Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar addressing journalists in Mombasa on Thursday. Photo: Hassan Omar/ facebook.com
Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar now wants Governor Hassan Joho to step aside as investigations into claims of forging his academic certificates continue.Omar says that Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity requires any leader who is being investigated on criminal matters to step aside.Omar said Joho should battle with Jubilee while out of office.Omar claimed that Joho could influence the ongoing investigations if he continues to remain in office.“Governor Joho must step aside and allow for transparent investigations into forgery claims,” he said as quoted by the the Star.Omar a fierce critic of Joho asked the governor to stop side shows and confront the allegations leveled against him.The troubled Mombasa Governor is under probe for allegedly forging his academic certificates.The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is probing claims that Joho forged his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) to gain entry into university.Joho, however, dismissed the allegations saying that his academic credentials are authentic.On Wednesday, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) visited Tom Mboya Primary school to ascertain whether the governor sat his KCPE exam at the school.Apart from the forgery allegations, Governor Joho is also being probed by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over tax related offenses.Two weeks ago KRA froze Joho’s bank accounts at Stanbic bank.Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has since accused the Jubilee government of intimidating and harassingJoho with the intension of locking him out of the August 8 general election.