VARSITY STUDENT NABBED FOR SELLING FAKE KNEC EXAM PAPERS

BY ERIC ABUGA

Detectives attached to Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) have arrested a University student accused of orchestrating an elaborate online scam selling fake KNEC examination papers.

The suspect, Chrispinus Nandafu Naisuma, a fourth-year student at Meru University of Science and Technology, was smoked out of his hideout in Kianjai, Tigania West Sub-County, following a meticulously planned operation by detectives.

It has since been established that, Nandafu is the mastermind behind an online syndicate trading under the banner “The Teacher’s KNEC Exam 2025.”

In the platform he operates under multiple online personas: Dr. Ibrahim, Madam Salim, Chat GPT, and Violent Kathini Mwendwa, conning unsuspecting members of the public into buying fake exam papers in the false hope of academic shortcuts.

When detectives finally closed in, they recovered 29 Airtel SIM cards, six mobile phones, two laptops, and several Safaricom and Telkom SIM cards, among other incriminating items believed to have been used in the scam.

Nandafu is currently in custody undergoing processing pending his arraignment.

Meanwhile, the DCI and KNEC have intensified a joint crackdown on individuals and syndicates peddling fake examination materials across the country. Members of the public are warned against engaging with fraudsters claiming to sell genuine examination papers as all official exams are securely administered and protected by strict integrity measures.