A Kenya Railways employee has been arrested over an allegedly forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate that was used in connection with his employment at the corporation.

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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) issued a statement on Friday, August 14, saying the arrest followed a two-year investigation into the disputed academic document.

Following a review of the evidence, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) directed that the suspect be charged with uttering a false document.

“Upon reviewing the evidence, the ODPP directed that he 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 read.

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The 54-year-old man is currently being processed ahead of his arraignment at the Milimani Law Courts.

The case began after Kenya Railways launched an exercise to authenticate academic and professional certificates submitted by its employees.

During the process, the suspect’s KCSE certificate, purportedly issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), was flagged for further verification.

KNEC subsequently established that the certificate number, which was purportedly issued in 1993, had been forged.

According to the DCI, the certificate had allegedly been tampered with to reflect higher academic results than those originally awarded.

“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 added.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke