This archive report was first published on 31 October 2019.
On Wednesday, detectives arrested eight people suspected of involvement in cheating in the ongoing KCPE at Hezta Academy in Ol Kalou Constituency, Nyandarua County. The suspects included the proprietor, Ms Tabitha Wambui, the supervisor, invigilators, and the centre manager, Mr Musa Mirobi.
According to investigations, one of the teachers took photographs of the examination papers using a school mobile phone and sent the questions to teachers in the proprietor's house within the school compound. The teachers would then write the answers on pieces of tissue paper and rubbers and have them taken to the candidates to copy.
County Commissioner Boaz Cherutich said, "Our officers got suspicious about the elaborate, systematic movement during the examination. They investigated the matter and discovered the racket. We have impounded the cheating materials and arrested the suspects to serve as a lesson to others."
The suspects will be arraigned on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha attributed the reduced number of pregnant candidates to good parenting. He said, "I am actually shocked that only one case has been reported in Taita-Taveta County. None has been reported in Makueni. We are talking about 20 cases nationwide. This is a huge reduction from last year."
Magoha also announced that more police helicopters had been added to fly the examination papers where roads have been cut off by the heavy rains in most parts of the country.
