What did the court decide?

Oscar Sudi

Kenyan member of Parliament for Kapseret who was acquitted in June 2024 of forgery and false declaration charges over academic certificates.

Latest ruling source 19 Jun 2024Docket checked 27 Oct 20264 sources

1. Question

   What did the court decide?

2. Where it stands

   DecidedWhere it stands

   1 case recorded. Most recent: Republic v Oscar Kipchumba Sudi (decided).

3. Detail

   Republic v Oscar Kipchumba Sudi

   Decided

   Court

   Chief Magistrate's Court (Anti-Corruption), Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi

   Parties

   Republic (ODPP, on EACC investigation) v Oscar Sudi

   What was claimed

   Forgery of a KCSE certificate and a Kenya Institute of Management diploma in business management, providing false information, and a false statutory declaration to the IEBC.

   What the court decided

   2024-06-07: acquitted on all counts by Chief Magistrate Felix Kombo, who found he had no case to answer and that the evidence was improperly obtained.^{1 2 3 4}

4. Judgments and reports

   1. SecondaryMP Oscar Sudi acquitted of all charges in KCSE certificate forgery caseCitizen Digital · 7 Jun 2024
   2. SecondaryCourt lets MP Sudi off the hook in academic certificates forgery caseThe Standard · 8 Jun 2024
   3. SecondaryDPP to challenge Sudi acquittal in fake academic papers caseNTV Kenya (Nation Media Group) · 19 Jun 2024
   4. SecondaryMP charged with forgery of academic certificatesNairobi News (Nation Media Group)

Legal status: Public Figure Record Verified

Docket note

27 Oct 2026 Published after review.

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