Four suspects have been charged with using forged credentials to secure jobs at the Moi Teaching and Referal Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret.
The four, Bethwel Kipkoech, Celestine Cherop Chepsoi, Eddah Cheptanui Boit and Jackson Kipkosgei were charged with the offences of forgery of academic certificates, making false documents, uttering of false documents and fraudulent acquisition of public property.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the four used forged documents to secure jobs at the government facility against the law.
“Four more suspects who used forged credentials to acquire public service jobs at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital were yesterday arraigned at the Eldoret law courts,” DCI stated.
The four pleaded not guilty to the counts and were released on Ksh100,000 cash bail or a bond of Ksh300,000.
This comes almost three weeks after another suspect, Joash Kimurgor Kirwa, was arrested and arraigned for allegedly using a forged degree certificate to secure a job at the Ministry of Education State Department for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
According to the DCI, Kirwa forged a Moi University degree certificate as well as academic transcripts which he used to secure employment with the Ministry of Education.
He was arraigned at Eldoret Law Courts where five counts of forgery were preferred against him.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on a Ksh200,000 cash bail.
By K24