By Faith Lagat
A Facebook post by user Erick Kemboi claims that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is recruiting 230,000 contracted professionals to administer the 2026 national examinations and assessments.
Published on August 5, 2026, the post lists centre managers, supervisors, invigilators, examiners, assessors, security, logistics and support personnel among the positions supposedly available. It directs members of the public to the KNEC Contracted Professionals (CP2) portal, where it says interested applicants can register and apply.
A second post by the same user, published on August 29, 2026 and labelled “AI content”, repeated the claim under the headline “KNEC Opens Recruitment for 230,000 Contracted Professionals Ahead of 2026 National Examinations”.
Background
KNEC engages contracted professionals to support the administration of national examinations and assessments. These include centre managers, supervisors, invigilators, examiners and assessors.
The council also operates the Contracted Professionals (CP2) portal, an official platform used to manage contracted examination personnel.
The 2026 examination cycle also involves the identification and deployment of contracted personnel, providing further context for recruitment claims circulating ahead of the examinations.
Verification
A review of KNEC’s official communication channels found no recruitment notice announcing an open application for 230,000 contracted professionals for the 2026 examinations.
Instead, KNEC warned the public about fake news, misleading information and fraudulent advertisements circulating in its name.
On September 28, 2026, the verified KNEC X account posted a warning urging the public to be cautious of such information. The council attached an image of the circulating recruitment poster marked “FAKE”.
The poster claimed that KNEC required 230,000 contracted professionals to administer the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. It also directed members of the public to the CP2 portal.
The CP2 portal itself is genuine. However, its existence does not validate the recruitment advertisement.
For the 2026 examination cycle, personnel were being identified and nominated through existing education structures. Curriculum Support Officers engaged heads of institutions to collect details of suitable teachers, while Sub-County Directors of Education nominated personnel for deployment. The selected details were then entered into the CP2 system.
This process differs from an open public recruitment exercise inviting 230,000 applicants to apply through a social media advertisement.
The use of genuine KNEC branding, legitimate job titles, and the official CP2 web address therefore does not make the recruitment claim genuine.
The second Facebook post also contains an internal inconsistency that further undermines the claim. Published on August 29, 2026, it gives November 15, 2025 as the application deadline.
The “AI info” and “AI content” labels attached to the Facebook posts do not, by themselves, establish that the information is false. However, the posts were not official KNEC communications and should not be treated as recruitment notices from the council.
A similar post was also published here.
Members of the public should rely on KNEC’s official communication channels when seeking information about examination administration and contracted professionals.
Verdict
The claim that KNEC is recruiting 230,000 contracted professionals for the 2026 national examinations through the CP2 portal is FALSE.
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