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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Taita Governor Granton Samboja has received a reprieve after a court ruling on Thursday, March 11, dismissed a case in which he is accused by the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) of presenting fake academic papers.<\/p>\n

Justice James Makau of the Nairobi Milimani Law courts told EACC that they should have filed the suit before an electoral court and not a constitutional court.<\/p>\n

Initially, Samboja\u00a0was on the spot\u00a0after Kenyatta University denied that the governor schooled at the institution after Samboja\u00a0claimed that he had graduated from the university with a Human Resource degree in 2009.<\/p>\n

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Samboja claimed that he enrolled for a certificate course in KU under the distant learning programme before pursuing a diploma at the same university in 2003.<\/p>\n

KU, however, through a statement by Vice-Chancellor Paul Wainaina\u00a0dismissed Samboja’s claims.<\/p>\n

“This is to inform you that there are no records in the university to indicate that Granton Samboja of ID number 1254***1 was a student of Kenyatta University and graduated with a Bachelors degree in 2009.<\/p>\n

“From the above, therefore, Mr Granton Graham Samboja was not a student of Kenyatta University during the period referred in your letter,”\u00a0part of the letter read.<\/p>\n

However, Samboja in previous interviews has maintained\u00a0that he studied in the institution before he was employed as a director at\u00a0Mediamax company.<\/p>\n

The news comes as Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua\u00a0poked holes in Wiper Candidate Agnes Kavindu’s academic papers.<\/p>\n

Mutua\u00a0questioned how the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) approved her to vie after reports emerged that she never sat for her KCSE examinations.<\/p>\n

However, Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo came to Kavindu’s defense adding that she is qualified to vie for the Machakos senatorial seat.<\/p>\n

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Recently, the government confirmed its stance regarding holders of fake academic papers. This is after the latest report released by the Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) showed that one in every three Kenyans holds fake academic papers.<\/p>\n

Among the measures\u00a0the government is instituting is the adoption of\u00a0the National Qualification Information Management System (NQIMS) which will be a one-stop database of all qualifications from the basic, TVET and university sectors.<\/p>\n

This, the authority states will help in\u00a0weeding out\u00a0fake and fraudulent qualifications\u00a0in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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