KCSE Supervisor Assaulted After Rejecting Ksh50,000 Bribe in Kwale

A Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) supervisor was allegedly abducted and assaulted by students after he refused to cooperate with a cheating scheme.

Kenyans.co.ke learned that the ordeal reportedly unfolded when he firmly resisted attempts by some teachers and local education officials to facilitate examination irregularities at the school.

According to his own account, he was offered a Ksh50,000 bribe on Monday to turn a blind eye to the malpractice, an offer he flatly rejected.

“They offered me a lump sum of Ksh50,000 to facilitate cheating during the ongoing KCSE Exams, but I refused. That is when they took me and assaulted me,” the supervisor recounted. 

The supervisor, who was overseeing the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations at Vingurugani Secondary School in Kinango sub-county, is now recuperating at home.

He said he confiscated unauthorised exam papers that a teacher had sneaked into the examination room and locked the materials away as evidence.

The same materials were later reportedly stolen from his locker, after which he was summoned to the Kinango education offices by a quality assurance official who allegedly coerced him to cooperate with other teachers.

The supervisor says the students threatened to attack him once he returns to the school the following day.

He adds that he pretended to be dead to survive the brutal attack, and the attackers left him for dead after taking the little money he had on him.

“We are killing you because you come from our community; you are a Duruma like us, but you are not ready to assist us. We didn't give you money. So I pretended that I'm dead,” he added.

He has since reported the matter to Kinango police station, though he remains in fear for his life and suspects the conspiracy may involve many people.

Police have launched investigations to establish what exactly happened and to uncover all the purported conspirators behind the attack.

The incident comes as 12 students from Kitonyini High School in Machakos County were barred from continuing their KCSE examinations after allegedly being found with mobile phones within the examination zone on Friday, November 13.

Meanwhile, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has warned parents, candidates and the public against fraudulent websites and social media groups claiming to offer advance access to national examination papers.