MCA Huruma Ward On Monday, March 3, 2025, Peter Owera Oluoch was taken into custody on suspicion of forgery and giving fraudulent information.
Owera had claimed to have a diploma from Kenya Polytechnic, according to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), but an independent inquiry showed that he had never attended the school.
He was also charged with filling out self-declaration forms with inaccurate information.
“On the Self-Declaration Form, Mr. Owera said that he had a diploma from Kenya Polytechnic. However, the suspect was never enrolled in Kenya Polytechnic’s Diploma program, according to the Commission’s verification, the EACC said.
The EACC claims that Oluoch also falsified an Advocate and Commissioner for Oaths’ signature and stamp impression.
He will be arraigned in court on March 4, 2025, and is presently being held at the Integrity Centre police station.
According to EACC, investigations into the falsification of academic credentials are still ongoing against a number of government personnel.
Days prior, on February 19, 2025, Juja MP George Ndung’u Koimburi was arraigned in court on six forgery-related counts.
Ndung’u reportedly falsified a Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) certificate for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), according to a statement released by the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
“On diverse dates between November and December 1994, at an unknown time and place within the Republic of Kenya, with intent to deceive, the MP forged a KNEC certificate for KCSE, purporting it to be a genuine and duly signed certificate issued by KNEC,” the ODPP said on February 19.
Oscar Sudi, Hassan Joho, the cabinet secretary for mining, Clement Waibara, the former MP for Gatundu North, and Mohammed Abdi, the former governor of Wajir, are among the other political figures who have had to justify their academic qualifications.
Furthermore, there have been several accusations of academic falsification against former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi, former Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja, and former Taita Waititu.
