Ministry of Education Official Charged With Fake Certificates To Secure Employment
On Thursday, a Ministry of Education official stationed in Eldoret County was arraigned and charged with five charges of forgery for falsifying academic credentials in order to obtain work with the government department.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect, Joash Kimurgor Kirwa, used a fake Moi University degree certificate and academic credentials to get a job at the State Department for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
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“He was today arraigned at Eldoret Law Courts in whose jurisdiction he was recruited, where five counts of forgery were preferred against him,” the Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) said in a statement
Kirwa pled not guilty to the allegations and was released on Ksh. 200.00 cash bail. His case has been scheduled for pre-trial mention in February 26.
The development comes barely two days after the Public Service Commission (PSC) discovered that several public servants in crucial government parastatals obtained their positions with forged certifications.
According to the PSC’s announcement on Tuesday, the majority of the individuals work for the Ministry of Interior, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), and the Geothermal and Development Corporation, a parastatal under the Ministry of Energy.
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Addressing the media, PSC Chairman Ambassador Anthony Muchiri stated that the aforementioned persons are among the 2,067 forgery cases identified during a probe begun in October 2022.
The investigation targeted 331 institutions, including 52 Ministries, State Departments and Agencies (MDAs), 239 State Corporations and Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies, and 40 public universities.
The PSC subsequently recommended that all instances be referred to the DCI for prosecution and recovery of money and assets obtained through false positions.
Ministry of Education Official Charged With Fake Certificates To Secure Employment
