Three people have been charged before the court in connection with the KPSEA exams fiasco at a private school in Eldoret where 23 pupils missed sitting for the exams.
The three included a director of the Silver Bells Academy, Margret Indaasi, and head teacher of the school, Donald Lumwagi.
Also charged was a third suspect, Allan Kenyatta, who faced eight counts, including impersonating a director of education from the Ministry of Education.
They all denied the charges when they appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Rodgers Otieno.
Indiaasi and Lumwaji were charged with unauthorized possession of examination materials.
The charge states that on October 30, 2024, at Silver Bells Junior Academy without lawful excuse had in their possession KPSEA branded exam papers for Mathematics, Integrated Science Papers, English Language relating to the content of papers of KPSEA 2023.
Indaasi faced another count of conducting a private school that is not registered.
She denied that on October 30, 2024, she was found operating Silver Bells Junior Academy, which is not registered with the Ministry of Education.
“It’s not true your honor," said Indaasi.
Lumwaji faced another count of fraudulently holding himself as a registered teacher and executing duties as a head teacher at Silver Bells Academy without a TSC number and not meeting the qualifications under the code of regulation for teachers.
Separately, Kenyatta faced eight counts, including forgery of stamps for the county director for NEMA in Uasin Gishu and also stamps for the director of education in Moiben subcounty.
Kenyatta also denied another count of uttering documents with intent to defraud.
He allegedly uttered KPSEA exam papers made by KNEC without authorization.
The forged stamps are linked to the alleged registration of the private school where the pupils missed the exams three weeks ago.
Indaasi and Lumwaji were both released on a bond of Sh300,000 each or a cash bail of Sh 150,000, while Kenyatta was released on a bond of Sh500,000 or a cash bail of Sh 150,000.
“The case will be mentioned on December 2, 2024 for further directions," said the magistrate.
The court was packed with parents from the Silver Bells Junior School, which has since been shut down due to the exam fiasco.
The school had more than 300 pupils.
