46 KCSE Candidates, 9 Principals on DCI Radar over Exam Malpractice - CS Machogu

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has affirmed that there have been cases of malpractices in this year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.

The tests started on October 23 and are expected to end on November 24.

Despite the numerous multi-agency approaches employed to curb cheating, the CS noted that a host of centre managers, candidates and other exam officials were being probed over their alleged hand in fraud.

Twenty-eight cases of unauthorised material in the examination centres were reported countrywide.

The CS, who was in Busia county on Friday, November 10, to witness the sealing of the examinations, also recalled there were nine cases of possession of mobile phones and three others of collusion; there were also six instances of an ongoing examination paper being published on social media.

Resultantly, nine centre managers, three supervisors, twenty invigilators and twelve teachers were replaced and stopped from participating in the examination process.

The ministry pointed out that the malpractices implicated a total of forty-six candidates countrywide.

The foregoing cases, the CS said, were under active investigation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), this preceding appropriate action in accordance with the law.

The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) is under instructions to also take appropriate administrative action against the candidates.