Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi has been acquitted of charges accusing him of forging his academic certificates.
Magistrate Felix Kombo ruled that the state did not present a compelling case to justify the allegations. Kombo emphasized that the failure to produce and verify the relevant documents rendered the charges baseless.
The magistrate also criticized the investigating agencies for their handling of evidence collection.
A significant portion of the evidence was reportedly questioned, which Kombo indicated compromised the credibility of the case. He pointed out that the questionable methods used to gather this evidence further weakened the prosecution’s argument.
Kombo reiterated that the state’s inability to produce and substantiate the documents was a critical flaw, leading to the acquittal.
Sudi Academic Forgery Case
MP Oscar Sudi had been in court with this case for 8 years now, he has been in and out of court trying to stop the criminal case which threatened to ruin his political career.
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The defence complained that the case had dragged on for about 8 years and therefore the acquittal was a huge relief to them.
The acquittal came after former Highway Secondary School principal, Patrick Maritim, told the court that Sudi did not sit his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams at the school in 2006.
Back in 2021, Oscar Sudi had said that he will prove everyone wrong on his forgery certificate case.
Accusations
He was being accused of forging a diploma certificate in business management purporting it to be a genuine document issued by the Kenya Institute of Management.
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The lawmaker was also accused of forging his KCSE certificate purporting it to be a genuine document issued by the Kenya National Examination Council.
However, the former principal of Highway Secondary School had already testified in the case. He said Sudi did not sit for his KCSE exam at the said school in 2006.
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