The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Monday arrested and arraigned a senior official of the IEBC, who allegedly forged a degree certificate and used it to secure employment at the electoral body from 2012.
After processing at the Integrity Centre Police Station, Ms. Caroline Sabiri Manyange, Manager for Boundaries Delimitation, was arraigned before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court, where she pleaded not guilty to charges of forgery contrary to section 345 as read with section 349 of the Penal Code, and uttering a false document contrary to section 353 of the Penal Code.
Anti-Corruption Magistrate Isabella Baraza released her on a cash bail of KSh200,000 or a bond of KSh1 million with a surety of a similar amount.
The matter will be mentioned on 28th October, 2024.
The Commission’s investigations established that Caroline Sabiri Manyange forged a Master of Arts (Population Studies) degree certificate purporting it to be a genuine certificate awarded by the University of Nairobi on 9th May 2004.
She has earned a cumulative salary and benefits amounting to over KSh37 million on the basis of the fake academic qualifications, which the Commission will seek to recover through a civil suit.
Over 2,000 Government officials are under investigations for forgery of academic certificates.
