A university student was arrested on Monday while posing as a candidate for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.
Police say the perpetrator was arrested as a student of KCSE at Kiamabundu mixed secondary school of Nyaribari Chache.
According to the police, the 20-year-old suspect will be charged with impersonation after his arrest at Nyaribari Chache, Kiamabundu Mixed Secondary School.
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam papers were distributed after the opening of the container in Gucha, a county that began at 6 am.
Gucha’s Deputy County Commissioner Emmanuel Ngala, who presided over the inauguration, reminded the school heads who had come to select the English and Chemistry test papers for their respective examination centers to follow the rules of the examination.
He reminded them to switch off their phones in the examination halls and keep the gates of their examination centers open during examination time.
There are 1258 candidates sitting for the 2021 KCSE exam in Gucha, in which the gender difference is 51% (648 boys) of boys.
Security has been heightened in neighboring Nyamira County as the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) begins nationwide.
When opening the Kenya National Examinations (KNEC) container, where the exam papers are stored, the Nyamira South Sub County Deputy Commissioner (DCC), Julius Otieno, confirmed that they have adequate security in place to ensure that the exam takes place without any hitch. or insecurity events are conducted. during the examination period.
Mr Otieno warned the center managers that tampering with the examination process could have dire consequences and urged them to keep the examination papers in an examination classroom where security officers could easily see them, not offices or staff. in the room.
