The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) president Richard Ngatia has been dealt a blow after the United Kingdom Department for Education denied having any records to indicate that the businessman ever studied at any University in the country.
In a letter by the British Commissioner of Education the Director-General in charge of Higher and Further Education Paul Kett, the Further Education Commissioner stated that there is no University in the UK that has ever admitted Ngatia.
“It has come to knowledge of the Further Education Commissioner that there is a politician from Kenya by the name Richard Ngatia who claims to have studied at a University in the United Kingdom.” Read the UK letter.
“To the best of our knowledge, we would wish to state as follows; there is no University within the territory of the United Kingdom that has ever admitted Mr. Richard Ngatia, or any other student from Kenya by that name, as student in the UK.” the letter continued.
According to the Constitution of Kenya 2010, one has to have a University degree to be eligible to hold the office of Governor. If Ngatia’s educational background is found to be questionable, the businessman risks being barred to contest in the August 9th 2022 general elections.
The letter has jeopardised the chances of Ngatia to ascend to the top seat in City hall in a race where he had fashioned himself as a front runner and the preferred candidate in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee party.
