STATEMENT BY RAILA ODINGA ON URGENT MEASURES NEEDED TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF EXAMS AND CERTIFICATES

Dear Kenyans,

Since 2016, the country has been on the path of major reforms in the education sector and notably in the management of national examinations.

These reforms were intended to restore sanity to the examination process and maintain the dignity and integrity of our education sector. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.

Back in 2016, and following serious concerns about the management of national exams, the Government of Kenya identified a secure printing firm in the UK – Stephen Austin Printing Ltd. This is a Security printing firm that deals with several exams and other high stakes documents in different parts of the world. Kenyans will agree that in that period, sanity returned in the management of exams, with grades that reflected reality.

𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀.

Without following any legal procurement processes, due diligence procedures, and attention to examination timelines, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗖𝗣𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗖𝗦𝗘 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗖𝗣𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗖𝗦𝗘.

We believe this process, of a sudden change of printer and having them printed on short notice, is responsible for the disaster we have witnessed with respect to KCPE. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝟱𝟰 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗖 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀. It led to what KNEC has called misalignment of marks and grades. Grades in Science and Social Studies as well as Religious Studies were truncated. The system deployed could not produce the Plus and Minus signs. What a shame.

Consequently, for the first time in our country, some children are in court, seeking to establish their true grades while the education ministry is admitting students to form one, including those still challenging the marks they were awarded.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗖𝗣𝗘 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗞𝗖𝗣𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗖𝗦𝗘, 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀.

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁. 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗶, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶 𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗵𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀.

Today, the young people are struggling with the value of Mr. Ezekiel Machogu grades. In view of the facts in our possession, we have today taken an unprecedented step and written to key education stakeholders for a partnership to secure and defend the integrity of Kenyan exams and the certification that accrues from it.

𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆.

𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗲, 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱.

We have, therefore, written to the following bodies:
1.The Catholic Bishops Conference.
2.The National Council of Churches of Kenya.
3.The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims.
4.The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association.
5.The Primary School Head Teachers association.
6.The Kenya National Union of Teachers.
7.The Law Society of Kenya
8.The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers.
9.The National Parents Association.
10.The Kenya Private Schools Association.
11.The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
12.The Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
13.The Federation of Kenya Employers.

We know the role of churches and other religious organizations in the education sector since the beginning of the last century.

𝗪𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲.

Virtually every home had a candidate or knew a candidate among those who sat KCPE and KCSE. KCPE alone had close to 1.4 million candidates. The steps we outline below are critical:

1. The circumstances under which the printing of exams was transferred from the UK to Mombasa Road must be investigated.

2. Kenyans must be told how the integrity of the exams was secured during the transfer from the UK to Mombasa Road and later to another printer in Asia.

3. It is the right of Kenyans to know the cost of the termination of the contract with the UK firm.

4. Kenyans must be informed of how the Mombasa Road firm was identified and awarded the tender and if procurement laws were followed.

5. Kenyans must also be informed of how the firm to relay KCPE results was identified, whether it is the same one that will relay KCSE results and whether procurement laws were adhered to.

𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝘆𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼, 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗖 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗖𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀.

It is our position that the stakeholders come together, headed by the Catholic Church, or any other group that stakeholders can agree on and get to the bottom of the mess building up in our exam management.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗞𝗖𝗦𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗞𝗖𝗣𝗘. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝘀.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝘂𝘁𝗼. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽. Whether it is 17 billion in oils or the billions involved in the poisonous cooking oil, we know the dynamics of how the government operates.

The CS and PSs are small fries. The buck stops with Ruto.

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