- Derrick Kaisha told trial Magistrate Felix Kombo that the case was commenced out “of our sense of duty” and not any ulterior motives.
- The witness maintained that they recommended Sudi be charged after finding that he had forged his academic papers.
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The Investigating officer (IO) in the Kapsaret MP Oscar Sudi fake academic certificates case has denied claims that the matter was initiated out of malice.
Derrick Kaisha told trial Magistrate Felix Kombo that the case was commenced out “of our sense of duty” and not any ulterior motives.
The witness maintained that they recommended Sudi be charged after finding that he had forged his academic papers.
The IO was testifying in a case in which Sudi has been charged with forging his academic certificates and presenting a false declaration to the IEBC officials while seeking clearance from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the Ethics and Anticorruption Commission to contest in the 2013 general elections.
He is also accused of making a false declaration under oath through a self-declaration form to IEBC at Barng'etuny Plaza in Eldoret in 2015.
This is contrary to section 46 of the Leadership and Integrity Act.
Sudi’s defense team on Monday accused Kaisha of making an opinion and conclusion recommending Sudi’s charge yet he had not checked documents from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)
But the Witness explained himself saying they were able to draw inferences from the investigations they had already conducted.
The IO who took the witness stand in June this year concluded his part on Monday.
Part of his evidence in court is that Sudi was not a student at Highway Secondary School as alleged.
During the probe, Kaisha travelled to the said school to ascertain whether Sudi had registered there as a student between 2003 and 2006.
He found out that based on the admissions Registrar which he witnessed, there was no student in the name of Sudi.
Sudi also used the postal address of a private citizen to be that of Highway School.
“I was also able to confirm from the school that before the year 2012, the school code for highway secondary school was 401005 and not 401006 as contained in the copy of the KCSE certificate presented to me by Sudi,” Kaisha said.
The officer said they were also able to establish that student index number 401005081 who sat the KCSE exam was one Nicholas Otieno of admission number 14180 who was admitted to that school on 17 February 2003.
Further efforts by the EACC to find out if Sudi went to the Lelmorok secondary school before allegedly joining Highway did not yield fruits.
“When Sudi met with myself and colleague Elizabeth Ngige on 19 September 2015 he uttered two false documents one being a KCSE certificate allegedly issued by KNEC, and a false document being a Diploma Certificate allegedly issued by Kims,” he said.
The case will be mentioned on February 14, 2024, to confirm whether the parties will have filed their final submissions in the case.