A senior officer working for the electoral body has been arrested for securing employment using fake academic certificates and using them for 12 years.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested the official who works at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for forging her academic certificates and using them to secure employment at the electoral body on April 4, 2012.
EACC Spokesperson Eric Ngumbi confirmed that Caroline Sabiri Manyange, Manager for Boundaries Delimitation was arrested at her home in Nairobi West on Monday and escorted to EACC Integrity Centre Police Station where she was held for processing before being arraigned in court.
“Investigations established that Manyange forged a Master of Arts (Population Studies) degree certificate purporting it to be a genuine certificate awarded by the University of Nairobi on May 9, 2004 and subsequently used the same to obtain a promotion at IEBC thereby earning a cumulative salary and benefits amounting to over Sh37 million which constitutes fraudulent acquisition of public property.
Ngumbi added the official was apprehended after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) concurred with the recommendations of EACC that she be charged with the offences of forgery contrary to section 345 as read with section 349 of the Penal Code.
He added that the accused will be charged with uttering a false document contrary to section 353 of the Penal Code.
Further to the criminal prosecution,Ngumbi stated that EACC will proceed to file civil proceedings in court to recover all the salaries and benefits amounting to over Sh37 million earned by the accused person on the basis of fake academic qualifications.
By By Collins Wanzallah.
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