Kiambu Governor William Kabogo used forged documents in a case in which he is seeking to bar his rival Ferdinand Waititu from contesting for in 2017, Knec has said.
According to Kenya National Examination Council, Waititu neither registered nor sat for his CPE exam in 1975 at Mbagathi Primary School as alleged by Kabogo in his court papers.
“Records in the Knec database indicate that in 1975, examination code 52019 belonged to Chemasingi Primary School in Bomet not Mbagathi as claimed,” the document filed at the High Court said.
The document signed by Joseph Kivilu further states “the purported copy of certificate of the year 1975 CPE Examination presented for verification purposes is obtained from a forged document”
Kabogo went to court claiming Waititu has breached the leadership and Integrity Act and is not suitable to hold public office.
Kabogo said he has evidence that Waititu does not have a valid university degree and that he used someone’s certificate to claim he graduated at Punjab University in India.
In response to the suit, Waititu through lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui also filed copies of certificates all the way from primary school to university explaining how and why he used different names at different levels.
He admits using the names Ferdinand, Ndungu, Wainaina, Clifford and Waititu at different times but says they all belongs to him.
He cited his childhood upbringing as the reasons for the mix-up and change of names.
His documents indicates that he went to, Munro primary school in 1977 as Ferdinand Wainaina and not 1975 as alleged by Kabogo.
He adopted the names from his grandfather because his mother was then a single parent.
When his parents reunited, he adopted his father's name Waititu.
Other certificates shows he was admitted at the Nakuru High school in 1978 but he opted to join Ruiru High school which he says was closer to his home.Other certificates shows that he sat for his KJSE as Ferdinand Waititu before he transferred to Dagoreti High after his parents moved to Kibera. It is during that time that he adopted the name Clifford.
He joined Kenya polytechnic 1982 and later enrolled at Punjab University in India in 1985 where he undertook a course in Bachelor of Arts for 3 years.