A retired Kenyan soldier was stunned to discover he had been officially declared dead while alive.
David Muigei, a Kenyan ex-soldier, discovered a fraudulent death certificate issued in his name while still alive, uncovering the document during an investigation into his car being transferred without his knowledge. The case highlights systemic vulnerabilities in civil registry and identity verification processes, a recurring fraud vector in markets where digital identity infrastructure remains fragmented or manually managed.
Ex-military man David Muigei displays a copy of his death certificate, a document he discovered while investigating transfer of his car without his knowledge. [Stephen Rutto, Standard]
A troubled ex-military man is seeking answers after he shockingly discovers that his own death certificate had been produced when he was still alive.
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