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It's too hypocritical to see how corruption is treated in Kenya by the gorvernment . The one practiced by ordinary mwananchi is taken seriously than one done by politicans,rich and well connected people. My feeling is that corruption should be treated as the most dangerous crime and should be p ...

Nehemiah G. Ndungu, United States


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1. On Friday September 19, 2008, 17:41 PM , roselyn c ruto, Kenya wrote:
  Ok you may jail or fine a student candidate found in possession of exam papers or leakage, but who passed them out from examination council custody if not their staff?i In fact, they are the ones supposed to be punished rather than or together with the candidates, and be sacked and banned from public employment.

 
2. On Friday September 19, 2008, 17:07 PM , Collins Karani, Belgium wrote:
  I totally support the view to safeguard the integrity of the national exams in Kenya. However, the proposed measures would be counter-productive in the long run. We need to appreciate the purposes of the national exams. On the one hand, passing an exam is equivalent to obtaining a gate pass. But falsifying only helps the cheat to acquire a gate pass to nowhere. Truly, even brilliant candidates require thorough preparations for the exams. Hence, everything that would facilitate the candidates’ better preparation for exams should be encouraged. Past exam papers would aid students in understanding different perspectives of an exam question and broaden their thinking. Thus easy access should be allowed. From your pub its not clear what KNEC considers “illegal possession”. On the other hand, candidates must realize that passing an exam is not all that goes with it. They must deliver. So, let them be encouraged to think independently. This culture will save our already overcrowded jails.

 
3. On Friday September 19, 2008, 16:01 PM , Mohamed Ahmed, Kenya wrote:
  Aha! This is classical example of our society! I am not surprised at all. It is just but a system bent on defending its wayward behavior and it ineffectiveness.

 
4. On Friday September 19, 2008, 12:36 PM , Collins Karani, Belgium wrote:
  I totally support the view to safeguard the integrity of the national exams in Kenya. However, the proposed measures would be counter-productive in the long run. In essence, we need to appreciate the purposes of the national exams. On the one hand, passing an exam is equivalent to obtaining a gate pass. But falsifying only helps the cheat to acquire a gate pass to nowhere. Truly, even brilliant candidates require thorough preparations for the exams. Hence, everything that would facilitate the candidates’ better preparation for exams should be encouraged. Past exam papers would aid students in understanding different perspectives of an exam question and broaden their thinking. Thus easy access should be allowed. From your pub its not clear what KNEC considers “illegal possession”. On the other hand, candidates must realize that passing an exam is not all that goes with it. They must deliver. So, let them be encouraged to think independently. This culture will save our already overcrowded jails the burden while saving us the embarrassment of legal processes emanating from exam

 
5. On Friday September 19, 2008, 7:01 AM , Lugadiru Alex, South Africa wrote:
  I don't mean to promote cheating in exams, but where does this kind of thinking place the nation. Where does it place us on development agenda with other countries. When the elections are rigged, we hire old brains to ascertain this. When the fat cats steal, their cases will drag for decades in the courts then dismissed, others are simply reshuffled and promoted. Call it lipstick corruption. Chicken thieves will be unlucky. They are jailed for 10 years. We may call the law as an ass, true but sometimes the people behind this laws are messier than the ass.

 
6. On Friday September 19, 2008, 6:15 AM , John Kimtai, Kenya wrote:
  I don't think fining a form four student will in any way help the student. Banning them for a period of upto five years would have more impact than fining. Fining is just another way of stealing from poor parents for no apparent reason. They are not the ones engaged in examination cheating.

 

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