The Anti‑Corruption Court sentenced a former employee of a state‑affiliated power generation company to 11 years’ imprisonment after finding he had used forged academic and disability documents to obtain employment and public benefits.

Senior Principal Magistrate Celesa Okore ordered the defendant to repay Ksh14.946 million in salaries and benefits he received through the fraud, with a five‑year custodial term if payment is not made.

Additional fines include Ksh900,000 for unlawfully acquiring public property, two separate Ksh200,000 penalties for false document counts, and a two‑year alternative custodial sentence.

How the fraud was carried out

The employee submitted a fabricated Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) indicating a C‑ grade, which qualified him for a Craft Grade III position, while court records showed his actual result was a D‑ average from eight subjects in 1994.

He also obtained a counterfeit disability certificate from the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, enabling tax exemptions between July 2014 and September 2018.

His employment spanned August 2003 to September 2018, ending after the company requested his original academic documents.

Broader enforcement of document fraud

The case reflects a growing focus by Kenyan enforcement agencies on forged documents presented by staff in government and state‑linked entities.

Two weeks earlier, the Ethics and Anti‑Corruption Commission charged a former Machakos County chief officer for similar allegations involving a fake academic certificate.