42 students from Dibuoro Secondary School in Alego Usonga, Siaya County were arrested after police raided the school over cheating in KCSE 2021.
Police reportedly found the Dibuoro School students in possession of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE 2021) exam papers.
A police report said that a search on a group of 22 students from the Dibuoro Secondary School found them with four phones after their Chemistry practical on Friday, March 18.
Alego Usonga Subcounty Police Commander Benedict Mwangangi said that their investigations discovered a WhatsApp group where the students shared the papers.
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They scrutinised the phones and further discovered that there were other 20 students from the school who belonged to the group.
“We had cornered some 22 whom we established were notorious and detailed reports made us trace other 20 students who were equally members of the WhatsApp group,” he stated.
Additionally, it was discovered that the students had access to a Kiswahili paper that was done by candidates on Thursday, March 17.
But the police said investigations were on to unmask the main culprit behind the leaked exam papers.
The raid landed the principal, chemistry teacher, and five invigilators in trouble as the were also taken in for questioning.
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The students were held at the Siaya Police Station as officials from the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) joined the police in investigating the matter.
Earlier, Educational CS George Magoha cautioned parents and teachers against purchasing fake exam papers that were being circulated on various social media platforms.
At the time, the CS stated that the government was keenly monitoring Telegram which he stated was being used by a syndicate to leak the exams at an undisclosed fee.
However, he insisted that the integrity of the exams was still intact adding that the papers in circulations were fake.
“There is no way there could be answers on the mobile phones. Very few teachers are accessing exams early before exam time and the test has not leaked.
“I want to warn any teacher who feels brave enough to open the exam papers before time. We shall come for you,” the CS warned.
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