The troubles surrounding Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho are set to deepen after it emerged that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) had declared his secondary school certificate as fake.
In a letter to the Director of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro, KNEC’s acting chief executive, Ms Mercy Gathigia Karogo, highlighted that a copy of Joho's results submitted to the body for authentication was obtained from a forged document.
“Following your request for verification and confirmation of 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 in her letter dated January 26, 2017.
Ms Karogo was writing to Mr Muhoro in response to a letter by the DCI seeking for verification and confirmation of Mr Joho’s examination results.
According to KNEC, the centre code for Serani Secondary School in 1992 was 16032 and not 160092 as indicated in the copy of Joho's results.
“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 noted.
The new revelations could now set the stage for Joho, who has been in a protracted fight with President Uhuru Kenyatta, to face criminal liability.
If found guilty, the Mombasa Governor may have all his degrees invalidated and consequently locked out of the Mombasa gubernatorial race on the basis on Education qualification.
The law requires that the President, Deputy President, Governors and Senators be university graduates.
Joho is believed to have attended Serani Secondary where he allegedly got a C+.
He would then be admitted to the University of Nairobi’s Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) programme.
The governor then reportedly transferred credits to Kampala International University where he claims to have graduated.
In 2014, Joho registered for yet another business related degree, this time at the Gretsa University in Thika where he supposedly graduated in December last year.
He did not attend the graduation, but according to the Vice Chancellor Kuria Thuo, Joho was a duly registered student who studied Bachelor of Commerce and specialised in human resource management through the distance learning since 2014.
Mr Thuo is also on record revealing that Joho graduated after satisfying the board of examiners and senate, as is a requirement for graduation in all universities.
Meanwhile, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has already ordered CFC Stanbic Bank to freeze five bank accounts belonging to Joho.
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