Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja now claims the petitioner seeking his disqualification from the Nairobi gubernatorial race over the validity of his academic papers is a malicious “mercenary” on a political witch-hunt.
The embattled legislator, in response to the case filed by Dennis Gakuu Wahome, argues that the case which has dragged out for weeks now is engineered by unnamed powerful forces to publicly humiliate him and deny people of Nairobi County their constitutional right to choose a governor of their choice.
“I affirm that the gist of the Petitioner’s suits challenging the validity of my academic qualifications are deliberately and primarily calculated to subject me to public humiliation, embarrassment as well as unreasonably restrict the exercise of my political and social rights under article 38 to be a candidate for public office,” reads court papers dated July 1.
Mr. Sakaja dismissed claims that the Bachelor of Science in Management degree he claims he acquired from Team University in Uganda University is fraudulent, saying the questions raised are based on malice.
Mr. Sakaja also argued that although the Commission for University Education (CUE) revoked his degree certificate, the National Council for Higher Education-Uganda (NCHE) had already confirmed that it is legitimate.
