Senator Sakaja Insists He Graduated from Team University in Uganda

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja insists that he graduated from Teams University in Uganda and wants the IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee to dismiss a complaint filed against him over his degree certificate.

The complainants are questioning the legitimacy of Sakaja’s Bachelor of Science in Management degree acquired from the Kampala-based university in 2016 and want the senator disqualified from the Nairobi gubernatorial race for lacking the requisite academic qualifications.

But in a response to the complaint, Sakaja stated that he attended and graduated from Team University which is duly recognized in the Republic of Uganda.

“That among other qualifications and awards of excellence, I hold a Bachelor of Science in Management degree conferred upon me by Team University in Uganda, having satisfied the requirements for the award,” Sakaja says in a replying affidavit.

“My qualifications and academic credentials are not in doubt having been affirmed through a lawful process. (Annexed hereto and marked “SJA3” is a letter from the Team University to the National Council for Higher education (NCHE) with reference to verification of my academic documents,” he adds.

Sakaja, who is eyeing the Nairobi governorship seat on a UDA party ticket, accused the complainants of deliberately omitting relevant pages of the graduation booklet that contained his name.

“The Complainants’ wild allegations to the effect that I did not graduate from Team University are factually hollow and unfounded. For nefarious goals, the Complainants have fraudulently omitted relevant pages of the graduation booklet that bear my graduation credentials,” he says.

The first-time senator further distanced himself from the name Johnson Koskei Sakaja used by some of the complainants, reiterating that his only name is Sakaja Johnson Arthur.

“The complaints herein are legally incompetent, fatally defective having been lodged outside the prescribed statutory timeliness,” he adds.