The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has come clean on reports that it wrote to a Ugandan University seeking answers regarding the degree certificate of Nairobi governor candidate Johnson Sakaja.
A letter purported to have emerged from the IEBC indicated that IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati had asked for answers regarding details of Sakaja's enrolment in the institution.
The electoral body on its social media handle has flagged the letter as fake.
The now fake letter showed Chebukati wrote to Ms Ellen Katusabe of Team University questioning the validity of Sakaja's degree.
The letter in question requested to know when Sakaja joined the school among other details.
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The letter circulated on the social media platforms days after unverified academic documents alleged to belong to Sakaja went viral on social media.
The issues on the certification of Team University came after a section of Kenyans questioned the truthfulness of Sakaja graduating from the University of Nairobi.
"Next they will say that I wasn't born. Forget propaganda; sell your candidate. Our march is unstoppable, our faith is unshakeable and our victory is inevitable," Sakaja said in an apparent response to allegations surrounding his academic papers.
Sakaja was cleared on June 7 after submitting his documents to IEBC.
"I am sufficiently qualified, the documents I presented are the same documents I presented in 2017 to vie for Senator, so I have been cleared to vie for Nairobi governor," he said.
Sakaja is contesting for the seat against Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance candidate, Polycarp Igathe.
