Kenya Institute of Management has Denied Awarding MP Oscar Sudi a Diploma in Business Management

Taking the stand on Wednesday, John Matsheshe, a former Head of Examinations at KIM told Anti Corruption Court Magistrate Felix Kombo that the legislator was never their student.

Matsheshe stated that the Diploma certificate in question was awarded to Elkanah K. Kimutai, a former student of the institute.

The court heard that the admission number captured on a copy in possession of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) belonged to a woman who enrolled in the institution in 2005.

“The admission number NRB/20879 belongs to Scholastica Achieng Odhiambo of Diploma in Management of NGOs.The student was registered in 2005,” said Matsheshe.

Further, Matsheshe told the court that the copy of the certificate presented to EACC is not a copy of a genuine document issued by the Institute. The certificate number appearing on the document, Matsheshe said, belongs to Kimutai, who was awarded a Diploma in Purchasing and Supplies Management in 2009.

“The number 36262 on the certificate belongs to a document issued to Elkanah K Kimutai of admission number NRB/20870 of Diploma in Purchasing and Supplies Management which was issued on September 24, 2009,” he added.

The testimony adds more trouble to Sudi after the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) denied issuing him a secondary school certificate on Tuesday.

KNEC Principal Examinations Secretary, Nabiki Ene Kashu told the court that Sudi did not register or sit for the KCSE exams in 2006 at Highway Secondary School in Nairobi as claimed.

“We went through the KNEC archive records and established that Oscar Kipchumba Sudi did not appear in the year 2006 KNEC database for either Parklands Secondary School or Highway Secondary,” Nabiki told the court.

Sudi, who is serving a second term as MP, is facing nine counts of forgery and uttering a fake document. He is out of the bond.