Massive exam malpractice unearthed in Turkana West Subcounty

Kakuma is a refugee town in North Western Kenya in Turkana County. Police have unearthed a huge exam cheating racket in Kakuma Town, in Turkana West subcounty. Scores of students were found with mobile phones inside the examination hall during the KCSE exams. This is a common phenomenon during exams in Kenya, however, the current rampant and bold nature is shocking. Dr Julia Situma and Dr Misiko Wasike, in their paper titled, 'The Challenge of Examination Malpractices in Institutions of Higher Learning in Kenya', published by the International Journal of academic research in business and social sciences posit that, 'In Kenya, a lot of value is attached on paper qualification rather than skill development. Even promotions at places of work are based on certificates and this has led to exam malpractices in institutions of higher learning. Poor supervision of examination therefore tempting students to cheat in the examination'. This is true about exams in Kenya even at the lower levels of education. Cheating in exams is so ingrained in some quarters such that the 2016 exams clean up that saw top grades fall to record low levels was sneered at by the culprits and some section of the Kenyan populace. Most parents and some education institutions poured cold water on the crackdown on exam cheating that had been implemented by KNEC chair Prof George Magoha (Now CS education) and Interior CS Dr Fred Matiangi who was the CS then in the Education docket. There were rumours that the exam results had been guesswork. Until then, there was a common saying that some top national schools often receive 'exam leakage' leading to their continued lead on every exam. Police report on the incident Turkana county Turkana west subcounty Kakuma police station SUBJECT: EXAM MALIPRACTICES Ref my ob 22/15/3/2022 at 1249hrs. It happened that today at about 0945hrs subcounty security committee were on routine 2021 kcse exams check-up at somali bantu secondary school map ref ba6412 north west of the station about 8km within kakuma refugee camp when they noticed unusual activities at room number 20. They found one student index number 374 Babil Hawart with two Four Figure Elementary mathematical Table with calculation writing on it. This prompted the team to conduct search on all candidates of a total of 506 and as a result the following students were found with mobile phones and cash; 1.Index no.366 Dheu Maketh mobile phone make Tecno 2.Index no.356 Yohana Aunr mobile phone make infinix note 3.Index 158.Nyoku Mainturu mobile phone make no.Redmi 4.Index 161.Jock kai mobile phone make samsung 5.Index 347.Doang Gach mobile phone make infinix 6.Index 310.Manyak kuot mobile phone make infinix and cash ksh.3100 7.Index no.277 Ayuen Chol mobile phone make infinix hot 8.Indexno.358 Ifrah Abdi mobile phone make infinix 9.Index no.367 Abdirizack mouhidin mobile phone make infinix 10.Index no.75 Siman Rouben mobile phone make infinix cash ksh 3100 11.Index no.76 Samson Abdala mobile phone make samsung 12.Index no.Gilo Ojulu mobile phone make infinix hot 13.Index no.365 .Fauzi Olow mobile phone make Oppo 14.Index 213.Philip John mobile phone make Tecno 15.Index 239.Abdikadir Mustafa mobile phone make vivo 16.Index no.41 Jajandin Abukar mobile phone make infinix 17.Index no 241.Kodi Abdilaziz mobile phone make redmi 18.Index no.260 Epeng Abdala mobile phone make Tecno 19.Index no.274.Ajak Bul mobile phone make infinix 20.Index no.195 Tarik Ismail mobile phone make infinix hot 21.Index no.175 Komfias John mobile phone make infinix and 22.Index no.96 Gabriel Bul cash 6000 23.Index no.361 Dak Manyuni cash 3500 24.Index no098.Chuol kier mobile phone make Tecno cash 450 25.Index no.374 Babil Hawart 2Elementary mathematical Table with writing 26.Tsc no. 558281 Mr.Edward Ekidor Lojore teacher invigilator of room no. 20. The center manager is tsc number 873208 Mr.Bonface Mwenda. All the mobile phones were scrutinized and most of them had mathematical paper 2 and english paper 2 which was yet to be done and money have been kept as exhibits. They were allowed to seat for the next paper.Investigation is ongoing. They will be arrested and escorted to kakuma police station after exams for further interrogation and action. case pui