Stephen Nyang’au Mbeche was nabbed by detectives attached to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and their Masaba North counterparts after a surveillance operation.
Mbeche is said to have created the group named “KCSE 2024 Leakage Group” where he distributed examination papers while exploiting candidates and parents.
Photos from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) show that the group had garnered 802 members and the suspect asking for upfront payment to distribute the papers.
“All KCSE papers are with me right now. Big schools are already in touch with my papers. Join VIP channel earlier to compete with big schools in my VIP private channel. B+ and above is assured and guaranteed after payments,” reads a message in one of the images.
DCI added that a search at Mbeche’s premises resulted in the seizure of a mobile phone and a laptop, the supposed tools of trade he used.
The suspect is being processed for prosecution.
Meanwhile, the team continues to track other individuals involved in similar malpractices.
This comes amid a safety assurance from the Ministry of Education that no malpractice incidents will go unchecked.
Cabinet Secretary (CS) Julius Migos has affirmed that all cheating cases in the ongoing KCSE examinations will not affect learning institutions where the cases will be detected.
While supervising examination papers at the Lang’ata Sub-County Headquarters office on Monday, Migos said that the Ministry will handle all the cases individually, targeting the found culprits.
So far ten teachers from Pala Masogo Secondary School in Homa Bay were on November 6 slapped with a Ksh.2 million bond each and a surety of a similar amount following charges of examination malpractice in the ongoing KCSE.
The teachers were apprehended photocopying the 2024 KCSE Chemistry paper.
Other two candidates from Membley High School in Kiambu were found in possession of unauthorized material inside the examination hall.
Ruiru DCC Julius Too indicated that the two were caught with mobile phones just before sitting their exam, allowing them to proceed with their exams under the assurance that the paper had not leaked.
By Moses Kinyanjui
