SAKAJA could be headed to jail as 2 Kenyans are jailed for 6 years for holding fake academic papers and lying about it – Look!

 

Thursday, July 7, 2022 – Embattled Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja could be headed to jail over his alleged fake degree.

This is after the court set a precedent by sentencing 2 Kenyans to a cumulative six years in jail for forging academic certificates.

The two Pauline Otieno and Lilian Ochieng, were employees at the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation in 2018 as Supplies Assistants.

According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the pair was charged with five counts of crimes among them forgery and deceit.

“They faced the following criminal charges; forgery, providing false information to a public entity, deceiving a public entity, uttering a false document, and fraudulent acquisition of public property being the cumulative salary earned on forged certificates,” read a statement by EACC.

Otieno was convicted and jailed for two years and six months or pay a KSh 228,698 fine while Ochieng was jailed for three years and six months or pay a KSh 271,901 fine.

“Pauline forged a Certificate in Procurement from Mount Kenya University while Lilian forged both a Diploma and Certificate from the Kenya Institute of Management,” EACC said in a statement.

Prior to formal employment, the duo had worked in the corporation for eight years as casual employees before forging the documents for their promotion to Supplies Assistants.

This comes at a time when a section of politicians is battling cases of academic forgery ahead of the much-awaited August 9, General Election.

For instance, detectives are investigating the authenticity of Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja’s degree certificate.

Sakaja’s degree from a Ugandan University is being probed by two institutions, the Inspectorate of government and the National Council for Higher Education.