The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) on Sunday flagged as fake a social media post alleging that it had denied claims that the lack of payments for last year’s national exam examiners had anything to do with their lost details.
The flagged post claimed that KNEC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Njengere had refuted claims that it lost the details of teachers who supervised and invigilated the 2024 KCSE examinations leading to delays in payments
“The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has refuted claims that it lost the details of teachers who supervised and invigilated the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations leading to delays in payments,” part of the fake post read.
Njegere, however, did not issue communication in line with claims of delayed pay for KCSE invigilators.
Kenya National Examination Council(KNEC) Chief Executive Officer David Njengere during the distribution of national exams in Murang’a.
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“KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere has assured all invigilators that their payments are being processed and there was no cause for alarm. He dismissed reports alleging data loss as misinformation meant to cause unnecessary panic among affected teachers,” the fake post, which has since been flagged, added.
The post further alleged that Njengere had attributed the delays to routine verification processes and not a result of lost records.
Just a day ago, KNEC also flagged another post as fake which claimed that KNEC did not have sufficient details of the teachers who invigilated the national examinations.
In that post, they alleged that they had yet to receive a duly signed and stamped attendance register for the 2024 KPSEA assessment.
The post further directed the invigilators to do so, even outlining details of how to send the information through the KNEC Portal.
“KNEC is yet to receive the duly signed and stamped attendance register for the 2024 KPSEA assessment. This is to kindly request that you send a scanned copy to si@knec.ac.ke to facilitate the processing of allowances of the contracted professionals who were attached to your centres,” the post claimed.
This comes just two months after the completion of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations and barely a month after the release of the examination results.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) offices in Nairobi.
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