Former Nairobi County Employee Convicted, Ordered to Repay Ksh 4.75M

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🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

Okandah William John, who worked as a Revenue Collection Assistant at the company, was found guilty of fraudulent acquisition of public property, uttering a false document, and deceiving a principal by the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court.

The court heard that Okandah secured employment at NCWSC in August 2016 after presenting a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Option) degree certificate purportedly issued by the University of Nairobi.

Investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) established that the certificate was not genuine and had been used to support his employment application.

📌 What You Need to Know

Evidence presented in court showed that NCWSC initiated a verification exercise of employees’ academic credentials and forwarded degree certificates to various institutions for authentication.

In response, the University of Nairobi informed the company that the degree certificate submitted by Okandah had not been issued by the institution and that his name did not appear in its student or graduation records.

The university further indicated that the graduation date appearing on the certificate did not correspond with any graduation ceremony conducted by the institution in 1998.

Following the findings, NCWSC subjected the employee to a disciplinary process before dismissing him from employment and forwarding the matter to EACC for further investigations.

The anti-graft agency subsequently established that Okandah had earned a total of Ksh4,749,597 in salary and benefits between August 2016 and November 2023 while serving in the position.

Although prosecutors charged him with four offences, including forgery, the court acquitted him on the forgery count, ruling that there was insufficient evidence to prove that he personally created or altered the fake degree certificate.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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