According to reports from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), it has been revealed that the Ministry of Education officials and Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) officials are to be blamed for the 2022 exam leakage.
Investigations indicate that there was a total of 49 media accounts that were set up and activated to aid in supplying exam questions where 22 Facebook accounts and 13 Telegram accounts are under the KNEC name while the rest are under different individuals.
Speaking on July 13, 2023, during a closed-door meeting between Members of Parliament (MPs), DCI, and the Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK), it was disclosed that the government officials may have colluded to leak national examinations for financial gain.
The National Assembly Education Committee Chairman Julius Melly said the DCI also mentioned the names of KNEC and CAK officials who were part of the scheme.
‘‘We have good information which touches on various sectors of the Ministry of Education. We found out how individuals opened social media platforms and the kind of information they shared,’’ Melly said.
He further said the committee will propose radical reforms in examination management, supervision, and punishment bestowed on leaks, early exposure of exams, collaboration, and those who impersonate.
Some 14 fraudulent Telegram and seven Facebook accounts are still active while nine Telegram and 19 Facebook accounts have been deactivated.
By Thuita Jaswant
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