Witness narrates how MP presented forged certificates

A prosecution witness confirmed that  Kapseret Member of Parliament, Oscar Sudi, presented forged High School and Diploma certificates for nominations.

Marine Bernard Mulati, the prosecution witness, was then a returning officer at the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

He told the Anti-Corruption Magistrate, Felix Kombo, that when he was working for the elections body in October 2012 at Kapsaret Constituency, Sudi presented forged academic certificates during the nomination period.

Mulati added that when the Legislator presented his papers, he assumed that the papers were authentic until much later.

Sudi was last year charged with three counts of forgery of academic certificates.

He was charged with presenting forged certificates to the electoral commission while seeking nomination for the March 4, 2013 General Election.

The court further heard that he committed the offence on January 31, 2013 at IEBC offices in Edoret, Uasin Gishu County.

It was alleged that Sudi’s forged documents included his Diploma Certificate in Business Management allegedly issued by Kenya Institute of Management and KCSE document from Highway High School.

The Member of Parliament is facing other counts of giving false information to IEBC officer and lying to the electoral body and the EACC.

He is said to have told the two commissions of the forged documents with the intention of deceiving them.

Sudi allegedly provided false information to Derrick Kaisha, an officer of EACC, at Haron Court Hotel, Nairobi County in September 2015.

The Legislator was also accused of making a false declaration under oath through a self-declaration form to IEBC at Barng’etuny plaza in Eldoret on the same date.

The case trial continues Wednesday, February 23, 2017.