Rongo University Earmarked By DCI For KCSE Fraud

By Owino Nyakiti 

Some of the suspects of the KCSE exam cheating (PHOTO: DCI)

Four college students have been arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in connection to a criminal syndicate allegedly responsible for selling Kenya Certificate of Secondary Schools Examinations (KCSE) to candidates all over the country.

According to police reports, the main suspect, Baringo Technical College IT student Kibet Tanui alias Evans Kipruto, led detectives to his three accomplices after he was arrested on the morning of March 15 in a rental house outside the learning institution.

At the time, Tanui is said to have been distributing English and Chemistry exams to students at Silibwet and Sitoito secondary schools in Molo, via a Whatsapp group with approximately 70 members.

“The suspect who was distributing examination papers at Ksh. 500 per paper, was also discovered to be a member of two fraudulent examination Telegram groups with over 17,000 followers,” the DCI said in a statement.

“The IT student whose Mpesa account had over Ksh. 10,000 at the time of his arrest, was also operating a separate KCB account at Kabarnet branch, where he immediately transferred the received cash from his Mpesa to avoid reversals.”

When making the transactions, Tanui is said to have been using a sim card, registered under one Evans Kiprono, in a bid to conceal his identity from sleuths who were hot on his heels.

Tanui would soon after rat out three of his accomplices, leading detectives to Rongo University students Kevin Kiprotich Langat, Justice Leting and a yet to be identified culprit.

Langat, DCI says, kept in constant touch with Tanui having forwarded him the English paper prior to its commencing date.

“It is at Rongo University where a wider syndicate of the examination fraudsters existed, in a Telegram group dubbed the ‘Kale Group’ created under the name ‘Bailing Out’ among other groups,” the DCI added.

In a similar fashion to Tanui, Langat led detectives to another culprit, a political science major at the same institution named Justice Leting who is alleged to have been dishing out Kiswahili exams and preparing answers for a Chemistry practical paper when he was apprehended.

Some of the relevant information nabbed from the suspects' phones by DCI

Upon perusing his phone, detectives discovered a conversation of Leting candidly reassuring a candidate, only identified as Bett, that his investment in the syndicate would pay off. The DCI similarly found the entire KCSE exams on the mobile device.

“Relentless efforts by detectives have also unearthed that the syndicate also operates a till number account at Ecobank, where candidates are being asked to deposit Ksh. 5,000 per paper, or a discounted rate of Ksh. 20,000 for the whole examination,” the DCI added.

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Langat consequently told sleuths that he has been working with other students at the institution who are currently being pursued.

Detectives believe that the masterminds behind the syndicate are currently hiding in Nandi Hills assuring Kenyans of their arrest.

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