The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Eacc) has directed public institutions both in the national and county governments to halt the payment of dues owed to public servants implicated in fake academic papers probe and seek to resign or retire early.
Eacc Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Twalib Mbarak said the move, if implemented, will affect employees in both national and county governments.
“The Eacc has, today, issued a Circular to all public institutions in both national and county governments to forthwith stop any processing and payment of terminal dues to public officers increasingly resigning from the public service or proceeding on early retirement to evade the ongoing investigations into cases of forgery of academic certificates,” he stated.
The Eacc boss stated that in some of these cases, the suspects colluded with their accounting officers to get their benefits upon retirement or resignation.
Eacc has also directed the accounting officers to recover in full all salaries and benefits paid to any public officer found to have been employed on the basis of fake or forged academic certificates.
This comes even as the anti-corruption agency embarks on a crackdown to root out employees in public service who gained employment through forged certificates.
The Public Service Commission in February revealed that over 2,000 public officers secured jobs, promotions and re-designations using fake academic papers.