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Former Kenyan elections official Kibor fined 80,000 shillings

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A Kenyan court fined Kibor, a former official of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, 80,000 shillings for using a fake degree. The ruling provides for eight months in prison if he fails to pay the fine, according to Capitalfm.

George Kipyatich Kibor, former deputy elections officer at Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), was found guilty of presenting a fake university certificate. The anti-corruption court in Milimani, Nairobi, delivered its ruling on 17 September 2026, according to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

The court fined George Kipyatich Kibor 80,000 Kenyan shillings. He will serve an eight-month prison sentence if he fails to pay the fine. According to the EACC, the investigation established that he had submitted a fake bachelor’s degree in business administration, specialising in finance and banking.

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