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Cast net wider to solve exam-cheating riddle

Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) appears to have a keen friendship with controversy. The examiner has stirred a fresh storm by canceling results and announced measures to tame KCPE and KCSE malpractice.

While the council has the right to protect its integrity, its latest resolve to impose a two-year ban on 1,171 suspected cheats missed the point. Despite punitive actions, failure by the council over the years to significantly reduce cheating is hard to sweep under the carpet by criminalising the Class of 2009.

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