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Politicians caught in the web of fake certificates

Former Kiamwangi MCA Robert Githongo. [George Njunge, Standard]

The fight against fake academic certificates among politicians got a boost on Wednesday last week when the anti-corruption court jailed a former MCA in Kiambu for four years.

Nairobi Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ooko found former Kiamwangi MCA Robert Githongo guilty of two counts of forging academic certificates and uttering the forged document to a public institution to get admission.

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