Last year, Knec said it had sealed examination leakage and revealed it faced challenges of early exposure. Sources said that this year, adequate measures have been put in place to ensure no early exposure is experienced. Knec said any form of examination malpractice must be reported and handled by the sub-county directors of education. “Any candidate who is proven beyond a reasonable doubt as having been involved in an examination malpractice will have their results cancelled,” said Karogo. Knec has also banned any form of inducement by centre managers to the examination supervisors and invigilators. “The centre managers should not give lunch or fare to monitoring officers. Officers who demand the same should be reported to Knec through any of the channels available,” warned Karogo. Knec also warned that centre managers should not demand money from parents/guardians to entertain school guests who may include Knec monitoring officers. “This is normally a foundation of compromised examination management. As public officers, it is important to be aware of the Bribery Act 2016,” said Karogo. The ban has been enforced after reports indicated that some school heads are colluding with parents to collect money to compromise the examination administration process. Knec has cautioned sub-county directors to ensure no conflict of interest exists when deploying invigilators and supervisors. This means that examination officials may be posted to supervise examinations away from their sub-counties. This measure has also been taken as it emerged that some sub-county directors deployed favourable officials to friendly schools for kickbacks.

Last year, Knec said it had sealed examination leakage and revealed it faced challenges of early exposure. Sources said that this year, adequate measures have been put in place to ensure no early exposure is experienced. Knec said any form of examination malpractice must be reported and handled by the sub-county directors of education. “Any candidate who is proven beyond a reasonable doubt as having been involved in an examination malpractice will have their results cancelled,” said Karogo. Knec has also banned any form of inducement by centre managers to the examination supervisors and invigilators. “The centre managers should not give lunch or fare to monitoring officers. Officers who demand the same should be reported to Knec through any of the channels available,” warned Karogo. Knec also warned that centre managers should not demand money from parents/guardians to entertain school guests who may include Knec monitoring officers. “This is normally a foundation of compromised examination management. As public officers, it is important to be aware of the Bribery Act 2016,” said Karogo. The ban has been enforced after reports indicated that some school heads are colluding with parents to collect money to compromise the examination administration process. Knec has cautioned sub-county directors to ensure no conflict of interest exists when deploying invigilators and supervisors. This means that examination officials may be posted to supervise examinations away from their sub-counties. This measure has also been taken as it emerged that some sub-county directors deployed favourable officials to friendly schools for kickbacks.