By Michael Wesonga and Augustine Oduor
Education Minister, Sam Ongeri has told candidates whose results were nullified to launch appeals before the end of month.
The minister said the ministry will not relent on dealing with students caught cheating in national examinations.
"They must, however, note that there will be no two ways about instances of fully established collusion in exam cheating," he remarked.
Prof Sam ONGERI: There will be no two ways about instances of fully established collusion in exam cheating [Photo: File/Standard]
He wondered why affected candidates appealed through their representatives by a memorandum in Parliament instead of personally at the Kenya National Examinations Council.
This came as Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) Secretary Paul Wasanga defended the administration of exams body even as members of parliament push for a forensic audit.
He insisted that the process is watertight from the time the questions are set to the time they are delivered to police armories.
But MPs would hear none of it as they insisted that the credibility of national examinations is at stake. At the centre of the storm is why results of 1,600 candidates were canceled in Garissa.
Last week, MPs led by Dujis legislator, Aden Duale demanded that an audit of results of national examinations be carried out to cover past five years to ascertain their authenticity.
Also being questioned is why the results of a candidate who died long before the examinations were written had results.
But on Sunday, Wasanga told The Standard that although many people are involved in setting of questions none of them have an idea of the final paper.
