This archive report was first published on 9 July 2020.
KNH Nurse and Hotelier Charged with Faking COVID-19 Certificates ¶
On July 9, 2020, a nurse from the Kenyatta National Hospital, Delvine Enock Moses, was arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts alongside a hotelier, Samwel Shikanda Alukwe, for allegedly making fake COVID-19 certificates.
The two suspects pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of uttering a false document, with Moses facing 29 counts in three different charges of faking the document of more than 20 patients.
According to reports, Moses committed the crime at the KNH infectious unit, where he falsified COVID-19 certificates for more than 20 patients with the help of the hotelier.
Further, the health worker is facing 29 counts of different cases of forging the documents, with some of the fake papers being made for patients at the High Rise Estate in Ngumo, Nairobi.
Moses was released on a cash bail of KSh 150,000 and a personal bond of half a million, while his co-accused was granted a KSh 50,000 bail.
This came a day after Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said all travellers getting into the country and those leaving will be required to produce the COVID-19 certificates.
Public service vehicles moving in and out of counties that had been affected by lockdown will also be required to have a mandatory certification from the Ministry of Health.
