Voi teacher, student charged for attempted cheating in KCPE

Christine Kaburu an Inmate at Langata women Prison sits for her last KCPE social studies examination paper as Education Cs Amina Mohammed invigilate during a visit at the correctional facility on November 1, 2018. At least seven Inmate sat for the exam in Langata prison. /Enos Teche.
Christine Kaburu an Inmate at Langata women Prison sits for her last KCPE social studies examination paper as Education Cs Amina Mohammed invigilate during a visit at the correctional facility on November 1, 2018. At least seven Inmate sat for the exam in Langata prison. /Enos Teche.

A teacher and a KCPE candidate in Voi, Taita Taveta County were on Friday arraigned on charges of attempted cheating in the just concluded KCPE exam.

The two were arrested on Thursday after they were caught with the Social Studies paper.

Boniface Ogolla, a teacher at St Kelvin Academy and his student Omar Salah, denied the charges and were released on bail.

Voi Resident Magistrate Hellena Nderitu released Ogolla on a Sh200,000 cash bail or a Sh500,000 bond while Salah was set free on a Sh100,000 cash bail or ShSh200,000 bond.

The case will be heard on November 7.

On Thursday, Education CS Amina Mohammed said that no cheating was detected in the exam.

She said that a multilateral security agency that was deployed to man exam centres ensured that any malpractices were thwarted.

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