A Zetech University student was on Monday charged before a Nairobi court for being in possession of KCSE examination materials contrary to law.
Oscar Brighton alias Jagongo was accused that between March 7 and 10, at unknown location, he was found in possession of the examination in a mobile phone.
Undercover sleuths from the Kenya National Examination Council's surveillance unit apprehended the Economics student in early March.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations said Brighton was apprehended while in possession of the fake papers, with others in soft copy in his mobile phone.
“He had created several WhatsApp groups where candidates were asked to deposit between Ksh1,600 for Humanities to Ksh2,600 for Sciences,” DCI said.
The accused was charged with a second count of disclosing the contents of examination materials to another person through his mobile phone without lawful authority or excuse.
He is said to have committed the offence with others not before the court.
Brighton denied the charges before chief Magistrate Wendy Micheni and pleaded for lenient bond terms. He said he was innocent.
The court released him on a Sh1 million bond.
The case will be mentioned on March 28.
On Monday morning, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said only two phones will be allowed in an examination centre.
He spoke while opening the exam containers at the Kisumu Central subcounty headquarters.
The CS said the phones will only be used for emergencies.
Magoha accused some centre managers of using their mobile phones to take photos of the papers and then distributing them to other schools.
"Exams get exposed when we give them to the head teachers who collude with police officers so that they can take photos and post," Magoha said.
(Edited by Tabnacha O)
