Sakaja’s degree controversy continues after his name not found in graduation booklet
2 min readSakaja’s degree controversy continues after his name not found in the graduation booklet from Team University.
The debate surrounding Johnson Sakaja’s academic credentials has taken a fresh turn as inconsistencies in what he has said in the past concerning the university where he earned his undergraduate studies.
Sakaja has in the past claimed he graduated with a degree in actuarial science from the University of Nairobi.
However, during his clearing for the Nairobi Gubernatorial seat, Sakaja presented a degree from a Ugandan university (Team University) according to the Commission for University Education.
Sakaja has in a number of past media interviews said he studied actuarial science at the University of Nairobi from 2002 to 2007.
UoN communications director John Orindi said he was admitted to the university but never completed his studies.
“It is true Sakaja was admitted to the university and was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, but is yet to graduate,” said Orindi.
However, on June 6, only one day before presenting his papers to the IEBC, the senator applied to CUE, requesting that the commission determine the accreditation status of Team University in Uganda, from which he claims to have received a Bachelor of Science in Management.
According to the degree certificate, the senator is said to have graduated on October 21, 2016.
But a booklet from the institution for the graduation ceremony that took place in October 2016 does not contain Sakaja’s name among the six BSC (Management) graduands.
The Sakaja’s degree controversy comes after a petitioner filed a complaint with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Dispute Resolutions Committee seeking to have him barred from the gubernatorial race.
Dennis Gakuu Wahome wants Sakaja kicked out for failing to “meet the constitutional and statutory requirements to have a degree.”
“The respondent has demonstrated fraud and forgeries that have the potential to erode the public confidence in and diminish the integrity of qualifications in Uganda and Kenyan degrees both regionally as well as globally,” said Mr Wahome.
The Elections Act says a person “nominated as a candidate for election as president, deputy president, county governor or deputy county governor must be a holder of a degree from a university recognized in Kenya.”
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