Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi has failed to appear before the Milimani Law Courts for the hearing of his case involving forged academic credentials.
Sudi’s attorneys informed Chief Magistrate Felix Kombo that their client was unable to attend the hearing today.
The legal team include Thomas Ruto, Collins Kiprono, and George Wajackoya.
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) politician urged the court to hear the case without him present through his attorneys.
Simon Cherop, a teacher at Tulwopng’etuny Primary School, was called as a witness during the hearing.
A Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) representative testified in court in Nairobi in October 2021 that Sudi’s name did not appear in the list of students who took the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam in 2006.
The KNEC official known as Nabiki Kashu testified before Kombo in a case where the politician was accused of fabricating his KCSE certificate and claimed Sudi’s certificate was from a non-existent institution.
According to the witness, Sudi produced a KCSE certificate from Highway Secondary School, but records from that institution revealed that it belonged to another pupil who took his exams at Parklands Secondary School in 2006.
The UDA-aligned lawmaker rebuked his detractors who had questioned his academic credentials in January.
Earlier Sudi said that because he has signed numerous multi-million-dollar business contracts, he is intellectually capable.
“I hear people claim that Sudi didn’t attend school and lacks English communication skills. I give them the task to bring business agreements worth at least Sh5 million, and if they do, they will witness my fluent English speaking. You cannot communicate in English, but unless you are insane, there is no real business ” he said.