

KNEC runs the business and technical examinations in several series each year for certificate and diploma students in national polytechnics, technical training institutes and private colleges. The July series included practical assessments held from July 20 to July 31, according to earlier reports on KNEC's timetable.

The results of the March 2026 series were released in July under similar rules, with colleges told to collect them in Nairobi and file queries online within a set window.

Busy exam season

The TVET results come in the middle of a busy national examination season. More than 2.58 million Grade 6 and Grade 9 learners are sitting the KPSEA and KJSEA assessments this week, and the written papers for the 1,048,355 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates start on November 2. The KCSE oral and practical papers, which began on October 19, end on Friday.

TVET colleges have grown fast in recent years as the government pushes technical training. Many of their students are funded through government scholarships and HELB loans under the Student-Centred Funding Model. For many of them, a timely release of results decides whether they can graduate, apply for jobs or join the next level of training in the January intake.

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