Governor Joho on the spot over 'Fake' K.C.S.E Certificate
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Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho speaks to his ODM supporters at a rally in tononoka. Photo Courtesy |
On the day that he led the resurgence of Orange boss Raila Odinga’s campaign for the National Super Alliance (Nasa) presidential ticket, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho suffered a political body blow after the Kenya National Examinations council said his secondary school certificate is a forgery.
This opens up criminal liability on the part of the youthful governor known for taking on President Uhuru Kenyatta.
DEGREE
It
could also mean that he may be shut out of the Mombasa gubernatorial
race if his degree certificates are invalidated. Governors are required
by law to be university graduates.
KNEC’s acting chief
executive, Ms Mercy Gathigia Karogo, in a letter to the Director of
Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro, said they had established that
the “purported" copy of results slip presented to the council for
authentication was obtained from a forged document.
“Following
your request for verification and confirmation of examination results
Joho Hassan Ali results slip as per the letter referenced CID/SEC/4/4/3
dated 25th January, 2017… Joho Hassan Ali did not register nor sat for
the year 1992 KCSE examination at Serani Secondary School under index
number 160092024," said Ms Karogo quoting records in the KNEC data base.
LETTER
Ms
Karogo wrote to Mr Muhoro in response to a letter by the DCI seeking
for verification and confirmation of Mr Joho’s examination results.
The
details indicate that the centre code for Serani Secondary School in
1992 was 16032 and not 160092 as indicated in his documents to the
examination council.
“Therefore, the purported copy of
the year 1992 KCSE examination results slip presented to KNEC for
verification purposes, is obtained from a forged document," Ms Karogo
said in her letter dated January 26, 2017.
GENUINE DEGREES
Mr Joho is assumed to have attended Serani Secondary where he allegedly got a C+.
Mr Joho is assumed to have attended Serani Secondary where he allegedly got a C+.
This
is the qualification on which Mr Joho was presumably admitted to the
University of Nairobi’s Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) programme.
The governor is reported to have transferred credits to Kampala International University from which he claims to have graduated.
He
registered for yet another business related degree, this time at the
little-known Gretsa University in Thika where he says he graduated last
year.
GRETSA
Mr Joho
has been battling claims on the authenticity of his academic
qualifications with several court cases being brought against him since
his election as the Governor of Mombasa County.
But
Joho has all along stood his ground saying that he has two genuine
degrees, one from Kampala International University in Uganda and another
from Gretsa University.
Gretsa University, through
the Vice Chancellor Kuria Thuo, confirmed in February that Mr Joho
graduated on December 2016 with a degree in Commerce.
The governor, however, did not attend the graduation ceremony at the institution in Thika.
INVALIDED
He
said that the Mombasa Governor was a duly registered student who
studied Bachelor of Commerce and specialised in human resource
management through the distance learning since 2014.
Mr
Thuo added that Mr Joho graduated after satisfying the board of
examiners and senate, as is a requirement for graduation in all
universities.
But if his Form Four certificate is forged, as KNEC now says it is, then his degrees would be invalidated.
UNCOVERING FRAUDSTERS
The development comes in the wake of a recent warning by Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i that he would reveal identities of politicians and other Kenyans using fake degree certificates to seek leadership positions.
The development comes in the wake of a recent warning by Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i that he would reveal identities of politicians and other Kenyans using fake degree certificates to seek leadership positions.
Dr
Matiang’i particularly lashed out at aspirants intending to use such
documents to get clearance to contest for political seats in the August 8
General Election.
RACKET
“There
is no human being in his right mind who can fake papers and then ask to
lead people,” said the CS, while addressing principals at All Saints
Cathedral Anglican Church in Nairobi on Thursday.
The remarks by the CS come in the wake of a rush by politicians to acquire degree certificates to participate in the elections.
It
also follows the unearthing of a racket that involves production of
fake and backdated degree certificates at a local private university
which was subsequently shut down by the education sector regulators in
2015.
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