KCSE Supervisor Abducted and Beaten After Rejecting KSh 50,000 Cheating Bribe

A Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) supervisor is recovering at home after suspected Form Four candidates allegedly abducted and assaulted him for refusing to support cheating during the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations in Kwale County.

In Kinango Sub-County, he was assigned to oversee exams at Vingurugani Secondary School. Trouble began after he discovered unauthorised materials that a teacher had allegedly sneaked into the examination room.

The supervisor confiscated the papers and kept them as evidence. However, the materials were later stolen from his locker. He was subsequently called to the Kinango education offices, where he says an official pressured him to cooperate with teachers suspected of involvement in the malpractice.

The supervisor claimed that on Monday, November 9, he was offered KSh 50,000 to allow cheating during the examinations. He rejected the offer.

He was attacked on the evening of Wednesday, November 11, after allegedly receiving a warning that he would be harmed. He told NTV that his attackers abducted him, beat him and took the little money he had. He suffered deep cuts to his head and a fractured hand.

He said he pretended to be dead when the attackers left him there, a move he believes helped him survive. He said the assailants questioned why he had refused to help candidates from his own community.

The supervisor has reported the matter at Kinango Police Station. Police have launched investigations to identify those involved and establish whether others were part of the alleged scheme.

The incident comes as schools across Kenya conduct the 2026 KCSE examinations. Officials are expected to protect the integrity of the national assessment.

The supervisor says he remains afraid for his safety as he recovers at home. The case has raised concern about threats against officials tasked with preventing examination malpractice.

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