A total of 63 candidates and one observer were arrested over exam malpractices inside the Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana.
Turkana County Police Commander Samwel Ndanyi confirmed the arrest and said it was in connection with allegations of exam fraud.
The arrests were made on Tuesday at two different test centers inside the Kakuma refugee camp.
25 candidates were arrested from Somali Bantu Secondary School while 38 from Greenlight Secondary School.
The arrested supervisor has been identified as Mr Edward Ekodor Lochole.
Several phones were confiscated from the candidates in Greenlight Secondary School.
The county police boss told Nation, “The preferred charge against the candidates and supervisor was an additional charge of examination malpractice and dereliction of duty to the supervisor.”
The candidates were released on free bond to appear in Wednesday morning’s paper, he said.
The supervisor was released on cash bail.
The incident happened on the third day of the KCSE exams that began across the county on Monday.
Since the commencement of the examination, there have been reports of malpractice in some parts of the country.
A son was arrested in Busia on Monday after appearing for an exam on behalf of his father, who had registered as a private candidate.
Busia police station officials guarding the English Paper 1 exam at Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School arrested the suspect after the center manager was informed of the impersonation.
“On receipt of the report, the county security team led by DCC and SCPC reached the center and found the suspect George Barasa Makokha,” the police report said.
Barasa admitted that his father had sent him to appear in the examination on his behalf.
“…On enquiry, he (Barasa) disclosed that he was sent by a candidate of registered index number 35960101026 for Busia Sub County Pvt, whose name is Josephat Basoga Makokha and who is the father of the suspect,” police report reads.
