I want to assure them that this certificate is not for Walter Mong’are…,” he again warned but as before, no one again cared.
In a typical Kenyan slang, sisi wote tulilala class (We were not paying attention). It only took a disgruntled aspirant, Jimi Wanjigi, to "snitch on", read smoke out, the comedy that was going on when he appeared before the electoral agency six days later.
A sonko who speaks better English. But they said they'll elect him because he's not a projectThe controversy over the academic qualifications of Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has taken a new twist after inconsistencies started to emerge on what the legislator has said in the past about the institution he attended for his undergraduate course. Mr Sakaja is vying for governor of Nairobi.
The Commission for University Education (CUE) told Sunday Nation that the senator presented a degree from a Ugandan university for regularisation, which he intended to use for clearance for the race, after a number of documents were leaked.
The University of Nairobi (UoN), where the senator has often claimed he graduated with a degree in actuarial science, told Sunday Nation that the senator is still a student and has not completed the course.
UoN communications director John Orindi said he was admitted to the university on a module two programme in 2003.
“It is true Sakaja was admitted to the university and was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, studied from first year up to fourth year, but is yet to graduate,” said Mr Orindi.
“The university earlier issued a statement... and was clear that the person in question did not complete his studies.”
The university, in a verification letter to the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) dated May 31 last year, said Mr Sakaja’s transcripts were incomplete.
“...they have not been signed by the university,” the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Prof Julius Ogeng’o, replied to the DCI, which is carrying out its own investigation.
Mr Sakaja has in a number of past media interviews said he studied actuarial science at the University of Nairobi from 2002 to 2007.
In an interview run on NTV in June last year, the senator told comedian Daniel Ndambuki that he bought his first car- a Mercedes Benz while in fourth year at UoN in 2007. “Our family did not have a lot of money so I had businesses,” he said.
In an affidavit supporting a case filed at the IEBC Disputes Resolutions Committee, Mr Wahome said the senator, while filling the nomination Jubilee form in 2017, wrote that he graduated from the University of Nairobi.
“The respondent has demonstrated fraud and forgeries that have the potential to erode the public confidence in and diminish the integrity of qualifications in Uganda and Kenyan degrees both regionally as well as globally,” said Mr Wahome.
The Elections Act says a person “nominated as a candidate for election as president, deputy president, county governor or deputy county governor must be a holder of a degree from a university recognised in Kenya.”
But on June 6, just a day before the senator presented his papers to the IEBC, he applied to CUE asking the commission to ascertain the accreditation status of Team University in Uganda where he had graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management.
According to the degree certificate the senator is said to have presented to CUE, he graduated on October 21, 2016. But a booklet from the institution for the graduation ceremony that took place in October 2016 does not contain Mr Sakaja’s name among the six BSC (Management) graduands.
“It is hereby confirmed that Team University is a recognised institution in Uganda. The qualification awarded by the said institution is also recognised in Uganda and by convention in Kenya,” CUE chief executive Mwenda Ntarangwi responded to the senator on June 6.
When contacted, Prof Ntarangwi said CUE “tried to investigate but the University wrote and said Mr Sakaja attended the programme online”. The qualifications were also confirmed by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education. “Once they own a student, you can’t really dispute. That’s the way it is for us,” said Prof Ntarangwi.
On Tuesday after presenting his papers before the IEBC at Kasarani Gymnasium, Nairobi, the senator took a jibe at those questioning his academic credentials.
“Forget propaganda; sell your candidate. Our march is unstoppable, our faith unshakeable and our victory is inevitable,” he posted on Twitter.
In a petition challenging Mr Sakaja’s clearance, Mr Alex Musalia argues the senator had not satisfied the requirements of the law as it was not clear how he completed his degree studies abroad while serving as MP full-time. He says the circumstances under which the degree was accredited shortly before the submission of his papers to IEBC was suspect.
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Johnson Sakaja’s degree: Name not in graduation booklet
In Kenya, University of Nairobi says the senator is still their student as he has not graduated after he was admitted in 2003.nation.africa
Super senator! mlisema leaders are born
A sonko who speaks better English. But they said they'll elect him because he's not a project![]()
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Surely, they just let him off the hook? In this country, institutions don't work, and so democracy should never be an option.sakaja ni a lousy fraud,
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Sakaja in 2020: I've never pursued education out of Kenya
He has reportedly presented a degree certificate from Uganda showing he graduated in 2016.www.the-star.co.ke
The university papers of Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja have been a subject of discussion and social media trends in the past few weeks.
In a video uploaded on singer Nyashinski's YouTube channel on September 22, 2020, Sakaja said he has never pursued education out of the country.
The two were sharing seminal moments in their career journey when Sakaja divulged that he has pursued all his education in Kenya.
When asked after finishing high school where he proceeded for further education, he answered: "Mimi sijawahi toka Kenya in terms of education. Education yangu yote ilikua hapa...".
Loosely translated to: "I have never pursued education out of Kenya. I pursued all my education here in Kenya".
But nearly two years after the Interview, Sakaja is reported to have been cleared to vie for the Nairobi Governor seat with a degree certificate from a Ugandan institution, Team university.
A degree is a mandatory requirement for anyone seeking a Governor seat in Kenya.
Sakaja had fashioned himself as a graduate of the University of Nairobi where he earlier said he graduated with Actuarial Science.
But details have emerged that the Senator is yet to graduate from the university since joining the institution in 2003.
A letter from the University of Nairobi Deputy Vice-Chancellor Julius Ogeng'o to the Director of Criminal Investigations dated May 31, 2021, confirms otherwise.
The letter confirms that indeed Sakaja is still a student of UoN.
"He undertook the programme "Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science" at the university for four years from 2003/2004 to 2007/2008," Ogeng'o said in the letter, seen by the Star, to the DCI.
When institutions work with such laxity we are supposed to accept and move on. When intelligence informs the government that things are not kosher and the government refuses to endorse we talk of impeachment. Fooked up country.Surely, and they just let him off the hook? In this country, institutions don't work, and so democracy should never be an option.
When institutions work with such laxity we are supposed to accept and move on. When intelligence informs the government that things are not kosher and the government refuses to endorse we talk of impeachment. Fooked up country.
Tulijikoroga kwanzia 2013, unajua kuna mtu amekuwa Prezo na hatujawai ona makaratasi yake, kuna mwingine tunaambiwa ni welder na makaratasi hatujawai ona, alafu kumalizia kuna an Doctor mwenye hata undergad hatujui kaa alifanya. Hehe let Sakaja be we laid the bed wacheni tulale kwa iyo kitanda na amani. Ka akina Joho, Sonko, Waititu walipita iyo barabara mbona wengine wasipite...The controversy over the academic qualifications of Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has taken a new twist after inconsistencies started to emerge on what the legislator has said in the past about the institution he attended for his undergraduate course. Mr Sakaja is vying for governor of Nairobi.
The Commission for University Education (CUE) told Sunday Nation that the senator presented a degree from a Ugandan university for regularisation, which he intended to use for clearance for the race, after a number of documents were leaked.
The University of Nairobi (UoN), where the senator has often claimed he graduated with a degree in actuarial science, told Sunday Nation that the senator is still a student and has not completed the course.
UoN communications director John Orindi said he was admitted to the university on a module two programme in 2003.
“It is true Sakaja was admitted to the university and was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, studied from first year up to fourth year, but is yet to graduate,” said Mr Orindi.
“The university earlier issued a statement... and was clear that the person in question did not complete his studies.”
The university, in a verification letter to the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) dated May 31 last year, said Mr Sakaja’s transcripts were incomplete.
“...they have not been signed by the university,” the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Prof Julius Ogeng’o, replied to the DCI, which is carrying out its own investigation.
Mr Sakaja has in a number of past media interviews said he studied actuarial science at the University of Nairobi from 2002 to 2007.
In an interview run on NTV in June last year, the senator told comedian Daniel Ndambuki that he bought his first car- a Mercedes Benz while in fourth year at UoN in 2007. “Our family did not have a lot of money so I had businesses,” he said.
In an affidavit supporting a case filed at the IEBC Disputes Resolutions Committee, Mr Wahome said the senator, while filling the nomination Jubilee form in 2017, wrote that he graduated from the University of Nairobi.
“The respondent has demonstrated fraud and forgeries that have the potential to erode the public confidence in and diminish the integrity of qualifications in Uganda and Kenyan degrees both regionally as well as globally,” said Mr Wahome.
The Elections Act says a person “nominated as a candidate for election as president, deputy president, county governor or deputy county governor must be a holder of a degree from a university recognised in Kenya.”
But on June 6, just a day before the senator presented his papers to the IEBC, he applied to CUE asking the commission to ascertain the accreditation status of Team University in Uganda where he had graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management.
According to the degree certificate the senator is said to have presented to CUE, he graduated on October 21, 2016. But a booklet from the institution for the graduation ceremony that took place in October 2016 does not contain Mr Sakaja’s name among the six BSC (Management) graduands.
“It is hereby confirmed that Team University is a recognised institution in Uganda. The qualification awarded by the said institution is also recognised in Uganda and by convention in Kenya,” CUE chief executive Mwenda Ntarangwi responded to the senator on June 6.
When contacted, Prof Ntarangwi said CUE “tried to investigate but the University wrote and said Mr Sakaja attended the programme online”. The qualifications were also confirmed by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education. “Once they own a student, you can’t really dispute. That’s the way it is for us,” said Prof Ntarangwi.
On Tuesday after presenting his papers before the IEBC at Kasarani Gymnasium, Nairobi, the senator took a jibe at those questioning his academic credentials.
“Forget propaganda; sell your candidate. Our march is unstoppable, our faith unshakeable and our victory is inevitable,” he posted on Twitter.
In a petition challenging Mr Sakaja’s clearance, Mr Alex Musalia argues the senator had not satisfied the requirements of the law as it was not clear how he completed his degree studies abroad while serving as MP full-time. He says the circumstances under which the degree was accredited shortly before the submission of his papers to IEBC was suspect.
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Johnson Sakaja’s degree: Name not in graduation booklet
In Kenya, University of Nairobi says the senator is still their student as he has not graduated after he was admitted in 2003.nation.africa
Super senator! mlisema leaders are born
True thisTulijikoroga kwanzia 2013, unajua kuna mtu amekuwa Prezo na hatujawai ona makaratasi yake, kuna mwingine tunaambiwa ni welder na makaratasi hatujawai ona, alafu kumalizia kuna an Doctor mwenye hata undergad hatujui kaa alifanya. Hehe let Sakaja be we laid the bed wacheni tulale kwa iyo kitanda na amani. Ka akina Joho, Sonko, Waititu walipita iyo barabara mbona wengine wasipite...
Degree ya Raila; who has seen it?Surely, they just let him off the hook? In this country, institutions don't work, and so democracy should never be an option.
Chebukati is just a fumbler...foko jembe ya mtuTulijikoroga kwanzia 2013, unajua kuna mtu amekuwa Prezo na hatujawai ona makaratasi yake, kuna mwingine tunaambiwa ni welder na makaratasi hatujawai ona, alafu kumalizia kuna an Doctor mwenye hata undergad hatujui kaa alifanya. Hehe let Sakaja be we laid the bed wacheni tulale kwa iyo kitanda na amani. Ka akina Joho, Sonko, Waititu walipita iyo barabara mbona wengine wasipite...
I do not know whether he graduated or not, but I know he used to work at UON. I doubt if a reputable university like that can hire someone as a lec/lab tech without requisite papers. FocusDegree ya Raila; who has seen it?
Nyeri county Senator was taught by rao !I do not know whether he graduated or not, but I know he used to work at UON. I doubt if a reputable university like that can hire someone as a lec/lab tech without requisite papers. Focus
Nyeri county Senator was taught by rao !
There are many units shared across the engineering disciplines. For instance, my friend who studied telecommunication engineering and graduated added less than 10 units more and graduated again with electric and electronic engineering, DeKUT. The purpose was certification by EBK., A road engineer being taught by a mechanical engineer? And the years of study and Rao's tenure as a lab assistant, Wacha jokes bana.
You neglected something quite important, When Ephraim joined, the Lab assistant was no longer at the UONThere are many units shared across the engineering disciplines. For instance, my friend who studied telecommunication engineering and graduated added less than 10 units more and graduated again with electric and electronic engineering, DeKUT. The purpose was certification by EBK.
Architecture students are also taught Structures by civil engineers, maths by maths department etc...and yes, some institutions even take them to mechanical, structural and electrical engineering labs after second yr.