BY JOSEPH MASHA
KILIFI, KENYA: Police in Kilifi have identified Mohamed Wango and Patrick Mwangombe as the Pwani University students detained for allegedly printing fake examination papers.
The other suspects arrested on Tuesday with the first year students are Mramba Mweni and Mike Keah Kenga who are not students of the institutions.
They were not charged on Thursday as expected but instead police released them on bond signalling possible lack of evidence.
On Tuesday police and education officials claimed the four were found with printed copies of the two Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE). The police alleged the suspects were believed to be planning the papers to unsuspecting candidates.
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Kilifi OCPD Mr Justin Nyaga said the suspects were set free on Wednesday evening but said they will be required to report to the police once investigation of the case is completed.
Mr Nyaga told the Standard that police released the suspects on police bond as they gather more information to establish if the suspects could have sold the fake examinations to any candidate.
"We have released the four suspects on bond among them two male students from Pwani university in connection with claims that they were found printing some papers suspected to be that of KCPE and we will require them once we finish our investigations for prosecution," said Mr Nyaga Thursday.
According to Nyaga, police officers were received arrested the suspects after receiving intelligence reports about the alleged availability of KCPE papers that were yet to be administered.
Kilifi county education director Mr Dickson Ole Keis confirmed the arrests saying the suspects were found with purported Mathematics and English papers of the KCPE.
However the director said after proper scrutiny the printed papers were found to be bogus and suspected that the arrested people could have been could have been sold fake papers themselves.
The director said the matter was now being handled by the police as thorough monitoring is done to ensure conmen do not swindle parents and candidates.
Mr Keis said the suspects might have intended to sale the fake papers to candidates.
