Kenyan Woman Arrested for Using Fake Papers to Secure Top Job at a Government Agency
A former employee of the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) has been arrested for allegedly forging her academic certificates.
Lilian Akoth Ochieng, a former Assistant Supply Chain Management officer at REREC, was arrested by officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Monday following an investigation that commenced in 2018.
Investigations established that she forged her Diploma in Management Purchasing and Supplies and her certificate in Purchasing and Supplies Management to secure a job at the State agency.
Her arrest comes after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji gave the EACC the go-ahead to initiate criminal proceedings against her.
Akoth is set to be arraigned in a Kisumu court on Tuesday to face various charges among them forgery, uttering false documents, providing false information, and fraudulent acquisition of public property.
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Nothing new. Start with Joho…
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Nothing new.
Start with Joho,Sonko and at least 60% of the Kenyan parliament.
According to peer review …
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According to their own peer review, 40% of members of parliament are guilty of the same offense. Do you hear me Mr. DPP?
That's where your focus should be at!
Why did it take about 3…
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Why did it take about 3 years to investigate her?Is not one week enough to acertain the veracity of adocument.Got paycheck for 3years that could have gone to a bona fide employee....
To date, the Kenya National Qualification Authority says that 1/3 of Kenyans employed in formal sector have fake documents.That's 1 out of every 3.Wow,not good.If we know this,why dont we send out a bulletin offering amnesty to those who will come forward willingly,and resign before year end.And stiff punishment for those who will tough it out,and hope to escape the "snare".
Too bad we do not have resources to go after those who have retired rich from their fake documents.But we can stop future generations from doing so.
She’s just small fly. How…
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She’s just small fly. How about those in Parliament and have gone scot free all these years. Go for them if you are genuine and mean business.
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