Reports alleging that Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu directed Kenyans aged between 29 and 35 to resit for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) are fake and misleading. The misleading reports surfaced online on Monday, May 8, indicating that Education CS had ordered Kenyans to retake KCSE exams due to rampant cases of examination malpractice. Photo Ministry of Education"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," one of the misleading posts indicated. Another social media post alleging that CS Machogu had directed 29 to 35-year-olds to resit their KCSE exams was a Citizen TV parody account. Machogu Responding to 2022 KCSE Exams MalpracticeWhile appearing before the National Assembly Education and Research Committee, Machogu dismissed malpractice claims during the 2022 KCSE exams.

Source: Daily Nation May 09, 2023 13:15 UTC