Mount Kenya University (MKU) had recommended an investigation into an examination irregularity during the second year of study at the university by Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa, an affidavit sworn by the legislator shows.

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The affidavit does not specifically address a separate notation appearing on his academic transcript by MKU for the 2018/2019 academic year. The transcript, submitted as part of court documents, contains the notation “investigate examination irregularity”.

The document does not state the nature of the alleged examination irregularity, whether an investigation was conducted or its outcome. It nevertheless records an overall mean of 64.00 for the academic year, with grades ranging from A to C.

A subsequent fourth-year transcript recommends that Mr Barasa be awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration with Second Class Honours, Upper Division.

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The document is among those filed in court by the MP in a case where the Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) has sued the Commission for University Education and Murang’a University of Technology (MUT), casting doubt over Mr Barasa’s academic qualifications. The MP is listed as an interested party.

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He recently graduated with a doctorate from MUT but Cofek argues that the legislator used a contested engineering bachelor’s degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to secure admission. JKUAT has denied that Mr Barasa was its alumni and that he did not study for a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree at the institution.

However, the alleged qualification appears in the MP’s profile on the National Assembly official website.

In the affidavit, Mr Barasa has denied using the disputed engineering degree to secure admission for the PhD programme at Murang’a University of Technology, saying his doctoral studies were based on his qualifications in public administration obtained from MKU.

Mr Barasa says he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from MKU in 2021, graduating with Second Class Honours, Upper Division, before completing a Master of Arts in Public Administration and Management (Public Policy) degree at the same university in 2022.

📰 Source: Nation Africa