Cyber Crime detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) were tasked with monitoring social media during the national examinations scheduled for November 2022.
Speaking during the launch of the examinations on Friday, November 11, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua noted that there was a trend of social media users leaking examinations on the accounts.
Most of the exams were fake, with scammers using the opportunity to mint money from unsuspecting Kenyans.
The DP explained that the new move was aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the examinations as it has been in recent years.
"When you put exams online and say that you offer them at a fee is a lie, and Kenyans like being conned.
"Even as, we ask Kenyans not to be conned. We have instructed the DCI to activate the cybercrime detectives to go through the net and hunt these people day and night," he ordered.
Gachagua expressed that those culpable will be held accountable for attempting to distract students and implementing government programs.
On his part, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu added that new measures were introduced by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to prevent leakages by invigilators.
"This time around, we say that the supervisors and invigilators will be personally held accountable.
"As they will be opening the papers, in particular, the second papers, they will indicate the exact time the papers were opened and this will also be witnessed by the security officer," he stated.
Machogu expressed that he was keen on maintaining the pace set by his predecessors, who restored the integrity of the examinations that were marred with leakages.
"Education is key, and we cannot entertain any kind of malpractice or incidents that will interfere with the integrity of this national examinations," he stated.
The statement by Gachagua and Machogu came days after DCI nabbed a university student who had shared fake examination papers with teachers at a fee.
KCSE is scheduled to begin on November 21, while KCPE candidates are set to sit their first paper on November 28.
Grade Six national assessment will begin on November 28.
