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Police storm Knec offices and arrest officials over exam irregularities

From right: Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang address the Press at Jogoo House in Nairobi yesterday.[PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD]

Police yesterday stormed Kenya National Examination Council offices and arrested Chief Executive Officer Joseph Kivilu alongside eight senior officers.

This was just hours after the examination board was dissolved over increase in cases of cheating in last year’s KCPE and KCSE exams that led to 7,700 results being cancelled.

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