This archive report was first published on 23 April 2020.
Dr Ahmed Kalebi, the founder of the Lancet Group of Labs, recently met a Kenyan man named Osborne Nelson Nyadiva, who claimed to be a pathologist based in St Lucia West Indies with experience in Samoa and Australia.
However, Dr Ahmed soon discovered that Nyadiva's credentials were fake, and he had been masquerading as a doctor.
Dr Ahmed shared screenshots of Nyadiva's CV, which showed blatant falsehoods, including claims of publishing with a colleague, Dr Charles Mwangi Wahome, and supervising dissertations of other pathologists.
Dr Ahmed also shared links to two stories about Nyadiva, published by the Samoa Observer newspaper, which revealed that Nyadiva was under investigation by the Samoa Medical Council and the Office of the Attorney General.
According to the newspaper, Nyadiva had been placed on leave pending the investigation, and a senior lecturer at the National University of Samoa's School of Medicine was being investigated by the St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences in East Africa for the legitimacy of his qualifications.
Dr Ahmed's expose has raised concerns about the authenticity of medical qualifications and the need for rigorous verification processes.
