The National Police Service has commenced investigations into the authenticity of the Degree certificates of Senator Johnson Sakaja, eyeing the Nairobi governor seat, and his Machakos counterpart Wavinya Ndeti.
In a statement on Saturday, Nationa Police Service Spokesperson Bruno Shioso said the probe would unravel numerous questions surrounding their papers.
"Owing to the constitutional and the legal mandate bestowed upon it, the National Police Service has commenced criminal investigations into the genuineness of the aspirants, namely Hon Johnson Sakaja and Hon Wavinya Ndeti, both gubernatorial aspirants for Nairobi and Machakos counties respectively, and determine if any offence has been committed."
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NPS has now ordered the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti to conduct Speedy investigations into such authenticity and genuineness of all the certificates, testimonials and respective documentation presented to IEBC for clearance by Sakaja and Wavinya.
Sakaja is facing questions on the degree certificate he presented from Teams University, Uganda.
He is accused of fraudulently acquiring the papers yet he did not pursue his education in the said institution.
Sakaja will know the fate of the case challenging his degree on Sunday at 2 pm.
Wavinya on the other hand is facing a probe over her computer science degree.
She recently shared a letter showing she studied computer science degree in 10 months.
In Kenya, a degree course takes typically four years save for Medical and engineering courses which last six and five years respectively.
