Kasarani man in court over creation of fake vaccination cards, stamps

A 28-year-old man arrested in Kasarani, Nairobi, for allegedly making false documents is set to be arraigned in court on Thursday.

Desmond Omollo Ogutu was nabbed in the Claywork area by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives, who say they found, among others, a collection of fake stamps from Port Health Services for Wilson Airport.

He was arraigned on Wednesday before Kahawa Law Courts for custodial orders, but the session was adjourned after his lawyer failed to join the virtual proceedings on time.

According to the DCI, Ogutu, currently held at Muthaiga Police Station, was also found in possession of a counterfeit seal of a Port Health officer for Wilson Airport, and stamps fraudulently inscribed with ‘Injectable Polio Vaccine’ and ‘Stamaril Pasteur.’

“The haul also featured stamps bearing the writings ‘Gertrude Children’s Hospital’ and ‘Dr Desmond Ogutu’ as well as 274 blank International Certificates of Vaccination and 91 single-dose vaccination cards,” the DCI says.

Police have linked Ogutu to forged yellow cards recovered from six Somali nationals intercepted at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on August 8 while being smuggled to Libya via Egypt.