Plagiarism: The rising threat to academic integrity

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Last month, Flora Awino, a student at Mount Kenya University, lost a case in the High Court in which she was challenging her suspension from the university over exam cheating.

Judge George Odunga dismissed the suit after he found that the disciplinary process the university followed in suspending Ms Awino for one semester was a fair administrative action. According to the case, Awino, a fourth year student, was allegedly in possession of ‘mwakenya’ -- unauthorised material in form of notes -- which she chewed and swallowed when caught by an invigilator.