Ten police recruits in custody for using forged academic papers
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) yesterday discovered ten police recruits who lacked valid academic degrees, revealing that some of them had forged their documents.
The suspects were arrested while receiving training and their studies were terminated at the Kiganjo Campus after they were accused of falsifying academic documents in order to be enlisted as Constables in the National Police Service (NPS).
“A report forwarded to the college by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) declared their Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education documents presented by the recruits as forged. Investigations into their forged certificates indicated that some subject grades and mean grades had been deliberately altered to match the needed minimum requirements for joining the service,” said the DCI.
Mochama Opiyo Clive, Muithi John Kitavi, Natembea M. Kelvin, Nyapola Felix Angatia, Mwaulid Galgalo Bide, Gobra Grindguest, Ndambuki Irene Nzisa, Felix Kipkoech Langat, Kabatha Paul Kimani, and John Crispus Amisi are the suspects who were apprehended on Wednesday evening by officers at the Kiganjo based campus.
The fraudulent documents were taken and held in safe custody as exhibits, according to the agency, to be used as evidence against them in court after their arrest.
The suspects are being held at the Kiganjo police station pending arraignment for forgery and other offenses, according to the George Kinoti-led agency.
“The ten are among 5,000 police constables who were recruited in March this year, as part of government’s efforts to increase the ratio of Police to civilians in order to improve service delivery to Kenyans,” said the agency.
