Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho claims that when he appeared at the Coast Regional Police Headquarters on Wednesday, he saw a charge sheet that police had prepared to have him locked up at the station.
According to Joho, were it not for the battery of lawyers that had accompanied him, he would have been thrown into the cells on suspicion of forging the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate showing he had obtained a C+ instead of the D- he actually scored.
“When I was at the Coast Provincial Police Headquarters, I realised that they had prepared a charge sheet for me.
“They had planned to take me into police custody but there were enough lawyers who were there for me, such as Mohamed Balala, James Orengo, Amason Kingi and others,” said Mr Joho.
The ODM Deputy Party leader was accompanied by six lawyers led by Siaya Senator James Orengo.
After Joho was interrogated in regard to claims of forging his KCSE results slip, Senator Orengo pledged solidarity with the governor, saying: “We will do everything possible to ensure that no one dares touch him."
“We went in there and saw propaganda and lies. We will win this case,” the senior counsel stated, adding that there were more than 200 leaders with questionable certificates, some of whom were contesting for the governorship or are already in office.
On his part, Joho hit out at President Uhuru Kenyatta accusing him of being behind the whole certificate drama.
“President Uhuru is using too much energy to frustrate me. I am telling him to convert that energy to reducing the price of maize flour, to fighting corruption and improving the lives of Kenyans,” the Governor strongly stated.
Joho was interrogated for close to two hours by a team of DCI sleuths sent from Nairobi headquarters led by Assistant Commissioner of police Samuel Nyambengi.
According to sources privy to the investigations, the detectives took a sample of Joho's handwriting and signature which are to be matched with a document the Governor is said to have used to gain admission into the University of Nairobi.
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Meanwhile, the Mombasa Governor is today expected to lead an Opposition rally in Kibera, Nairobi.
