Kampala School Director Arrested for Forging PLE Results
A Kampala school director who allegedly set and administered fake Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) to unsuspecting pupils in 2020 has been arrested after evading police for two years.
Ivan Wafula, 34, the director of Earnest Nursery and Primary School in Kisugu Parish, Makindye Division, reportedly issued fake Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) PLE results, which some pupils later used to gain admission to secondary schools. The scam was exposed when former students failed to produce original results for their UCE exams.
According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson SSP Patrick Onyango, Wafula falsely claimed in 2020 that his P7 candidates were registered for official PLE exams under Uneb. Instead, he allegedly took them to an unidentified location in Busia District, where they sat counterfeit exams not sanctioned by Uneb.
“After the fake exams, the pupils were brought back to Kampala, and the suspect issued them with forged results and recommendation letters, which they used to join different secondary schools,” Onyango said.
The scam came to light in 2024 when Ebenezer Secondary School administrators asked students to present their original PLE result slips before registering for the UCE exams. Wafula failed to produce authentic documents, prompting a police investigation. Detectives later confirmed that Earnest Nursery and Primary School had not registered any candidates with UNEB in 2020.
The forged results and recommendation letters were officially verified as fake by Uneb. Wafula, who had been on the run for two years, was tracked down and arrested yesterday. He is currently detained at Jinja Road Police Station.
He now faces charges of forgery, uttering false documents, and obtaining money by false pretence.
SSP Onyango urged parents to verify their children’s exam registration and results directly with UNEB, warning that fraudulent practices not only cheat parents but also destroy children’s futures.
“We are sending a strong message that those involved in education-related fraud will face the full force of the law,” Onyango added.
Investigations are ongoing to determine how many students were affected and whether other accomplices were involved.
