CS Ogamba flags fake notice claiming KCSE examiners paid from July

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Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba has flagged as fake a viral social media letter purporting to explain delays in payments to contracted professionals for the 2025 national exams. He urged the public to treat it with contempt. The statement comes amid frustrations from thousands of unpaid teachers threatening to strike.

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba issued a public advisory on April 23, 2026, dismissing the circulating letter as fake and not originating from his office. "The document currently circulating is fake. I urge the public to treat it with the contempt it deserves," Ogamba stated.

The letter, on Ministry of Education letterhead and bearing Ogamba's name, claimed no funds were allocated in the supplementary budget for supervisors, invigilators, security personnel, and markers. It stated payments would be processed in the next financial year starting July 1, 2026, after engaging the Treasury.

This follows a similar fake notice flagged by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), which falsely claimed funds were received but payments delayed due to missing personnel data. Thousands of teachers, through the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), have expressed frustration over unpaid marking for the 2025 exams and threatened to strike and boycott the 2026 exams.

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