Chief Justice David Maraga’s Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out evidence in Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi Mohamud’s academic degree case.
Kampala University's then vice chancellor Badru Dungu Katerega and the Academic Registrar Hamza Segawa had filed two affidavits confirming that the governor was their student.
The Supreme Court revoked the evidence on grounds that it was filed after the time had elapsed.
The university, in the affidavits, swore that the governor had attended the institution between 2009 and 2012.
Former Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi had filed a petition seeking to nullify the election of Abdi on grounds that he did not have a valid degree certificate.
High Court Judge Alfred Mabeya had ruled, as of 2014, that the governor failed to prove his claims that he had a degree certificate hence was not validly elected.
"One cannot obtain a Master‘s degree before obtaining a Bachelors degree,” ruled Mabeya after the Governor had claimed he had a degree and a Masters from Kampala University.
However, after the appeal to the Supreme Court, CJ Maraga’s bench allowed the embattled governor to present certificates ruling that he remains in office until his case is determined.
The seven-judge bench further agreed that Mohamud had not received a fair hearing from the high court.
The laws of Kenya stipulate that any Gubernatorial aspirant should possess a degree from a recognised institution, besides having been a citizen for more than 10 years with no dual citizenship or allegiance to another state.
