54 Year Old Man Arrested in Mombasa for Allegedly Possessing forged KCSE Certificate

A 54-year-old man has been arrested in Changamwe, Mombasa County for allegedly possessing a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).

According to DCI, the suspect Awange Oscar Akoth was nabbed by detectives following investigations into the alleged forgery and use of a fraudulent KCSE certificate in connection with his employment at the Kenya Railways Corporation.

His arrest comes after a two-year investigation, according to the DCI.

The case came to light after Kenya Railways undertook an authentication exercise of academic and professional certificates presented by its employees.

During the exercise, Akoth’s KCSE certificate, purportedly issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), was flagged for further scrutiny.

"Verification by KNEC subsequently confirmed that certificate number 624785, purportedly issued in 1993, had been forged" said DCI in their official Facebook page.


Detectives established that grades in three subjects had allegedly been altered from D (Plain) to C (Plain), while the mean grade had also been tampered with, changing it from D+ (Plus) to C (Plain).

"Following the investigations, the case file was forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for directions".

Upon reviewing the evidence, the ODPP directed that Akoth be charged with Uttering a False Document, contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code, and Fraudulent Acquisition of Public Property, contrary to Section 45(1)(a) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act (ACECA).

The suspect remained at large, but was apprehended by detectives who trailed him to Changamwe, Mombasa.

Akoth is expected to be rraigned before the Milimani Law Courts.

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