The Public Service Commission (PSC) has partnered with the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to implement a new digital system for verifying the academic certificates of civil servants, aiming to combat fake credentials. This system will be piloted for public sector hiring and eventually extended to university degrees and the private sector.

• The PSC and KNEC have linked their databases to allow for digital verification using an applicant's index number.
• PSC Commissioner Francis Meja announced the pilot phase on NTV on October 28.
• The previous system involved manual verification after recruitment; the new system verifies before appointment.
• The system will be expanded to university degrees through a similar partnership with the Commission for University Education (CUE).
• KNEC launched the digital verification system in July, with the PSC as its first government user.