Gretsa University defends Joho admission as police quiz governor

The university where embattled Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho studied for his second Bachelor’s Degree says it admitted him on the strength of a degree awarded by a foreign university and not the D- grade in the high school exam.

Gretsa University Vice-Chancellor Kuria Thuo defended the decision to admit Mr Joho to study for a Bachelor of Commerce degree, saying  the previous  Bachelor of Business Administration degree  awarded to him by Kampala International University in Uganda had been recognised by the Commission for University Education (CUE) as required by the Universities Act.

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“However, for now, Gretsa University does not deem it prudent to make further comments on the matter as it is still under DCI probe,” said Prof Thuo.

The D- certificate will shine the spotlight on the degree the governor got from Gretsa University in Thika given that the minimum entry grade to university remains C+.

The university is among three others that have sought renewal of their Letter of Interim and which is still pending before Education secretary Fred Matiang’i’s office.

The examinations agency says the certificate claiming that Mr Joho attained a C+ in 1992 was fake amid claims that the Mombasa governor gained entry to the University of Nairobi, dropped studies and subsequently transferred to Kampala International University using the forged results. Spy agency NIS has linked Mr Joho to the forged certificate.

The governor however admits ownership of the D-grade and not the C+.

Yesterday, he was grilled for nearly two hours at Mombasa’s criminal investigations unit over the Form Four papers.

But Mr Joho exuded confidence that he would be cleared of the allegations that he claims are politically motivated.