Cyber Crime officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) were charged with monitoring social media during the national examinations set for November 2022.
During her remarks on Friday, November 11, during the launch of the examinations, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua mentioned that there was a tendency of social media users leaking examinations on the accounts.
Fraudsters took advantage of the chance to steal money from naive Kenyans by staging the majority of the tests and passing them off as real.
The DP added that the new action was taken with the intention of preserving the honesty of the examinations, as has been the case in recent times.
When you put exams online and say that you offer them at a fee is a lie, and Kenyans like being conned.
“Even as, we ask Kenyans not to be conned. We have instructed the DCI to activate the cybercrime detectives to go through the net and hunt these people day and night,” he ordered.
According to Gachagua, individuals responsible for the attempt to divert students and the implementation of government programs will be held accountable for their actions.
Ezekiel Machogu, the Cabinet Secretary for Education, said that new measures had been established by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to avoid leakages by invigilators.
“This time around, we have decided to make it clear that the supervisors and invigilators will be held personally responsible for any mistakes that may occur.
“As they will be opening the papers, particularly the second papers, they will indicate the exact time the papers were opened, and this will also be witnessed by the security officer,” he stated. “As they will be opening the papers, particularly the second papers, they will indicate the exact time the papers were opened.”
Machogu stated that he was interested in keeping up with the pace that had been established by his predecessors, who had successfully restored the credibility of the examinations after they had been compromised by leaks.
“Education is essential and we cannot countenance any form of malpractice or situations that may interfere with the integrity of this national examinations,” he remarked.
The statement that Gachagua and Machogu issued came a few days after the DCI apprehended a university student who had exchanged fake exam papers with teachers in exchange for payment.
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is planned to start on November 21, while KCPE students are slated to take their first exam on November 28.
Grade Six national assessment will begin on November 28.
