President William Ruto has expressed concern over the approximately 2,100 people who have misrepresented their academic credentials to get government jobs.
On Wednesday, Ruto spoke at the third edition of the National Wage Bill Conference in Nairobi, emphasizing the gravity of corruption in the public sector and its influence on national development.
He also reaffirmed his commitment to combating corruption, emphasizing that resolving the problem begins with facing people illegally gaining riches from the State while in service.
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"We must deal firmly with corruption. There is a lot of wastage and theft in the public space. We can put more resources into development and I think we have now stabilised what we needed to stabilise. We will now confront corruption, head on, going forward," he said.
"A simple audit has revealed that we have 2,100 people with fake certificates working for government."
The President also urged that the people reimburse the monies obtained falsely to hold them accountable for their falsification.
"From this conference, I hope we are going to add one more resolution on fake certificates. Those who have earned money using fake certificates should refund us our public money," he said.
The Head of State concurrently requested the persons to resign from their positions.
"Those who have earned money using fake certificates should refund us our public money. Isn't it the equivalent of obtaining money by false pretence? They should leave, resign and go away and look for money to pay us the public resources that they have earned falsely," said Ruto.
"We must do what we must do and I intend to do this. If the country is going to get where we want it to go, we must get the country where it is supposed to go."
