This archive report was first published on 6 November 2019.
On November 6, 2019, Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate, Hon. Douglas Ogoti, found Mr. John Chacha Nyamohanga alias Moses Marandwi guilty of personation.
Mr. Nyamohanga, a former Administration Police Constable and bodyguard to Migori Governor Okoth Obado, had been using academic certificates belonging to a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer to secure employment and gain benefits.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) received a complaint in 2016 alleging that two public officers, including Mr. Nyamohanga, were sharing school certificates originally belonging to one of them.
Investigations established that Mr. Nyamohanga had used a KCSE certificate belonging to John Chacha Nyamohanga, a KDF officer, to secure employment as an Administration Police Constable in 2006.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended the prosecution of the police officer for the offence of Personation of a person named in a certificate contrary to Section 384 of the Penal Code.
Authorities are also pursuing the recovery of the salary irregularly earned by the police officer from 2006 to date.
