KNEC’s Self-Contradiction Deepen Uncertainty on KCSE Invigilator Pay.
The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) on Sunday dismissed as fake a social media post that denied claims linking delayed payments for last year’s national exam invigilators to missing details.
This contradicted another claim it had flagged as fake just a day prior, adding to the growing confusion surrounding the matter.
According to the disputed post, KNEC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Njengere had rejected assertions that missing records were responsible for the delays. This contradiction raised further uncertainty, as it directly opposed another flagged social media post from Saturday.
The post further appeared to confirm that missing details were not the cause of delayed payments, suggesting a different underlying issue.
Contradictory Statements Fuel Confusion
The now-flagged post claimed that KNEC had assured invigilators that their payments were being processed and that there was no cause for concern.
The statement allegedly attributed to Njengere dismissed allegations of data loss as misinformation designed to create unnecessary panic among affected teachers.
Additionally, the post suggested that the delay was due to standard verification procedures rather than any record-keeping issues.
However, just a day earlier, KNEC had appeared to validate this narrative when it labeled another social media post as fake. This earlier post claimed that KNEC lacked sufficient details of the teachers who supervised and invigilated the national exams.
Claims of Missing Attendance Registers
The social media post flagged on Saturday asserted that KNEC had not yet received a properly signed and stamped attendance register for the 2024 KPSEA assessment. The post also included a directive instructing invigilators to submit the required documents and provided details on how to upload them via the KNEC portal.
According to the disputed post, KNEC was still waiting for the attendance register and urged invigilators to send scanned copies to the provided email address to facilitate the processing of allowances for contracted professionals assigned to examination centers.
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The ongoing confusion over payments comes two months after the conclusion of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations and just under a month since the results were released.
The conflicting statements from KNEC have left affected teachers uncertain about when they will receive their dues, with no clear resolution in sight.
KNEC’s Self-Contradiction Deepen Uncertainty on KCSE Invigilator Pay
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