UCE examination leakage started in Iganga says UNEB boss

The recent leakage of Uganda Certificate of
Examination (UCE) papers has been traced to
Iganga district. The confirmation comes a week
after media reports indicating that examination
papers were circulating on social media long
before they were done by the candidates.
UNEB Executive Secretary Dan Odongo says
preliminary investigations have traced the
leakage to storage station in Busesa. He adds
that the area supervisor and scouts have since
been arrested to aid investigations into the
matter.
“The scout sent to guard the exam confessed
that he was paid 1 million Shillings to give his
keys to perpetrators of the fraud,” Odong told
journalists in Kampala today.
According to Odongo, over 26 people from
various districts have so far been arrested in
relation to the examination leakage. Of the
arrested; five were from Entebbe, five from
Rwizi, four from Rwenzori west region, two from
Serere, one from Amuria, nine from Kampala
and one from Iganga.
They include private school teachers, a student,
a director of a private school and bursar of a
government school among others.
Odongo says the involvement of teachers is an
“indictment of teachers who have made
education a business.” He however adds that
UNEB was still pondering the next course of
action.
“Our scouts from other parts of the country
have told us that examinations in their areas
were going on well and were not affected by
news of the examination leaks.”
“Until the impact is established, we shall not
know what appropriate measure to take to
handle the after effect of the exam. So for now
we do not know whether we shall cancel the
exam or reduce or increase the pass mark. We
shall only know what to do after we establish
what can be done.”