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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Wednesday sparked interest among participants during a meeting at Bomas when he alleged that he has a list of senior officials within government holding fake degrees.<\/p>\n

The list, Gachagua said, was handed to him by some individuals from Nairobi\u2019s River Road who claimed they helped the officials obtain the certificates.<\/p>\n

River Road has over the years been linked to the processing of counterfeit academic certificates and other documents.<\/p>\n

Speaking during Third National Wage Bill conference, Gachagua said the operatives who handed him the list had also approached him with a promise to help him secure a degree certificate.<\/p>\n

Gachagua, however, said he dismissed the idea saying he was contended with the single certificate he currently holds and does not require a fake one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not really concerned about the issue of papers because I don\u2019t want to go the River Road route…mimi natosheka na ile kidogo niko nayo,\u201d the DP said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been complaining that I’m lonely at the top because my boss has three degrees, Comptroller of State House has three yet I have one so these River Road people have been looking for me,\u201d Gachagua revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are telling me ‘you are the deputy president what are you complaining about yet we have helped many people?…We have helped so and so and so'”, Gachagua said.<\/p>\n

The DP said he will submit the list of the said individuals to the President.<\/p>\n

President William Ruto was among leaders who attended the meeting.<\/p>\n

While remincing about activities surrounding the search for Ruto’s running-mate in the August, 2022, general election, the DP said he received numerous calls from his supporters who expressed willingness to help him acquire a Masters\u2019 degree.<\/p>\n

The DP said even though he felt disadvantaged knowing that his close rival and current Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure was more qualified, he was not bothered.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you called me for the interview and I told you I have only one degree, you asked if I don\u2019t have even a Masters, I told you to accept me that way,\u201d Gachagua said in reference to the deputy presidential debate.<\/p>\n

Gachagua seized the opportunity at Bomas to drum up support for the newly unveiled Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) saying it eliminates the struggle of obtaining a degree certificate for skilled individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beauty is that there is no need now to look for these fancy certificates…If you feel you have skills and competencies that need to be certified, the mechanism now is there. There’s no need to go to River Road, Uganda or Ghana,\u201d the DP said.<\/p>\n

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