Employees found with fake academic papers to repay salary for period worked, EACC warns

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has raised a red flag on the use of fake academic papers to gain employment.

EACC chairman Bishop David Oginde, speaking in Kisumu on Monday, said the issue of fake certificates is eroding gains made in the education sector.

He warned Kenyans getting employed using fake certificates that the law will catch up with them and a return of monthly salary, assets and the resources earned for the period worked will be pursued.

“We will have to recover all the money you got through that process, even if you worked 20 years, we will want all the money you earned during that time,” Bishop Oginde said.

On land grabbing, the EACC chair said the rate being reported is so high and the commission is closely following the matter, adding that they have put measures to bring it to a stop.

Oginde spoke after paying a courtesy call to Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong’o.

The EACC chair said that in Kisumu, they are working closely with the county government to ensure all public land which has been grabbed is reverted through a legal process.

“We want to see a situation where Kenyans own property that is rightfully theirs,” added Oginde.