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A two-year investigation into a forged KCSE certificate has finally caught up with a 54-year-old man, who was arrested yesterday in Changamwe, Mombasa County.

Awange Oscar Akoth was nabbed by detectives following investigations into the alleged forgery and use of a fraudulent KCSE certificate in connection with his employment at the Kenya Railways Corporation.

The case came to light after Kenya Railways undertook an authentication exercise of academic and professional certificates presented by its employees.

During the exercise, Akoth’s KCSE certificate, purportedly issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), was flagged for further scrutiny.

Verification by KNEC subsequently confirmed that certificate number 624785, purportedly issued in 1993, had been forged.

Detectives established that grades in three subjects had allegedly been altered from D (Plain) to C (Plain), while the mean grade had also been tampered with, changing it from D+ (Plus) to C (Plain).

Following the investigations, the case file was forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for directions.

Upon reviewing the evidence, the ODPP directed that Akoth be charged with Uttering a False Document, contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code, and Fraudulent Acquisition of Public Property, contrary to Section 45(1)(a) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act (ACECA).

With the suspect having remained at large, detectives trailed him to Mombasa. Their efforts paid off when they finally caught up with and arrested him in Changamwe.

Akoth is currently undergoing processing pending his arraignment before the Milimani Law Courts.

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