Nairobi City Water employee ordered to pay Sh7.5m over forged KCSE certificate
A Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company employee has been convicted of using a forged academic certificate to secure his job. The court ordered him to pay over Sh7.5 million in fines and compensation for salaries earned during his fraudulent employment.
Why it matters
This case highlights anti-corruption efforts in public institutions and the legal consequences of academic fraud in the workplace.
Gavel A Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company employee has been ordered to pay Sh7.5 million after being convicted of using a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate to secure employment at the utility.
In a statement, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Celesa Okore convicted the employee on four counts in a judgment delivered on October 29, 2026.
According to the EACC, the court found that the employee presented a KCSE certificate indicating that he had attained a mean grade of C plain in the 2002 examination, while his actual grade was D plain.
"He was convicted of fraudulent acquisition of public property, uttering a false document, deceiving a principal and presenting a forged certificate," the statement said.
"However, he was acquitted of the separate charge of forgery."
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