This archive report was first published on 22 October 2021.
On October 22, 2021, an anti-corruption court in Kenya handed down a guilty verdict to a Bomet County government employee, Dennis Kipngento Yegon, for forging an academic certificate.
Yegon, a procurement officer, used the fake certificate to apply for a promotion to the position of director of procurement in 2018.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) charged Yegon with six counts of presenting a false document, forging an academic certificate, and giving false information.
According to the court, all of Yegon's other academic documents presented to the Public Service Board were genuine, but the master's degree certificate he presented was forged.
The court found that Egerton University, which Yegon claimed issued the certificate, did not offer a master's in business administration (MBA), marketing option, at the time.
Magistrate Samuel Mokua noted that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the document was not genuine, as it was electronically generated by Yegon.
Yegon was fined Sh900,000 or in default serve one year in jail. He was unable to raise the fine and was escorted out of the courtroom by the police.
