Shocking details of how national examinations are leaked, cartels involved and secrets of the illegal movement of papers can now be revealed.
The Standard on Sunday
exclusively obtained a confidential report by the Directorate of
Criminal Investigations (DCI) that exposes the intricate web of a
well-established criminal enterprise in examination cheating by state
officers.
The report captures well-choreographed schemes employed by cartels that manage examination leakages and how millions of shillings have been minted in the process since 2011.
The controlling cartel is domiciled at the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), the body entrusted to manage the integrity of all national examinations.
So damning are the findings that the report, which has already been shared with the Ministry of Education, concludes: “In a nutshell, Knec security systems form a cartel likened to the story where the hangman has already been compromised by the convict. In case an intervention by the ministry is not done immediately, then what happened in 2015 is just a shell broken off from a time bomb which is yet to explode with a loud bang.”
Highlights of specific cases involving examination leakages have been listed, sucking in school heads, Knec officials and the police.
In some schools like Sheikh Khalifa in Mombasa County, a specific fee charged on all students annually ends up in the pockets of the Knec security cartel in exchange for examination leakages, the report reveals.
In the 2011 national examinations at SAWAGONGO HIGH SCHOOL in Siaya County, THOMAS MCKENZIE and MAUNDU MATENZAWA described in the report as KNEC OFFICERS A and B respectively, are said to have found the principal, a MR KAUNDA, with leaked examination materials for papers slated for that week and subsequent weeks. Kaunda was arrested and locked up in police custody. However, his principal colleagues contributed money and
The report captures well-choreographed schemes employed by cartels that manage examination leakages and how millions of shillings have been minted in the process since 2011.
The controlling cartel is domiciled at the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), the body entrusted to manage the integrity of all national examinations.
So damning are the findings that the report, which has already been shared with the Ministry of Education, concludes: “In a nutshell, Knec security systems form a cartel likened to the story where the hangman has already been compromised by the convict. In case an intervention by the ministry is not done immediately, then what happened in 2015 is just a shell broken off from a time bomb which is yet to explode with a loud bang.”
Highlights of specific cases involving examination leakages have been listed, sucking in school heads, Knec officials and the police.
In some schools like Sheikh Khalifa in Mombasa County, a specific fee charged on all students annually ends up in the pockets of the Knec security cartel in exchange for examination leakages, the report reveals.
In the 2011 national examinations at SAWAGONGO HIGH SCHOOL in Siaya County, THOMAS MCKENZIE and MAUNDU MATENZAWA described in the report as KNEC OFFICERS A and B respectively, are said to have found the principal, a MR KAUNDA, with leaked examination materials for papers slated for that week and subsequent weeks. Kaunda was arrested and locked up in police custody. However, his principal colleagues contributed money and
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