Krupp Government Income Trust (KRPI) 10-K 2002 FY Annual report

Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Krupp Government Income Trust (the “Trust”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Douglas Krupp, Chairman of the Board of the Trust, certify, pursuant to U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust as of December 31, 2002 (the last date of the period covered by the Report).

/s/ Douglas Krupp

Douglas Krupp,

Chairman of the Board

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