Kenya Railways employee arrested over forged KCSE certificate
Kenya Railways employee arrested over forged KCSE certificate
A 54-year-old Kenya Railways Corporation employee has been arrested in Changamwe, Mombasa County, following a two-year investigation into the alleged forgery and use of a fraudulent Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate.
In a statement on Friday, August 14, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the suspect, Awange Oscar Akoth, was arrested by detectives after investigations linked him to the alleged use of a forged academic certificate in connection with his employment at Kenya Railways Corporation.
“Awange Oscar Akoth was nabbed by detectives following investigations into the alleged forgery and use of a fraudulent KCSE certificate in connection with his employment at the Kenya Railways Corporation,” the statement read.
According to DCI, the case emerged after Kenya Railways conducted an authentication exercise targeting academic and professional certificates submitted by its employees.
“The case came to light after Kenya Railways undertook an authentication exercise of academic and professional certificates presented by its employees,” the statement added.
During the verification exercise, Akoth’s KCSE certificate, which was purportedly issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), was flagged for further scrutiny. KNEC later confirmed that certificate number 624785, purportedly issued in 1993, was forged.
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Detectives established that several grades on the certificate had allegedly been altered, with the changes affecting both individual subject grades and the overall mean grade.
“Detectives established that grades in three subjects had allegedly been altered from D (Plain) to C (Plain), while the mean grade had also been tampered with, changing it from D+ (Plus) to C (Plain),” the statement further read.
Following the investigations, detectives forwarded the case file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for directions on the appropriate charges against the suspect.
“Upon reviewing the evidence, the ODPP directed that Akoth be charged with Uttering a False Document, contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code, and Fraudulent Acquisition of Public Property, contrary to Section 45(1)(a) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act (ACECA),” the statement noted.
The suspect is currently undergoing processing and is expected to be arraigned before the Milimani Law Courts to face the charges.
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