FAKE: CS Machogu hasn't ordered exam rewriting for older generation

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has not issued an order for Kenyans aged between 29 to 35 years to rewrite national examination over alleged cheating in schools during their period.

Through an X( formerly Twitter)  post, a pseudo account belonging to NationAfricKE, the user claimed that Machogu had said that Kenyans between 29 and 35 years old are to re-sit KCSE exams due to rampant cheating in the years they sat for the national examinations.

“Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has today said that Kenyans between 29 and 35 years old are to re-sit KCSE exams due to rampant cheating in the years they sat for the national examinations,” the post read.

The post was made on May 8, 2023.

The pseudo account (NationAfricKE) which purported to be that of Kenya’s Nation Breaking News was flagged on May 9, as it was posting misleading information. 

“FAKE NEWS ALERT!” Please be advised that this post doing rounds on social media is fake. The Twitter handle NationAfrcKe is also fake,” Nation said in a Facebook post 

The company said all its social media accounts are verified. 

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu had in January via an interview with this fact-checker said the ministry has in subsequent national examinations devised various mechanisms to curb cheating.

"Every centre manager are personally accountable for any irregularities. We designed a form for security personnel to sign how things went," he said.

This fact check was published by The Star with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck and African Fact-Checking Alliance.