Six Arrested Over Selling Fake KCSE Papers On Social Media
Six people have been arrested and arraigned in court for selling fake Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam papers.
In a statement, the DCI revealed that it had nabbed the 6 who have been operating various Telegram accounts in an intensified crackdown designed to ensure the integrity of the ongoing examinations.
Among those arrested are 2 students from a college in Thika and a 20-year-old social media admin.
”Six social media admins for various Telegram sites involved in examination malpractices in the ongoing KCSE national examinations have been arrested in the ongoing crackdown on perpetrators,” the DCI revealed in its statement.
The DCI revealed that the multi-agency operation was conducted by DCI detectives alongside Communications Authority (CA), telco operators after Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC’s) monitoring team identified over 32 social media (SM) platforms being used to share, sell & post fake exam papers.
According to DCI, KNEC had raised the red flag about 32 platforms used by the suspects and their associates to sell fake exam papers.
