11 charged over 'KCPE leakage' in Nyamira
The eleven suspects when they appeared before Keroka Resident Magistrate Njoki Kihara on November 4, 2016. PHOTO | BENSON MOMANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP.
What you need to know:
- The candidate, charged with copying an exam, was on Friday released on a Sh100,000 bond or a cash bail of Sh50,000.
- The ten teachers, charged with helping a candidate to copy the test, were released on Sh300,000 bond or Sh100,000 cash bail each.
- The eleven denied the charged when they appeared before Keroka Resident Magistrate Njoki Kihara.
Ten teachers and a candidate have been charged with committing examination irregularities in Nyamira County.
The accused are Mr Joseph Nyachieo, Ms Caren Nyakeriga, Ms Diana Nyanchoka, Mr James Atuti, Ms Agnes Machini, Ms Joyce Mirera and Ms Risper Omae.
Others are Mr James Onsese, Ms Gladys Aruga, Caren Okenyuri and the minor.
The candidate, charged with copying an exam, was on Friday released on a Sh100,000 bond or a Sh50,000 cash bail.
The ten teachers, charged with helping a candidate to copy an English Language test, were released on Sh300,000 bond or Sh100,000 cash bail each.
The eleven denied the charged when they appeared before Keroka Resident Magistrate Njoki Kihara.
MARKED ANSWERS
They were arrested Thursday evening after the candidate was allegedly found with a marked answer sheet in the exam room.
Anxiety gripped St Andrews Kaggwa Boys Boarding Primary School in Borabu Sub-County when Directorate of Criminal Investigations detectives pounced on the suspects.
The officers were accompanied by officials from the Kenya National Examination Council Monitoring Unit.
The suspects include the school headteacher Joseph Nyachieo, a KCPE supervisor, nine invigilators and the candidate.
They spent Thursday night at Keroka Police Station.
