Detectives have arrested Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s bodyguard John Chacha Nyamohanga aka Mwita Moses Mogaya for allegedly securing employment by use of fake academic papers.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commision says his academic certificates belong to another officer.
The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji gave a warrant of arrest and a go-ahead to begin criminal proceedings against the suspect with the unlawful act of personation of another individual named in a certificate, saying “the offence is contrary to Section 384 of the Penal Code.”
Chacha has been working as an administration Police constable in Migori county as a bodyguard attached to Migori Governor Okoth Obado.
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His arrest comes in the wake of a heightened crackdown against rogue officials and an ongoing murder investigation into Governor Obado's connection to slain Rongo University student Sharon Otieno.
