This archive report was first published on 9 October 2019.
Published on October 9, 2019, a man was yesterday charged in a Kiambu Court with forgery.
Francis Kiarie Gikunga, a suspect, was arraigned before Senior Principal Magistrate Stella Atambo where he faced two counts of faking professional documents.
He was accused of forging a graduate certificate bearing serial number B11444 that he purported to have been issued by the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) on May 9, 2016, with intent to deceive.
He also faced a second count of uttering a document contrary to the law, accused of forging a document that he purported to be a graduate certificate issued by the EBK on May 15 last year at the offices of Suhufi Agencies Limited.
Gikunga denied the charges and his lawyer, Rose Kinuthia, pleaded with the court to grant him lenient bail terms, stating that he was not a flight risk.
Prosecution counsel Donnex Ongila said the State was not opposed to Gikunga being released on bail, but added that the terms should be commensurate with the charges.
The magistrate released Gikunga on a Sh500,000 bond and a surety of a similar amount.
The case will be mentioned on September 25 and heard on November 27.
