Chipuka is targeted at "entry level" developers, and is meant to help companies in identifying who the Kenyan developers are. In fact, KICTB through Open Data should publish the number of Computer Science and related courses, and you will see how numerous they are compared to the vacancies we have.
So yes, it appears that we had to come up with another exam since our learning institutions are churning out managers, rather than developers.
Ndemo said that the need for such a concept arose after the KICTB visited Silicon Valley and marketed the country as a software development destination. Following the visit, firms including IBM came into the country, but found few "employable" developers. "We have been looking at the supply side of things, but no one has been looking the the demand," explained Ndemo.