A man who police say is one
of the country's most sought-after fraudsters involved in the 2024 Kenya
Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination malpractices was arrested
in Kiamunyi area, Nakuru.
This followed days of investigations and persistence in the leakages despite measures to address the same, police said.
The suspect was identified as Kemboi but he had been operating in the guise of a female.
Detectives said the 23-year-old man had become the nightmare of Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) officials, having mobilized a following of over 78,000 exam leakage seekers in his Telegram account and over 8,500 in his WhatsApp groups.
However, it is unclear how
and where he got the KCSE materials he has been distributing on his channels.
Detectives are investigating the
saga.
In an all-out war to curb the unbecoming practice of cheating, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) attached to KNEC jointly with their Nakuru County counterparts sharpened their claws on the suspect.
Police said he was caught pants down with his tools of trade right on the table.
His mobile phone was confiscated, alongside several
SIM cards, national IDs bearing different names and a driving license.
The detectives established that Kemboi is a Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource
Management graduate.
He is also employed as a
salesperson by an international company and has his roots in the Kaseta area of
Sacho in Baringo County.
He is now being held at Nakuru Central Police Station cells pending arraignment.
Multi-agency teams are involved in operations to address cases of national exam leaks.
They have since arrested dozens of people including teachers and other officials.
As part of the efforts, the authorities have
banned the use of mobile phones in examination centres.
Communication authorities also ordered the closure of Telegram for some hours when the exams are ongoing as part of efforts to tame the cheating.
This attracted protests as it inconvenienced many who rely on the social media channel for other businesses.
