Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko, Starehe Member of Parliament (MP) Maina Kamanda, and other Jubilee Party aspirants accused of possessing questionable academic papers have come out to clear their names and defend their credentials.
Mr Sonko, who is accused of acquiring a degree while his Form Four grade did not allow, now claims that the degree was earned progressively to mean that he went through bridging courses.
Mr Kamanda rubbished the petition by voters who alleged that his secondary school certificate had alterations. He maintained that he had never presented such documents and that the said petition was not a new allegation as it had been dismissed by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a 2013 case.
"This is a cut and paste complaint raised against me in 2013 and which investigations exonerated. I have never submitted such a paper and I think it is just a malicious accusation," Kamanda argued.
The Jubilee party has also received new accusations against Belgut parliamentary aspirant, Nelson Koech. A complainant known as Albert Bore, challenged the Certificate of Good Conduct submitted by the aspirant as being inaccurate as it did not reflect his past criminal record.
Mr Koech, however, defended himself as having merely presented an authentic police document and termed the petition as a political witch-hunt by opponents who stand to gain from their disqualification.
Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju asserted that the party was keen on weeding out aspirants who were scheming against their rivals and they would be automatically disqualified if discovered.
"We know this sometimes could be sabotage but we will investigate the cases," Tuju explained.
