A KCPE examination official has been arrested over an attempt to rig the national examinations in Turkana County.
Confirming the incident on Friday, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Mohammed Maalim said the official, a Centre manager, was nabbed after trying to take pictures of the examination papers and sharing them with a candidate in Nairobi.
“In all the centres, it was only one centre where a manager attempted to take a picture of the English paper and was sending it to a candidate in Nairobi. We managed to move with speed and arrest the Centre manager who is currently held by DCI officers,” he said.
The Regional Commissioner cautioned officials against engaging in examination malpractices saying that those caught would face the full force of the law.
Maalim, who was speaking at the start of the KCSE examinations, reassured of a seamless exercise free of irregularities saying the government had heightened security to curb any malpractice.
Maalim also reported that some schools in Nakuru County had been linked to suspicions of participating in exam malpractice. He however did not disclose the names of the schools to avoid jeopardising investigations.
“In some parts of Rift Valley region, we have reports from intelligence that there are some schools which may be planning to indulge in exam irregularities. We are alert and every centre manager will be escorted by two police officers,” he said.
