A third-year student at Zetech University is in police custody for allegedly selling fake Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate for Secondary Education (KCSE) examination papers.
Oscar Brighton, an Economics student, was yesterday arrested by undercover agents from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in possession of the fake examination papers, while others were stored in his mobile phone.
“He had created several WhatsApp groups where candidates were asked to deposit between Sh1,600 for Humanities and Sh2,600 for Sciences,” stated DCI.
The suspect who was termed as a ‘serial offender’ is set to be arraigned and charged with examination malpractices.
“He will be charged with contravening section 28 of National Examination Malpractices Act 29, 2012,” read the statement.
This comes after two teachers were arrested for taking pictures of exam papers on the last day of KCPE.
A third suspect, an examination centre manager, was also arrested for the same reason.
The three suspects are from Marsabit, Turkana and Bungoma counties.
Education CS George Magoha said the fate of the two teachers and centre manager was sealed.
“A manager in Abrassa Academy in Marsabit took an image of the paper and dispatched it to others. He has been arrested,” Magoha said.
In Turkana, a teacher was found with a cellphone with prepared answers and was also taken to police custody.
“We want to do the same in the coming Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam which starts on Monday,” he said.
