Juja Member of Parliament George Koimburi has been charged with forging academic documents and being in contempt of Court
The MP was charged with six counts of forging his KCSE academic certificates and four other certificates from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
The prosecution led by Assistant Director of Public Prosecution Everlyn Onunga, told the court that on diverse dates between November and December 1994 at an unknown time and place within Republic of Kenya, with intent to deceive, the MP forged a Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) certificate to wit Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) purporting it to be a genuine and dully signed certificate issued by KNEC.
He was charged with two other counts of forging a Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) certificate of participation in the East African Universities Accession Project and JKUAT Academic Excellence certificate from department of School of Human Resource Development.
The MP was also charged with allegedly uttering the said academic certificates and Certificate of participation, purporting them to be genuine and duly signed certificates issued by KNEC and JKUAT.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges before Hon. Mwanamkuu Mwakwambirwa.
The court is set to rule on 20th February 2025 on whether the legislator will be handed another charge of failing to attend court as preferred by the prosecution.
The lawmaker was initially charged with forging academic certificates on 26th April 2021 and released on a bond of Ksh.100,000.
Court issued a warrant of arrest on 16th September 2021 after the MP failed to attend to court summons and forfeited his cash bail.
He was released on a Ksh.200,000 cash bail.
