Three students have sued
Dedan Kimathi University in Nyeri after they were suspended for a year each
after they were allegedly caught cheating in examinations.
Simon Ombolo, Isaack
Hussein and Wycliffe Agutu want the High Court to stay the decision to kick
them out of the institution.
Ombolo, a second year
student pursuing a degree in Mechatronic Engineering, was suspended after he
was caught with condensed notes in the examination room.
A committee set up to
look into the cheating accusations came up with a guilty verdict and ruled that
he be suspended for one academic year starting May 2016. He was to report back
in January next year.
The university's
registrar of academic affairs Prof Jennifer Khamasi said in a sworn affidavit
that the students were caught with material that were of interest to the
examination they were taking, and which would have granted them unfair
advantage over other students.
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The matter will be heard
before Justice Jairus Ngaah on September 27.