A Nairobi court has ordered a former Kisii ward administrator who used forged certificates to get the job to refund the Sh3.1 million salary he earned from the county.
In a judgement delivered on Thursday morning, anti-corruption Judge Esther Maina ruled that the EACC had proved that Evans Nyaoga used fake papers to get the job.
The agency had argued that Nyaoga used the fake papers in 2014 to secure the job where he worked for 38 months and was paid a cumulative salary of Sh3.1 Million.
Justice Maina said she agrees with EACC that academic certificates presented to the count were forged.
The court further faulted him for applying for the job when he knew that he did not have the requisite papers
“He answered to an advert by applying for the job and presented those forged certificates and accepted the employment and withdrew the salary knowing very well he did not qualify for the job and was using forged documents,” the judge ruled.
The court also noted that Nyaoga had been charged and convicted for the offence of forging the academic papers further noting that he has never appealed.
“The conviction still stands and even on the evidence adduced before the court, the court found that actually those documents were forged,” the court ruled.
However, the court granted a 30-day stay on the judgement ruling after his lawyer asked the court to grant them a stay order.
The agency claimed that Nyaoga who in 2017 resigned to vie for an MCA position was paid the money irregularly and he should therefore pay it back.
One of the witnesses said that the certificate he produced belonged to a diploma graduate called Francisca Ochwangi and the Diploma in human resources belonged to Loice Kabubi who graduated in 2006.
In his response, Nyaoga had told the court that he worked for the county government of Kisii from 2014 to 2017 and he never presented any forged certificates.
