Kelly Gichuri Muiruri, a driver employed by Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company, was found guilty on four fraud‑related counts after the Ethics and Anti‑Corruption Commission (EACC) investigated a tip that he had used a forged academic certificate to secure his position.

The Milimani Anti‑Corruption Court delivered its judgment on 29 October 2026, with Magistrate Celesa Okore convicting Muiruri of fraudulent acquisition of public property, uttering a false document, deceiving a principal and presenting a forged KCSE certificate, while acquitting him of a separate forgery charge.

Investigators established that Muiruri had submitted a KCSE result showing a mean grade of C plain for the 2002 examination, whereas his actual result was D plain, constituting the basis for the fraud allegations.

The court ordered Muiruri to repay Sh6,742,673 as compensation for salaries received between November 2016 and December 2023, reflecting the period he served while holding the forged qualification.

In addition, he was fined a total of Sh800,000 across the four offences: Sh300,000 for fraudulent acquisition of public property, Sh200,000 for uttering a false document, another Sh200,000 for deceiving a principal, and Sh100,000 for presenting a forged certificate.

Failure to settle the combined Sh7,542,673 liability will trigger four years of imprisonment, with the court directing that any default prison terms run consecutively.

The EACC used the case to urge all public and private employers to rigorously verify academic and professional credentials during recruitment, emphasizing the need to protect public resources and uphold integrity in public service.